THE DIRECTION

REJANE ZILLES is an actress, director and producer. Currently living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was born and spent her childhood in Walachai. Just like most children, she only learnt Portuguese when started school at the age of seven. She is the gateway to the villages which reveal themselves to be more than just their geographic horizons. She has maintained her dialect and family ties with the place, allowing her to have a very unique and special view on the subject. When filming, she documents an insider-outsider perspective on her village and the time gone by.

She has been the curator for cinema festivals a has produced the launching of renowned Brazilian films, Central do Brasil – by Walter Salles, for instance.
In the theater she is working on the preparation of a play about the German diva Marlene Dietrich.