Brazilian writer/director Aly Murtiba, whose Deserto Particular was Brazil's official entry for
the 2022 Best International Film Oscar, returns with the blackly comic
Jesus Kid. The film stars Paulo Miklos as a struggling western novelist who experiences
visions of the gunslinging hero of his books (Sergio Marone) come to life.
Maureen Miranda, Leandro Daniel, Luthero Almeida, Fabio Silvestre,
Gabriel Gorosito
and Helio Barbosa also star.
Jesus Kid is on US VOD from July 27th. A UK/ROI release has
yet to be announced.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Eugênio, (Paulo Miklos) the author of once-popular Western novels, has fallen on hard times. When sales of his books go from bad to worse, his publisher – with its new backers -- pressures him to ghostwrite a political biography…or else. Instead, he accepts an offer to work on a screenplay in complete isolation for three months. But while holed up inside a luxury hotel, he begins to see visions of his most famous creation, the gunslinger “Jesus Kid” (Sergio Marone) in this delightfully dark satirical fantasy from writer/director Aly Murtiba, whose Deserto Particular was Brazil's official entry for the 2022 Best International Film Oscar.
