Brazil returns to La Película with acclaimed feature 'Until the Music Is Over'

The Embassy of Brazil in Manila, in partnership with Instituto Cervantes, is pleased to announce Brazil’s participation in the 24th edition of the PELÍCULA > PELIKULA Festival de Cine Manila.

On 15 October 2025 at 5:00 PM, the Brazilian film “Até que a Música Pare” (Until the Music Is Over, 2023), directed by Cristiane Oliveira, will be screened at Power Plant Mall Cinema 6. Admission is free.

The film, a Brazil–Germany–Italy co-production, tells the story of Chiara, the matriarch of an Italian-descendant family in southern Brazil. After the loss of one son and the departure of another, Chiara decides to join her husband Alfredo on his itinerant sales trips through the bars of Serra Gaúcha. Along the way, a tortoise and a deck of cards become silent witnesses to a couple testing the strength of over 50 years of shared life.

Through this intimate narrative, Oliveira explores themes of love, endurance, and the limits of tolerance, while also reflecting on grief and how mourning can divide or unite families.

Filmed in Brazil’s far south, the production highlights the unique heritage of the local Italian community, where many still speak Talian—a language born from Portuguese and the dialects of immigrants from Veneto and Lombardy in the late 19th century.

“Até que a Música Pare” competed at the 42nd Bergamo Film Meeting in Italy and received the ACCIRS Award for Best Feature Film from Rio Grande do Sul in 2024.

Screening Details

Film: Até que a Música Pare (Until the Music Is Over)

Director: Cristiane Oliveira

Year: 2023 | Running time: 97 min | Format: DCP

Genre: Fiction | Country: Brazil

Languages: Portuguese, Italo-Brazilian (Talian) | Subtitles: English

Date/Time: 15 October 2025, 5:00–7:00 PM

Venue: Power Plant Cinemas, 2nd Floor, 8 Rockwell, Makati City

Admission: Free

Courtesy of: The Embassy of Brazil in Manila and Instituto Cervantes