An elderly woman with white hair pulled back, wearing a floral sleeveless top, leans forward intently across a table toward a shirtless middle-aged man with long, wet, dark curly hair and a short beard. The two face each other in close proximity, suggesting a tense or intimate exchange. They are outdoors or in an open-air setting, with lush green trees visible in the soft-focus background. Warm, dappled natural light fills the scene.

The Blue Trail

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About The Blue Trail

Gabriel Mascaro’s The Blue Trail is an entrancing, inspiring and visually lush film odyssey and a striking critique of ageism and authoritarianism.

In a near-future Brazil, the government gives priority to the country’s younger generations, while older people are put away in colonies so they will not ‘get in the way’. The 77-year-old Tereza (Denise Weinberg) refuses to submit and decides to escape, embarking on a transformative journey through the Amazon to fulfil one last wish before she loses her freedom.
 

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Duration includes trailers, adverts and any Q&A/panel. For events such as NT Live, Colour Box and Reel & Meal there will be minimal advertising. We do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy.

MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

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