The Big Day
TFI Suppport
Logline
The wedding day is a big day for many people’s lives. For Rachel, Gislaine and Patrícia, it’s just another day of work. THE BIG DAY follows the actions of these wedding industry professionals – a make-up artist, a chef and a gown designer – as they navigate this industry with clients, employees and with each other. The film observes these women’s lifestyles and their beliefs. Through the juxtaposition of the clients' and especially the professionals' perspectives the film aims to explore the construction of femininity within this universe of consumption, ambition and tradition.
Helena Ungaretti
DIRECTOR
Helena Ungaretti works mainly as an assistant director for fiction films and television and as a researcher for documentaries. She has directed the documentary P (17’, 2014/ best film Tiradentes); the comedy Grounded (21’, 2014/ audience’s award Tiradentes) and The Castle (10’, 2015/ Itamaraty Prize São Paulo Short Film Festival).
Guilherme Giufrida
DIRECTOR
Guilherme Giufrida is an anthropologist, curator, and documentary filmmaker. He holds a Master’s degree in Social Anthropology from Museu Nacional-UFRJ and has started a PhD in the same field. He directed the documentary (10’, 2015). He is currently developing the documentaries Land and Life and The Big Day.
Angelo Ravazi
PRODUCER
Angelo Ravazi established his production company Massa Real in 2006. Since then he has produced the documentaries The Laughter of Others (52’, 2012), The Revolution of the Year (82’, 2014), besides numerous shorts, and TV series. Nowadays he is shooting the series 13 songs to understand samba and the documentary feature For Memory.