A VIOLENT DOSE OF ANYTHING

UMA DOSE VIOLENTA DE QUALQUER COISA

Brazil, 35mm, 96 minutes, 2013
Directed by Gustavo Galvão
A 400 Filmes production
In co-production with Machado Filmes

* Sponsored by the Culture Support Fund (Brasilia, Brazil)
* Development sponsored by Culture Support Fund (Brasilia, Brazil)
* Screened at eight film festivals in Brazil and abroad, such as: 46th Brasilia Film Festival (Brazil, 2013), 37th São Paulo Intl. Film Festival (Brazil, 2013) and 17th Tiradentes Film Festival (Brazil, 2014)
* Best Soundtrack at Mostra Brasilia, part of the 46th Brasilia Film Festival program (Brazil, 2013)
* Best Supporting Actor at the 11th FIESP/SESI-SP Movie Awards (2015)
* Commercial release in 17 cities in Brazil (2014), independent distribution
* Acquired by Canal Brasil TV (2015)
* Acquired by NOW (2015-2021)
* Acquired by Indie Cine (2017-2021)
* Acquired by Prime Box Brazil TV (2019-2021)
* Available throughout Brazil on four platforms: Prime Video (since 2024), Box Brazil Play and KINOA.TV (since 2021) and on NOW (since 2015); previously available also on Indie Cine (2017-2021)
* Available on all continents on KINOA.TV (since 2021 in Latin America, Portugal and Spain; since 2023 in other territories)

SYNOPSIS

Pedro has run away from home, taken the road and he does not know where he is going. Lucas does not know it either, but the road is his stage. They are over 30, and all they take with them is the clothes they are wearing. And after meeting at a roadside café, in the state of Minas Gerais, they travel through the Brazilian savannah seeking for a violent dose of anything.

THE FILM

Combining a provocative content with tragicomic elements, the film exorcises the fears and concerns of a generation that has surrendered to individualism as if that could take the edge off the lack of perspectives and insecurity. Along the journey, the search for an identity mixes with the longing to find a reason for living.

Shot on locations in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais and at the Federal District, in the winter of 2012, A Violent Dose of Anything makes a reinterpretation of Brazilian underground cinema, Godard and beatnik literature at the heart of Brazil.