Turbulence (Portuguese: Estorvo) is a 2000 drama film directed by Ruy Guerra. A co-production between Brazil, Cuba, and Portugal, it was shot in Rio de Janeiro and Havana.
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Plot
A nameless man from a wealthy family lives in ruin, with no job and no clear direction in life. His sister believes he has turned his back on everything their family once represented, while his best friend—a member of a radical left-wing political movement—criticizes him for not having abandoned the family estate. The estate, meanwhile, has been taken over by squatters, who are eventually driven out by a gang of violent bikers. Convinced that someone is trying to kill him, he wanders through the city in a paranoid haze, fending off the advances of his sister's drug-addicted friend and searching for the skeleton of his ex-wife—who is far from pleased to see him.
Cast
Jorge Perugorría as I
Bianca Byington as Sister
Leonor Arocha as Ex-wife
Tonico Oliveira as Brother-in-law
Aurora Basnuevo as Indigenous woman
Candido Damm as Crazy man
Athayde Arcoverde as Red-haired man
José Antônio Rodriguez as Old man
Verónica Lynn as Mother
Xando Graça as Sheriff
Suzana Ribeiro as Sister's friend
Reception
It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Best Cinematography and Best Music awards at the 2000 Gramado Film Festival. At the Viña del Mar Film Festival it won the Best Cinematography Award, while Guerra was awarded the best director at the Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva.