In a small Mbyá-Guarani community between Brazil and Argentina, everyone knows the name Canuto: a man who many years ago suffered the dreaded transformation into a Jaguar, and then died tragically. Now, a film is being made to tell his story. Why did this happen to him? But more importantly: who in the village should play his role?

-- Dir. Ariel Kuaray Ortega and Ernesto de Carvalho - 131min - 2023 - Brazil - Spoken in Mbyá-Guarani, Spanish and Portuguese --

"a complex, mysterious docufictional mediation which unfolds at an unhurried walking pace, co-authored by the Indigenous Brazilian film-maker Ariel Kuaray Ortega, a member of the Mbyá-Guarani movie collective; it’s evidently been a personal project, many years in the making, and a prizewinner at the 2023 IDFA festival in Amsterdam. Ortega returns to his home town in a remote forested region on the border with Argentina, on a mission to investigate a local legend that a man called Canuto, from his grandfather’s generation, was transformed into a jaguar." - Guardian

"an extraordinary and intriguing communal project that addresses major themes—colonisation, the disadvantaged status of indigenous communities—and records everyday beauty and fun as well" - IDFA

"With a decades-long commitment to the filmmaking process within community, a sense of humour, and a quest to move between worlds. This film embodies the many meanings of transformation,- Jury Statement, *Winner*, Best Film + Outstanding Artistic Contribution - IDFA Envision Competition

"The camera remains steady and patient, attentive to daily rhythms and the slow current of oral history. It searches for a truth that hides beneath what sight offers, a truth that arrives like a murmur from the forest." - Gazettely