Area Q

2011 film directed by Gerson Sanginitto

October 22, 2011 (2011-10-22) (Hollywood Film Festival)
April 13, 2012 (2012-04-13) (Brazil)

Running time

100 minutesCountriesBrazil
United StatesLanguagesPortuguese
EnglishBudget$4 million^[1]Box office$189,895^[2]

Area Q. (Área Q in Brazilian Portuguese) is a 2011 American-Brazilian science fiction film directed by Gerson Sanginitto and starring Isaiah Washington, Tania Khalill, and Murilo Rosa. It was shot in Los Angeles and multiple locations in the Brazilian state of Ceará.^[3]

Plot

The film follows the story of Thomas Mathews, a well-known and award-winning reporter who suffers a big impact with the disappearance of his son. A year later, Thomas has not discovered anything about the kidnapping and remains obsessed with it to the point of being about to lose his home and his job.

In order to help him, his boss offers a special project, in which the journalist must investigate cases of UFO sightings, close encounters of the first, second and third kind and even abductions. For this task he must travel to Ceará, Brazil, in the cities of Quixadá and Quixeramobim, known as "Area Q".

It is during investigations that Thomas meets João Batista, a man who has many answers about what is happening in this area and also about his son. Gradually, he begins to realize that he is about to experience the greatest discovery of his life.^[4]

Cast

Isaiah Washington as Thomas Mathews
Murilo Rosa as João Batista
Tania Khalill as Valquiria
Ricardo Conti as Eliosvaldo
Leslie Lewis Sword as Carol Matthews
Jordan Jones as Peter Mathews
Jenny Vilim as Cynthia

References

^ Nogueira, Marcos Diogo (April 5, 2012). "Um produtor de corpo e alma". Istoé Independente (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora Três. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
^ "2012 Brazil Yearly Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
^ "Área Q, filmado entre o Ceará e a Califórnia, concorre a prêmios". Tribuna do Ceará (in Brazilian Portuguese). Universo Online. Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
^ "Área Q longa nacional mistura elementos de ficção cietífica e abordagem espiritualista". Guia da Semana (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2013-02-16.