The affair between a French teacher and a younger student transforms her life and leads her to recall the family issues of her past that she ignored.
Stefania Vasconcellos is a Brazilian writer, director, and producer based in Los Angeles. After graduating in theater at TEPA (Theatre School of Porto Alegre), she moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she attended the Film Directing program at Darcy Ribeiro Film School. She has directed the short films "Boa Noite" (Good Night), "Meu" (Mine), and "No Caminho Dos Pés" (The Way). The latter was shown at more than 30 festivals around the world and was the singular Brazilian short film entry in the Stockholm Film Festival in 2014. Recently, she made her debut as a writer and director with the feature film "The French Teacher" that world premiered and won the "Artistic Direction Award" at the Edera Film Festival, Treviso, Italy. The film was selected by several festivals around the world and was part of the FIPRESCI Prize selection at Flying Broom Film Festival in Turkey.
