LUCAS PARAIZO

GABRIEL AND THE MOUNTAIN
Starring João Pedro Zappa, Caroline Abras, Rashidi Athuman, Luke Mpata, Alex Alembe, Rhosinah Sekeleti, Leonard Siampala and John Goodluck. Directed by Fellipe Barbosa.

Before commencing his PhD studies at UCLA, insouciant young Brazilian idealist Gabriel Buchmann sets himself the goal of travelling through Asia and Africa within one year. With an insatiable appetite for freedom and friendship, his plan is not to be a mere tourist, but to totally immerse himself, believing that if he approaches the people he encounters on their own level, he’ll get by. Ten months into his trek, he meets up with his visiting girlfriend Cristina in Tanzania, before setting o to tackle the treacherous slopes between Malawi and Mozambique...