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I Built a Rocket Imagining Your Arrival
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I Built a Rocket Imagining Your Arrival

2026-12-03 · 92 min · Not rated

Drama · Science Fiction

Fifty-something Rosa, lying in an MRI scanner, is prompted to summon a happy memory. She plunges into a meandering, subconscious road trip with her indomitable mother, both queer, where wild imagination becomes a tender, unruly form of therapy.

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Directors
Janaína Marques Ribeiro
Production companies
Delírio Filmes, Moçambique Audiovisual
Countries
Brazil
Status
Released

Top Cast

Veronica CavalcantiVeronica CavalcantiRosa
Luciana SouzaLuciana SouzaDalva
Fabíola LíperFabíola LíperDona Juju
Cristiane de LavorGislane
Ridson ReisRidson ReisJonas
Pedro DominguesPedro DominguesFrancisco
Lua ArellanoRosa criança
Paulo EssPaulo Essmédico / delegado
Max EluardAndré
Jéssica TeixeiraJéssica TeixeiraJéssica
Higor Fernandespolicial / assaltante
Graco Alvesassaltante
Daniel Uranocliente
Osiel Gomesradialista
Marta AuréliaMarta AuréliaTigresa

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