Biography

Born in Brazil, Petrus Cariry directed his first feature film in 2007, the award-winning film "The Grain", which started the trilogy of death, followed by "Mother and Daughter" (2011) and "Clarisse" (2015) that together won more than 100 awards at national and international film festivals. In 2018 he released "The Boat", his first feature film after the death trilogy. In 2019, Petrus released the documentary "The Welles Raft" directed in collaboration with Firmino Holanda and is the award-winning film "Heavier is The Sky" (2023). Petrus Cariry films have been shown at important film festivals such as Nantes (3 Continents), India (IFFI), Bafici, Toulouse, Mar Del Plata, Habana, Brooklin, Miami and Oldenburg.

- IMDb mini biography by: Iluminura