Mars One (film)

Mars One (Portuguese: Marte Um) is a 2022 Brazilian family drama film written and directed by Gabriel Martins.

It tells the story of Deivinho (Cícero Lucas), a Black Brazilian youth who dreams of becoming an astrophysicist and joining a mission to the planet Mars.

Curious and imaginative, his dream is to become an astrophysicist and join a Mars One mission in 2030 in order to begin colonizing the red planet.

She begins a romantic relationship with another young woman and fears telling her parents, particularly her traditional father, Wellington (Carlos Francisco).

Mother Tercia (Rejane Faria) often plays the role of family mediator and also works hard as an outside housekeeper to pay the household bills.

Early in the film she is subject to a hidden camera prank—a seemingly emotionally deranged man lets off a dummy stick of dynamite in a diner beside her—prompting headaches and a coinciding series of unfortunate events.

Later, Deivinho faces a conflict: his father insists he attend a soccer tryout after an invitation from footballer Juan Pablo Sorin.

Deivinho, playing outside against his father's wishes the day before, breaks his leg riding a bicycle, rendering both plans moot.

It was produced with public funds in order to promote Black filmmakers and narratives, a fact made poignant after Bolsonaro's election and the subsequent reversal of civil rights gains in Brazil.

The website's critical consensus states: "An earthbound story with its eyes on the stars, Mars One finds universally resonant themes within one Brazilian family's specific struggles".