Pablo Brusa

“Submerso” features Nando Oliveira (Cassio Nascimento), a former world surfing champion, bastard son of an aristocrat from a traditional Santa Catarina family. Nando is a well-known figure, an icon and a celebrity in the sport, but, on the other hand, he has always had a wild life, different from what is imagined as the behavior of a top athlete, getting involved in confusions, fights, always present in the most famous ballads in the country.

Corporal Marquez bears the disgrace of having a deserting father. The arrival of Colonel Santos's regiment and the appearance of an old backpack, bring back the ghosts of the Cape. Marquez, upon discovering that his father was assassinated, rushes into the mountains to avenge his father's death and clear his name.

Based on a short story by Mia Couto titled "A Fogueira," it tells the story of a man obsessed with building his wife's grave before her death, who ends up being buried by her in the grave he dug for her. A story of love and respect told around a campfire. This film is João Ribeiro's debut and was made as his final project.