Yasmin Guimarães

1994, interior of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The inertia of Francisco's last days is broken by an unexpected visit.

Returning its activities in the middle of the pandemic, a theater company tries to record a play. But one of the actors hears the news that David, one of his colleagues, died. While the news fills the theater halls, the actors react to it differently and David's presence is reconstructed through mourning.

Mati meets up again with Julia, her girlfriend, who now lives in a distant and cold place. There, they are faced with the lack of identity and the impossibility of returning home.

Marina is a young woman in Belo Horizonte who makes deliveries on her bike.

Erik, a 13-year-old boy, has a platonic crush on Sheila and, to get closer to her, claims to have a tape at home with the legendary “last episode” of the cartoon Dungeons & Dragons. With the help of his friends, he seeks a way out of the mess he has gotten himself into, experiencing an intense coming-of-age story.

Nilson, a guide at the Municipal Aquarium of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, is one of those affected by the constant flooding caused by torrential rains and floods in the Arrudas River basins in the city, which is now facing the greatest flood in its history.

Two high schoolers experiment with the means and ways of traditional witchcraft, a bride with a secret has second thoughts on her wedding day, and a loving couple quietly prepares their family for the cataclysmic event to come. Six spellbinding stories about private passions, stolen moments and the bonds we form when the world isn't looking.

Minas Gerais in Southeastern Brazil, is a place whose identity, history and even topography has been greatly influenced by the mining industry. Taking a very personal approach, the filmmaker explores this legacy within the region she calls home. Weaving in and out of narrative, archival footage and documentation, The Silence of Iron challenges the way we look and think about landscape.