The world is made of those who eat and those who get eaten. Raimundo Nonato, our protagonist, finds an alternative way: he cooks. He cooks first in a bar, then in an Italian estaurant and then in prison. How did he end up in jail? He cooks and learns how to get by in a society divided between those who eat and those who get eaten. What he learns are a series of rules he uses to his advantage: in the end, the cook must also get his share of food – and only he knows which part tastes best. Estômago is an adult fable of power, sex and cooking.

“A melange of food, sex and power not seen since Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, Marcos Jorge’s feature film debut is a sleeper mystery. Fashioned less as a ‘whodunnit’’ than a ‘what-he-done,’ like a delicious meal in a foreign clime, it traverses the palate to deliver an unexpected but apt end-note.” (Denis
Seguin, Screed Daily)

Na vida há os que devoram e os que são devorados. Raimundo Nonato, nosso protagonista, descobre um caminho à parte: ele cozinha. E é nas cozinhas de um boteco, de um restaurante italiano e de uma prisão - o que ele fez para acabar ali? - que Nonato vive sua intrigante história. E também aprende as regras da sociedade dos que devoram ou são devorados. Regras que ele usa a seu favor, porque mesmo os cozinheiros têm direito a comer sua parte - e eles sabem, mais do que ninguém, qual é a parte melhor. Uma fábula nada infantil sobre o poder, o sexo e a culinária.

“A história deste nordestino, que se relaciona com os outros graças à arte de cozinhar, é contada por meio de um roteiro enxuto, recheado de diálogos saborosos e, acima de tudo, verossímeis. (...) É de uma precisão cirúrgica o ritmo com que Marcos Jorge conta a trajetória de Raimundo Nonato...” (Eros Ramos de Almeida, O Globo)

Marcos Jorge studied film in Italy in the late 1990s and specialized in cinematography and screenwriting. For several years, he worked in Rome as an assistant director for television documentaries. His films and videos have won more than 50 awards in festivals in Brazil and around the world. He directed the film O Ateliê de Luzia and wrote the book Brasil Rupestre, both about Brazilian art. Estômago is his first feature and has already won 16 awards in many festivals, including the Special Jury Prize at Biarritz; Audience Award, Special Jury Prize and Best Actor (João Miguel) in Rio de Janeiro; and Best Latin American Film at Uruguay International Film Festival.

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