''Area Q.'' (''Área Q'' in

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) is a 2011 American-Brazilian

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film directed by Gerson Sanginitto and starring

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, and

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. It was shot in

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and multiple locations in the

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ian state of

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Plot

The film follows the story of Thomas Mathews, a well-known and award-winning reporter who suffers a big impact with the disappearance of his son. A year later, Thomas has not discovered anything about the kidnapping and remains obsessed with it to the point of being about to lose his home and his job. In order to help him, his boss offers a special project, in which the journalist must investigate cases of UFO sightings,

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s of the first, second and third kind and even abductions. For this task he must travel to

, in the cities of Quixadá and Quixeramobim, known as "Area Q". It is during investigations that Thomas meets João Batista, a man who has many answers about what is happening in this area and also about his son. Gradually, he begins to realize that he is about to experience the greatest discovery of his life.

Cast

as Thomas Mathews *

as João Batista *

as Valquiria * Ricardo Conti as Eliosvaldo * Leslie Lewis Sword as Carol Matthews * Jordan Jones as Peter Mathews * Jenny Vilim as Cynthia

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