In the late 19th century, Palmeira served as the setting for a way of life proposed by Italian immigrants who were followers of anarchism.
The dream of an alternative community became a reality for a very brief period and left its mark not only on the municipality of Palmeira but also in history.
A little over a century later, few traces remain of this chapter in Paraná’s history, but Colônia Cecília stands as a global landmark of anarchism—a significant event that is part of the history of the development of the state of Paraná and Brazil, and one that deserves to be portrayed in a feature-length fictional film.
Logline
1891. A young couple leaves Italy and moves to the Cecília Anarchist Colony in the interior of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil, where there are no rules and free love is idealized.