Fan CastingSTRINGS OF SORROW (2027)

In the heart of Rio’s favelas, 12-year-old Diego Frazão Torquato finds solace in the strings of his violin, a gift from his mentor, Evandro João da Silva, who leads a music program offering hope to children in poverty. Directed by Barry Jenkins and produced by A24, this haunting drama traces Diego’s fleeting moments of joy as he masters the instrument, his music a defiant cry against the violence and despair surrounding him. When Evandro is brutally murdered, Diego’s world fractures, yet he pours his grief into a heartrending performance at his mentor’s funeral, captured in raw, intimate close-ups. As his own health deteriorates under the shadow of leukemia, Diego’s final days unfold in a muted palette of fading light, each note he plays a fragile thread connecting him to life. Strings of Sorrow is an unflinching portrait of resilience, loss, and the ephemeral beauty of a boy whose music outlasts his brief, tragic existence.