Born in Brazil in 1977 Petrus Cariry directed his first feature film in 2007 the awardwinning film The Grain which started the trilogy of death followed by Mother and Daughter 2011 and Clarisse 2015 that together won more than 200 awards at national and international film festivals In 2018 he released The Boat his first feature film after the death trilogy In 2019 Petrus released the documentary The Welles Raft directed in collaboration with Firmino Holanda Petrus Cariry films have been shown at important film festivals such as Nantes 3 Continents India IFFI Toulouse Mar Del Plata Vina Del Mar Habana Miami and Oldenburg