Kardec (film)

Kardec is a 2019 Brazilian drama film directed by Wagner de Assis and written by L.G. Bayão and Wagner de Assis.

Plot
Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail, a French educator who, when studying the phenomenon of “Spinning tables”, discovers that there is the possibility of communicating with the spirits. As an encoder of the Spiritism doctrine, Professor Rivail assumes the pseudonym of Allan Kardec and elaborates, under the guidance of the spirits, the five main books that guide Spiritist studies.

Cast

 * Christian Baltauss
 * Letícia Braga as Julie
 * Sandra Corveloni as Amélie
 * Louise D'Tuani as Ermance Dufaux
 * Genésio de Barros as Padre Boutin
 * Charles Fricks as Charles Baudin
 * Julia Konrad as Ruth-Celine
 * Leonardo Medeiros as Rivail / Allan Kardec
 * Henrique Neves as Cáligrafo
 * Guilherme Piva as Didier
 * Júlia Svacinna as Caroline
 * Guida Vianna as Madame Plainemaison
 * Dalton Vigh as Sr. Dufaux

Filming
The film had a week of filming in Paris and four weeks on locations in Rio de Janeiro. All the scenes in the French capital had digital intervention for the erasure of modern buildings.