Portrait of Animal Behavior

Portrait of Animal Behavior (Spanish: Retrato de un comportamiento animal) is a 2014 Uruguayan romantic comedy road movie written, directed, produced and starred by Florencia Colucci and Gonzalo Lugo in their directorial debut.

Synopsis
Matto is a marine biologist who is obsessed with meeting dolphins and Martina is hitchhiking to Bahia to investigate Tropicalia and herself. He travels in his own car, meets her and takes her, arriving on the shores of Florianópolis in Brazil, where most of the film takes place.

Cast

 * Florencia Colucci as Martina
 * Gonzalo Lugo as Matto
 * Rocío Piferrer
 * Jorge Bolani

Production
Principal photography began in December 2012 in Rocha, Uruguay and Florianópolis, Brazil.

Release
It had its world premiere on August 20, 2014, at the World Cinema Amsterdam Festival, the Netherlands. It was commercially released on September 17, 2015, in Uruguayan theaters.

Box-office
Portrait of Animal Behavior drew 131 viewers in its first week in theaters, ranking 23rd.