A man who lost his taste and his blind wife; an almost deaf girl and her consumerist stepmother; an adult movie actor in love and his completely passionate woman; a sign language teacher and his dilemmas with dumb students. Characters full of love and full of inabilities to cope with their emotional side.
It is 1986 and Halley's Comet is passing through. In an illegal clinic, a woman is getting an abortion while the others are waiting for the comet. Juliana Rojas, also co-director of Good Manners (IFFR 2018), has created a subtle critique that poses the question of how much things have changed when it comes to women's rights.
When her husband finds himself unemployed and emasculated, pressure mounts on Helena to provide for her family. However, a sinister otherworldly presence seems dead set on undermining her new business enterprise. Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra devilishly meld economic realities with fantastical horror in this ambitious debut.
From the heart of the Amazon comes this exclusive LGBTQ+ compilation from emerging Latin American directors from Brazil and Peru. These thought-provoking shorts prove that universal social themes have no borders.
A film from the skater world of So Paulo, where it is women who call the shots. Bagdá is surrounded by self-confident role models in her family. However, outside on the streets, in the venues and clubs, the old machismo continues to dominate. Bagdá and her fellow comrades-in-arms confront it defiantly.