Life is tough enough for Socrates (Christian Malheiros) and his single-parent mother as they struggled to eak out a living in their small shabby apartment in Baixada Santista one of the rougher ghettos of São Paulo. Then she suddenly dies and the 15 year old is left to fend for himself. Behind in the … Continue reading
The deep bond of friendship between best friends Mari (Caroline Abras) and Caio (André Antunes) is tested often in their 10-year relationship. This is the story of its roller-coaster trajectory which at times seems to give the pair more grief than happiness, and then very cleverly has this intriguing ambiguous ending In the beginning, in Sao Paolo, the … Continue reading
In 1978 on the outskirts of Recife, a city in the north of Brazil, a subversive decadent theatre troupe are rehearsing one of their most outrageous shows as the last Military Dictatorship starts to crumble. The star is Paulette a self-absorbed over-the-top drag queen and she and the motley cast perform everything from homoerotic skits (leaving … Continue reading
It’s only natural that the more people complain that a film is greatly offensive, the more we get intrigued enough to want to see it. Even more so when the whiners are the ultra-conservative religious who are up in arms about a comedy satire group that put their spin on celebrating the Baby Jesus’s … Continue reading