Completed - BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE - Drama, LGBT, Female director - 101 minutes
Suellen, a toll booth attendant, realizes she can use her job to raise some extra money illegally. But this is only for a noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay conversion workshop led by a renowned foreign priest.
Year of production : 2023 Director(s) : Carolina MARKOWICZ Writer(s) : Carolina MARKOWICZ Cast : Maeve JINKINGS, Kauan ALVARENGA, Thomás AQUINO, Aline MARTA MAIA, Isac GRAÇA Producer(s) : Karen CASTANHO (Biônica Filmes), Bianca VILLAR (Biônica Filmes), Fernando FRAIHA (Biônica Filmes)
Suellen, a Brazilian toll booth attendant and mother, falls in with a gang of thieves in an attempt to keep her family afloat. In doing so, she realizes she can use her job to raise some extra money illegally for a so-called noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay conversion workshop led by a renowned foreign priest.
Country(ies) : BRAZIL, PORTUGAL
San Sebastian FF 2023 Horizontes LatinosToronto - TIFF 2023 (Centrepiece)Vancouver IFF 2023 (Panorama)Rio de Janeiro IFF 2023 (Première Brasil: Feature Film Competition Fiction - Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction)Sao Paulo IFF 2023 (Brazil Showcase)Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux 2023 (International Feature Film Competition - Special Mention)Rome Film Fest 2023 (Progressive Cinema - Best Film)Leiden International Film Festival 2023 (Emerging: Selections)Stockholm IFF 2023 (Stockholm Competition - Best Actress, Best Actor )Leeds International Film Festival 2023 (Feature Film Competition - Best Film)Festival de Huelva de Cine Iberoamericano 2023 (Sismos)Marrakech International Film Festival 2023 (Competition)International Film Festival of India, Goa 2023 (Cinema of the World)Pune International Film Festival 2024 (World Competition)Black Movie Film Festival 2024 (Prix de la Critique - Special Mention)Ostend Film Festival 2024 (SOON!-Competition - Best Film )Punta del Este International FF 2024 (Iberoamerican Fiction Competition - Best Film)Luxembourg City FF 2024 (Official Competition - Special Mention)Cine Latino Bergen 2024 (Fiction)SXSW 2024 (Festival Favorites)