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Completed - BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE - Drama, LGBT, Female director - 101 minutes

Log Line

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.




Previous markets

  • San Sebastian 2023 (Line up)
Full history

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)

Synopsis

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.

Production

Country(ies) : BRAZIL, PORTUGAL

Festivals and Awards

San Sebastian FF 2023 Horizontes Latinos
Toronto - 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)
BFI Flare 2024 (Minds)
Movies That Matter 2024 (Main Competition)
Miami IFF 2024
Kinolatino 2024 (Competition)
Outshine FF 2024
Milwaukee FF 2024
Cleveland IFF 2024 (Competition)
Guadalajara FICG 2024 (Iberoamerican Fiction Feature film, Maguey Award - Best Iberoamerican Film, Maguey Award for Best Film, Best Actress )


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