During one night, a woman walks through Rio de Janeiro, and hears the music around: jazz, rock, eletronica…Read More »
Clara Choveaux
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Paula Gaitán – Noite (2015)
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Paula Gaitán – Exilados do Vulcão AKA The Volcano Exiles (2013)
2011-2020ArthouseBrazilPaula Gaitán
She managed to save from the fire a stack of photographs and a diary with handwritten phrases. These words and faces are the only traces left by the man she once knew and loved. Crossing mountains and roads, she tries to retrace his steps.Read More »
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Bertrand Bonello – Tiresia (2003)
2001-2010Bertrand BonelloDramaFranceQueer Cinema(s)
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According to ancient mythology, Tiresia was both a man and a woman. Blinded by the rage of the goddess, the gods granted him higher vision. This version of the myth takes place in the suburbs of Paris. Tiresia is a Brazilian transexual of extreme beauty, earning her living as a prostitute, she shares an appartment illegally with her brother Terranova. With his morbid and poetic ideals, he falls madly in love with her, finding no other way to keep her for himself, he decides to kidnap her. Robbed of her daily fix of hormones, Tiresia finds herself slowly turning back into a man.Read More » -
Paula Gaitán – Luz nos Trópicos AKA Light in the Tropics (2020)
2011-2020AdventureArthouseBrazilPaula Gaitán
A film like a monument: Luz nos trópicos is a tribute to the rich greens of the Amazon and the forests of New England in winter, celebrating the indigenous peoples of both Americas and flowing as a film as freely as a winding river.Read More »