Film Details

Runtime: 101 minutes

Language: In Portuguese with English subtitles

Director: Carolina Markowicz

Country: Brazil/Portugal, 2023

Genre: Drama, Gay

Suellen is running late for work but still makes a stop to light a candle for her son. It becomes clear why she lights this candle when Suellen watches videos of her son lip-syncing while wearing pink, glittery clothes. While Suellen saves up to send her son to a conversion camp, she goes to great lengths to gather the money. Director Carolina Markowicz presents a cinematic study of intolerance and hypocrisy. In a town where confession and prayer relieve you of the sins of infidelity, theft, and judgment, no sin is greater than a boy wearing makeup and learning English so he can lip-sync to his favorite American singers.

Highlights

AWARDS

AWARDS -

Leeds International Film Festival - Best Film
Stockholm International Film Festival - Best Actress, Best Actor
Rome Film Fest - Best Film

AWARDS

AWARDS -

Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival -
Best Actress,
Best Actor,
Best Supporting Actress,
Best Art Direction

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