The second feature film by the director of Corpo Elétrico, from 2017, was shown at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and is now coming to Brazil for the first time
After being released worldwide during Critics’ Week at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Babysecond feature film by Marcelo Caetanodirector of Electric Body (2017), will make its national debut at the Rio Festival, which takes place between October 3rd and 13th, in Rio de Janeiro.
The production arrives in Brazil with some awards in its luggage: in Cannes, it won the Ricardo Theodoreone of the protagonists, the recognition as Best New Actor. At the Lima Festival, in Peru, Baby was elected Best LGBTQIA+ Film and, once again, Theodore secured the Gio for Best Acting. Finally, in San Sebastián, Spain, it was recognized as the Best Queer Latin Film of the Year with the edition’s Sebastiane Latino award. In September,
What is the story of Baby?
In Babyshortly after being released from a youth detention center, Wellington (John Peter Mariano) finds himself adrift on the streets of São Paulo. During a visit to a porn cinema, he meets the male prostitute Ronaldo (Ricardo Theodore), with whom he begins to live a relationship full of conflicts, between exploitation and protection, jealousy and complicity. Watch the trailer below:
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