Surto & Deslumbramento

A reminiscence of the director's gentle awakening to sex before he loses his virginity.

Darling, he came to see me again today. I end every session more shook than the last. Because, unlike all my other patients, he shows no discomfort whatsoever with his sexual freakishness. On the contrary. I maintain my diagnosis: acute melancholia and flight from reality. He goes so deep in his delusion sometimes that he imagines he's some kind of prophet. As if he was part of a cult.

Cecília, a successful young model, returns to Recife, her hometown, to spend Christmas with her mother. One night, a neighbour she hadn’t seen for a long time, João, shows her a bottle with a mysterious and intoxicating green substance. Cecília begins to fall in love with João, but also discovers he is involved in a secret cult around the figure of Salomé, the luxurious biblical princess.

A documentary filmmaker sleeps with his camera to film the dreams he has at night.

My biggest dream, my ultimate, absolute dream, was basically to wreck a family.

A neighborhood populated by ghosts of a relationship and a tradition.

It feels so good to dream of you. It feels so real it fills me with pleasure. And I can't think about anything else.

Autumn has arrived. Soon we will dive into the cold darkness.

A documentary experiment that fictionalizes the reality of part of the LGBTQ+ community in Recife. For two years, with a cybershot in his hands, the director captured the attempts to maintain a network of affection between his friends and how this somehow results in cultural productions.

It would be a swan, it would be a heron; white magic evil eyes.

An experimental film collectively produced in 16mm at Maumau - Recife.

“Honey, thanks for taking care of the house. There's wine in the fridge. If Raja gets restless, just give him a cookie.”

Follows the daily life and memories of Elza Show, a drag queen from Recife dedicated to singing the great Brazilian radio divas.