Cousin love, lesbian desire, and 90s Brazilian melodrama collide in gloriously messy ways.
Paulo has a strange relationship with his cousin Sônia, whom he loves since childhood. But she despises him and, being in love with another woman, causes a lot of humiliating situations to him.
Acting
Lúcia Veríssimo's ice queen performance that weaponizes indifference.
Direction
Khouri's voyeuristic camera lingers on bodies like a guilty secret.
Director
Walter Hugo Khouri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Khouri was Brazil's king of 'decadent bourgeoisie' cinema; this is his queer-coded swan song before his 2000s decline.
The film's Portuguese title 'As Feras' ('The Wild Beasts') refers not to animals but to women—specifically, to Sônia and Ana as predators of Paulo's dignity.
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