Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot against Her Majesty arises!
Acting
Milton Gonçalves commands every frame in heels and fury.
Costume
Queen's wardrobe: more character development than most scripts.
Direction
Fontoura shoots favelas like they're the Sistine Chapel.
Director
Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed during Brazil's military dictatorship; queer criminal protagonists were radical political acts disguised as genre pulp.
Milton Gonçalves improvised Queen's most withering glares after Fontoura banned him from speaking in rehearsals to 'find the silence of power.'
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