A pawn shop proprietor buys used goods from desperate locals – as much to play perverse power games as for his own livelihood, but when the perfect rump and a backed-up toilet enter his life, he loses all control.
Acting
Selton Mello makes pathetic absolutely magnetic.
Direction
Dhalia finds beauty in the grotesque, then makes you regret noticing.
Cinematography
São Paulo never looked this humid and morally compromised.
Director
Heitor Dhalia
Selton Mello
Lourenço
Paula Braun
Garçonete
Alice Braga
Nova Garçonete
Lourenço Mutarelli
Segurança
Fabiana Gugli
Noiva
Sílvia Lourenço
Viciada
Milhem Cortaz
Encanador
Xico Sá
Homem do Gênio na Garrafa
Zemanuel Piñero
O Homem do revolver
Flávio Bauraqui
Homem da Caixa de Música
Paulo César Peréio
Pai da Noiva (Voz)
Mário Schoemberger
Homem do Relógio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Brazil's 'Cinema Marginal' revival — genre films with social teeth, here using sex comedy to dissect class desperation.
The toilet was reportedly 'cast' after multiple auditions for maximum photogenic repulsiveness. Method plumbing.
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