A restaurant owner going over the edge when an armed robbery is attempted at his establishment. He holds everyone captive at gunpoint – criminals and customers alike – and situations corrode into a nightmare state, guided by manipulation and raw compulsion.
Acting
Murilo Benício's terrifyingly intimate descent.
Direction
Amaral Almeida turns one room into a pressure cooker.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes politeness.
Director
Gabriela Amaral Almeida
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Amaral Almeida explicitly modeled Inácio on Brazilian populist strongmen, filming during the 2016 political crisis.
The single-location constraint was budgetary—Amaral Almeida rewrote the script overnight when their location permit fell through.
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