Elder manages the hotel inherited from his father. In his hands the hotel went from a luxury resort to a hotel on the verge of bankruptcy. Unsuccessful in his professional life, this failure is repeated in his social life with a marriage in ruins and with no prospect of improvement. At the limit of his emotional balance, Elder puts everything at risk when facing his demons and the consequences of his decisions.
Acting
Marco Ricca's unraveling is genuinely uncomfortable to witness.
Direction
Dual directors squeeze claustrophobia from every hallway shot.
Director
Diego Lopes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of Brazilian cinema examining middle-class collapse during the late 2010s economic crisis.
Directors Lopes and Bitencourt previously collaborated on short films; this was their anxious feature debut.
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