Lucas is a young man who lives with his religious aunt Lourdes in a quiet country town. He helps his aunt by holding religious meetings with the ladies of the area, in the living room, playing biblical songs on the keyboard. This quiet life will end as soon as the charitable aunt communicates the arrival of another nephew, Mario, just out of jail. The clash of reality between the cousins ends up causing unusual situations, and an unexpected attraction among the boys.
Writing
Sharp Brazilian small-town dialogue that stings then warms.
Acting
Cazado and Sousa's chemistry simmers through every side-eye.
Director
Mauro Carvalho
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made on a shoestring budget, this became a sleeper hit in Brazil's emerging queer cinema wave, proving rural gay stories could find audiences outside São Paulo and Rio.
The keyboard worship scenes aren't parody—director Carvalho grew up in similar evangelical spaces, and the film's tension between sacred performance and secret desire mirrors his own adolescence.
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