Shortly after World War II, the city of Rio de Janeiro experiments a period of great cultural, political and economic effervescence, when all the dreams – or nearly all – seem possible. In this exciting scenery of transformation, Paulo discovers love, friendship and sex through his childhood and adolescence in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Direction
Jabor's intimate framing of bodies against Rio's architectural grandeur.
Cinematography
Golden-hour nostalgia that somehow feels politically urgent.
Acting
Marco Nanini's patriarch—warmth and menace in the same breath.
Director
Arnaldo Jabor
Marco Nanini
Grandpa Noel
Dan Stulbach
Marcos
Mariana Lima
Sofia
João Miguel
Bené
Maria Luísa Mendonça
Madam
Maria Flor
Deise
Elke Maravilha
Grandma
Jayme Matarazzo
Paulo - 19 anos
Ary Fontoura
Padre
Caio Manhente
Paulo - 8 anos
Tammy Di Calafiori
Marilyn
Emiliano Queiroz
Joaquim
Michel Joelsas
Paulo - 13 anos
Jorge Loredo
Padre 2
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jabor directed this at 71, completing a trilogy about Brazilian masculinity thirty years in the making. The title ironically references a military euphemism for the dictatorship's propaganda.
The film's 4.0 TMDB average reflects its divisiveness—Brazilian critics adored its ambition while international audiences found its explicitness gratuitous. It's basically unknown outside Latin American film circles.
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