In an empty city, scorched by the sun, the young and old confuse the fever of sunstroke with the delicate birth of passion. Like ghosts, they hover around buildings and endless flatlands in search of the ever elusive love. Inspired by 19th century Russian short stories, the plots weave and unravel together in the improbable city of Brasilia – a distorted mirror-image of the Soviet utopia – located in the heart of the Brazilian desert.
Cinematography
Searing whites and concrete curves that make heat visible.
Direction
Two directors, one suffocating vision—Chekhov in a sauna.
Production
Brasília as character: modernism's failed promise made flesh.
Director
Felipe Hirsch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brasília was designed by Oscar Niemeyer as a socialist utopia mirroring Soviet ideals; the film treats this irony as tragic erotic material.
The directors shot during actual 40°C heatwaves—cast members genuinely suffered heat exhaustion, blurring performance and reality.
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