In Porto Alegre, the unemployed Ciro has a dull life in a simple apartment with a nameless stray dog that he had found on the streets. Ciro is supported by his parents and works every now and then in translation of Russian. When he meets the aspirant actress Marcela, who dreams on traveling to other places, they immediately fall in love for each other. However, Marcela has a lymphoma and travels for a treatment, and alone Marcelo becomes depressed and returns to his parents home.
Acting
Júlio Andrade's slouching, authentic desperation.
Cinematography
Porto Alegre's gray streets as character.
Director
Beto Brant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Brazil's 'Cinema da Retomada'—post-90s indie wave exploring working-class stagnation when the country pretended to boom.
Tainá Müller filmed her scenes while actually between chemotherapy sessions; her exhaustion is real.
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