

A middle-class Black family in Brazil copes with the election of a far-right extremist president. The mother believes that she's cursed after an unexpected encounter, while her husband puts all of his hopes into their son's soccer career.
Acting
Rejane Faria's face contains multitudes
Direction
Martins makes dread feel like humid weather
Writing
Soccer subplot hits harder than it has any right to

Director
Gabriel Martins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released when Bolsonaro was still president, this captures a specific Brazilian middle-class dread that hits different now.
The Mars rover subplot isn't random—it's Deivinho's escape hatch from the 'Black kid must be athlete' pipeline his father can't see past.