Marcelo Caetano
Fiction : 106' / Gay, Sex Work, Family

Opening Night

 

Upon release from a juvenile detention center, 18-year-old Wellington (Baby) finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São Paulo. Clueless about his parents’ whereabouts and lacking the resources to rebuild his life, he refuses to sleep at a shelter, and ends up on the streets. His friends from the Centro have no idea about his detention. At a cruising cinema, he meets Ronaldo, a 42-year-old man, who teaches him new ways of surviving, namely alongside him on sex work and drug trafficking. Gradually, they fall for each other. Following his feature length debut, in 2017, with Corpo Elétrico, screened at Queer Lisboa, Brazilian filmmaker Marcelo Caetano is back in Lisbon to open the festival with his second feature, Baby. Selected for the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week in 2024, where Ricardo Teodoro (Ronaldo) won the award for Best New Actor, Baby is a sexy and vibrant plunge in São Paulo’s underworld, while it embroiders a very delicate and empathic narrative on love, family, and loss. J.F.

/ EXHIBITION

Lisboa
September 21 | 16h00 | Cinema São Jorge - Sala Manoel de Oliveira Buy Tickets
September 20 | 21h00 | Cinema São Jorge - Sala Manoel de Oliveira Buy Tickets
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/ Details

Year: 2024

Country: Brazil, France, The Netherlands

Language: portuguese

Subtitles: english

With: João Pedro Mariano, Ricardo Teodoro, Ana Flavia Cavalcanti, Bruna Linzmeyer, Luiz Bertazzo, Marcelo Varzea

/ Direction

Marcelo Caetano

Brazil


Marcelo Caetano is a Brazilian filmmaker. He was born in Minas Gerais but is now based in São Paulo. He has directed films and television series and has also worked on various productions as an assistant director and casting producer. In 2009, Marcelo co-founded the production company Desbun Filmes.


Filmography

2024 - Baby (Feature Film)

2017 - Corpo Elétrico (Feature Film)

2013 - Verona (Short Film)

2011 - Na Sua Companhia (Short Film)

2009 - Bailão (Short Film)

2008 - A Tal Guerreira (Short Film)


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