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Two friends meet to eat a bodó fish. The talk between them goes through the colors and smells of the houses in the heat of the city. Someone stays and someone leave.
When Rafael sees old videotapes from his family, he goes back to his past to understand his present.
In the near future, the elderly must relocate to remote retirement colonies so that the younger generations can go about their work undisturbed. The 77-year-old Tereza refuses and instead embarks on a life-changing journey through the Amazon.
In this semi-autobiographical drama, filmmaker Diego Bauer plays a fictionalized version of himself confronting his past and present during a drastic weight-loss journey. As his body changes, he revisits memories of childhood, family, and social stigma, while questioning masculinity, desire, and belonging. Alongside this process, he reflects on his bisexuality and attraction to male and female bodies, exposing confusion, vulnerability, and self-acceptance. Blending fiction and confession, the film follows his attempt to reconcile who he was with who he is becoming in a society obsessed with norms and appearances.
Manaus, April 2020. Karoline is a theater actress who decides to go to a Caixa branch to request her emergency assistance. She is accompanied by her sister who is going to try to get her job back.