Carolina Markowicz
Director
Country
Brazil
Format
Feature film
Year
2023
Duration
1 h 42 mins
Previous Festivals/Awards
Official Selection, 2023 Toronto International Film Festival
Stream
International Showcase
Interests
Black, Family, Gay, Latinx
Suellen, a Brazilian toll booth attendant and mother, is willing to do almost anything to keep her family afloat. When the opportunity to case drivers passing by her toll booth presents itself, she falls in with a gang of thieves promising a chance at a better life. Suellen’s idea of a better life, however, does not align with that of her very assured teenage son, Antonio. Convinced she is doing what is right for her family, she invests in an expensive gay conversion workshop led by a renowned priest; an investment that threatens both her relationship with her son, as well as her freedom.
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