In this fantasy drama from Brazil, a gay actor and a closeted politician discover a mutual passion for the same fetish
H
ere is an erotic thriller from Brazil that finally suspends realism and plausibility to keep its eroticism in play right up to the startling final moments; there is an unexpected strain of the bizarre and soap-operatic.
Matias (Gabriel Faryas) is a handsome young actor in a stage company specialising in dance and physical theatre. Jealous of his boyfriend and fellow cast member, Fabio (Henrique Barreira), who has landed a role in a big new TV show, Matias sneakily tries to get an audition as well.
At the same time, he is secretly hooking up with Rafael (Cirillo Luna), a closeted politician on the verge of being elected mayor. The two men discover in themselves a passion for having furtive sex in public, addicted to the thrill of almost being discovered. By a quirk of fate that the film doesn’t consider it particularly important to explain away, Rafael happens also to be acquainted with the director of Fabio’s TV show, an arbitrary connection that is to have violent and fatal consequences.
