La salamandre
Paralysed by fear of the future, a middle aged French bureaucrat escapes to Brazil where a destructive affair with a boy forces her to learn to live in the present.
Alexandre Carvalho
Director
Also Directed by Alexandre Carvalho
Samara (professor), Renan (engineer) and Lola (journalist) are young recent graduates from Brazilian universities thanks to affirmative action policies. The three characters are considered “exceptions” in a country where less than 17% of the population complete Higher Education. They travel across the country looking for the best and worst public schools and even confront politicians from different parties in the Federal Capital, including then-deputy (and current President) Jair Bolsonaro. Isolated in a bunker, they reflect on the general disregard for public education, on the reasons for the enormous Brazilian inequality and models for a more humane and inclusive education
Two teenagers decide to attend attend São Paulo's annual Gay Pride Parade, encouraged by one of their uncles, a successful - although closeted - business executive. After witnessing an incident of shocking violence at the parade, the group makes a pact - they all have one year to come out of the closet.
