Book-loving Marcelo invites us deep inside his life story where non-fiction mingles with fantastical elements, constantly questioning what is real and what is performance. An outrageous, explicit and poignant portrait of a man fully in charge of his desires, frankly laying bare tales of incest, Catholic grandmothers and the contemplation of sending self-made sex tapes to his homophobic father. 

A rosa azul de Novalis
dir. Gustavo Vinagre, Rodrigo Carneiro | Brazil | 2019 | 70min | Portuguese with English subtitles

Short before the feature
THERE’S NO SIN TO THE SOUTH OF ECUADOR (Não Existe Pecado Ao Sul Do Equador) | dir. Igor Furtado | Brazil | 2019 | 6min
Two young men flirt and meet during a religious procession in Brazil in this poetic short that blends homo-eroticism with religious imagery.

CN: nudity, sexual content

Presented in partnership with Naked Boys Reading