Obscuro Barroco
2SLGBTQ+ Stories • 59m
"a dreamy acid trip through Rio de Janeiro’s queer nightlife." Now Magazine
Berlin International Film Festival
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival
Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
In her dreamlike, essayistic film Obscuro Barroco, Greek director Evangelia Kranioti collaborates with trans activist Luana Muniz, an icon of Brazil's queer subculture, as she takes the audience on exhilarating, multi-sensory, textural trip through Rio de Janeiro’s nightlife, while reflecting on the trans experience and gender self-determination. Muniz draws on the words of author Clarice Lispector, specifically those from her novel Água Viva, as she navigates the city after dark. Kranioti's film is a celebratory experience of Rio's nightlife - a colourful, sensual, nocturnal landscape, populated by glorious revelers, costumed crowds and dazzling dancers.
France, Greece - 2018 - 59m
Directed By: Evangelia Kranioti
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