Dellani Lima

A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.

Sandra waits to be called up for Saturday's game, waits for dinner with her father, waits for the appointment.

In the center of the city, Alain seeks to fill his void, while Miguel needs a place to stay.

An addicted tormented by the ghost of his ex-girlfriend watches the passage of a mysterious planet.

A time-displaced group of militants decides to kidnap an ex-torturer.

The film tells the saga of Guima, a young poet who believes he suffers from “solar ultra violence” during the hottest summer in 50 years in Salvador. The alleged disease is caused by the relentless heat that hits the city. Under the marginal eyes of Guima, in a mix of reality and fantasy, the film presents a tropical/chaotic Salvador, as opposed to the stereotypical city seen in postcards, on a journey of a search for a redemptive air conditioning that can rid this contemporary antihero of what suffocates his existence.

A poet and his walk through a future of the dystopian present.