Aurélio Aragão

Do we still know the grotesque when we see it? Muniz Sodré and Raquel Paiva, two of Latin America's greatest thinkers in the field of Communication and authors of the seminal book 'O Império do Grotesco', revisit their work after two decades in an opera-doc that invites reflection on the grotesque today.

In the 90s, Rio de Janeiro was shaken by a wave of kidnappings. Security forces call controversial agents to help save the city from thugs and also from the police itself.

Ana is surrounded. In the apartment below, the ghosts of the past and on the terrace, the ghosts of the future.

A young architect embarks on an ambitious real state development project in Brasília, convinced that he could actually help transform people’s lives and build a new form of society. But his utopia begins to fall apart when his dreams get in the way of corporate corruption and personal interests.

Alex is an unsuccessful country musician. He returns to his hometown in the heart of the brazilian midlands, a village threatened by industrial agriculture that consumes original forests and challenges settler’s traditional ways of life. he dreams of being a skilled musician like his father lázaro, a sick guitar player in debt with the saints, who must perform a series of religious rituals. however, local rumours say his debts are not with the saints, but with the devil. to save his father and himself, alex journeys into local practices and beliefs.