Gilsergio Botelho

When bandits take the town of Sertânia, Antão gets shot, arrested, and left to die. Bleeding out, Antão's delirious mind begins to recall the events that led up to the incident through a sequence of increasingly unreliable fever dreams.

A military police officer and a gay man, Gustavo lives two realities that seem irreconcilable. In an environment where wearing the uniform also means being doomed to hide who you are, he feels his true nature crushed by fear. But how long can silence protect you—and when does it become a weapon?

In an arid, remote place, three people live monotonous lives: every day, while the woman feeds the animals and does the laundry, the man of the house and his field hand plow the land. But when an unexpected event breaks that routine, the oppression and cruelty will manifest unfettered.