Caroline Cavalcanti

We live in a period with little affection and heads down facing a cell phone screen. These are times of liquid relationships that flow through our fingers but at the same time also imprison us. The old is gone but the new has no form yet.

After committing acts of vandalism, Bel and Juliano, teenagers from the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, are sentenced to do community service where they get to know each other, starting to share affection and uncertainty.

Passing through the mountains of Ouro Preto, through a peaceful rural area, through the heart of the metropolis Belo Horizonte and also through its periphery, each character in “Liberdade, though belated” lives a different reality. Elisa hides a great sin, João carries the pain of a loss, Felipe lives continuous nights of torment and Rosana, the anguish of protecting her best friend from an abusive relationship. Their conflicts are distinct, but the longing for freedom is what unites them.