Sérgio Vianna

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.

A documentary produced in super-8 with a mixture of fiction. It caused a stir wherever it was shown, having to be subjected to the censorship in force at the time of the military regime. It poetically addresses the various prejudices and conflicts that involve the field of sexuality. Two men star in love scenes. Testimonials by Lauro Nascimentos, Eleonora Menicucci, João Silvério Trevisan, Henrique Magalhães and popular people about conflicts involving affection between people of the same sex.