Sunset Fever

In this mockumentary, we follow amateur documentary filmmaker and poodle aficionado Flávia on a journey in search of Cristal, a flamboyant poodle and former showbiz star who is trying to adjust to a new stage in her life. Amid fond conversations about a glamorous past and simple strolls by the sea, Flávia captures with a keen eye the difficulties, anxieties, and small joys of a former star.

Not recognizing the past does not mean ignoring it, and not believing in the future does not negate that something is yet to come. In distrusting these two extremes, it is better to admit our anxiety and bet on the present and on our mistakes. (Raphael Fonseca)

Brazil 1970. Zé walks away from his upper-middle-class life and joins the resistance against the military regime. Together with his partner Bete, he abandons public life to fight the system, while also raising two kids. Based on the life of José Carlos Novais da Mata-Machado who died under torture at the age of 27, falsely accused of betraying his companions.