Baby

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OFFICIAL SECTION: FEATURE FILMS

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At the French Institute:

SAT 07/06 ● 8 p.m.
FRI 13/06 ● 4 p.m.

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Title: Baby
Direction: Marcelo Caetano
Cast: João Pedro Mariano, Ricardo Teodoro, Ana Flavia Cavalcanti, Bruna Linzmeyer
Production: Cup Filmes
Distribution: M-Appeal
Genre: Drama
Duration: 107′
Country: Brazil, France, Netherlands
Year: 2024
Original version in Portuguese. Subtitles in Spanish and Catalan

Festivals: Albuquerque (LGBTQ), Bangkok, Belgrade (LGBTQ), Biarritz (Latin American cinema), Wroclaw (new cinema), Cannes, Chicago, Philadelphia, Fortaleza (Ibero-American cinema), Florence (LGBTQ), Foz do Iguaçu (Latin American cinema), Geneva (Latin American cinema), Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki (new cinema), Hollywood (Brazilian cinema), Huelva (Ibero-American cinema), Kerala, Havana (Latin American cinema), La Rochelle, Lima, Lisbon (LGBTQ), London (BFI), Madrid (LGBTQ), Melbourne (LGBTQ), Montreal (LGBTQ), Morelia, Nice (LGBTQ), New York (LGBTQ), Paris (LGBTQ), Perpignan, Perth (LGBTQ), Prague (LGBTQ), Quezon City, Rennes (LGBTQ), Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Saint-Etienne (LGBTQ), São Paulo, São Paulo (LGBTQ), São Paulo (cinema and human rights), Sydney (LGBTQ), Thessaloniki, Tromsø, Turin (youth cinema), Vienna (LGBTQ), Wiesbaden (independent cinema)

First showing in Barcelona

At 18 years old, Wellington (defiantly nicknamed Baby) has been released from a juvenile detention center in São Paulo. With no family, friends or resources to survive on his own, he turns to Ronaldo, a beguiling and experienced older man who introduces him to new and exciting ways to survive in the underbelly of the city. The fun doesn’t last, however, as the passion in their relationship inevitably turns tumultuous. The bustling streets of Brazil come to life with dizzying vibrancy, allure and danger in this sublime feature presented at the Cannes Film Festival. Baby presents the city as a journey of self-discovery, with desire, emotion and pain hiding in every corner. Propelled by Marcelo Caetano’s stylish direction, this gritty coming-of-age tale wrestles with themes of love and coercion, considering what’s still possible for a restless heart when a ‘baby’ becomes a man.

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