Body Electric
A richly textured and honest portrayal of a young gay man’s life in contemporary Brazil.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILM IS IN PORTUGUESE, WITH DUTCH SUBTITLES.
Summer arrives and Elias, a young assistant at a busy garment factory in Sao Paulo, is dreaming of carefree parties and hot hook-ups. Outside of the factory’s long hours, Elias becomes increasingly interested in connecting with work colleagues, including a casual and tender fling with a flirty co-worker. Despite upper management warning him not to fraternize with the ‘common’ floor workers, he finds a new joy in the acceptance and openness of his fellow young working class friends. When his much older and wealthy ex-boyfriend re-enters his life, Elias endeavours to bring the separate parts of his life together for the biggest party of the summer.
Marcelo Caetano, Brasil, 2017, 94 min. Portuguese spoken, Dutch subtitles.