Surto & Deslumbramento

Cecília, a successful young model, returns to Recife, her hometown, to spend Christmas with her mother. One night, a neighbour she hadn’t seen for a long time, João, shows her a bottle with a mysterious and intoxicating green substance. Cecília begins to fall in love with João, but also discovers he is involved in a secret cult around the figure of Salomé, the luxurious biblical princess.

A documentary filmmaker sleeps with his camera to film the dreams he has at night.

Autumn has arrived. Soon we will dive into the cold darkness.

Darling, he came to see me again today. I end every session more shook than the last. Because, unlike all my other patients, he shows no discomfort whatsoever with his sexual freakishness. On the contrary. I maintain my diagnosis: acute melancholia and flight from reality. He goes so deep in his delusion sometimes that he imagines he's some kind of prophet. As if he was part of a cult.

“Honey, thanks for taking care of the house. There's wine in the fridge. If Raja gets restless, just give him a cookie.”

Follows the daily life and memories of Elza Show, a drag queen from Recife dedicated to singing the great Brazilian radio divas.

It feels so good to dream of you. It feels so real it fills me with pleasure. And I can't think about anything else.