BABY
by Marcelo Caetano
Brazil, France, The Netherlands, 2024, 107'
São Paulo's streets can offer danger or opportunity, and for Baby, they deliver both
After being released from a juvenile detention center, 18-year-old Wellington (Baby) finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São Paulo, without any contact from his parents and lacking the resources to rebuild his life. He encounters Ronaldo, a mature man, who teaches him new ways of surviving. Gradually, their relationship turns into a conflicting passion.
Reviews
“a resolutely upbeat message always comes through”
"While it would be easy to characterise BABY as LGBTQ+ cinema, those concerns are woven elegantly into its wider human story about love, loss, and social mobility"
“tenderhearted”
“the core of the movie is a tender and sentimental compassion”
“Mariano is superb”
“Teodoro, an experienced stage actor, offers a riveting portrait of contradictions”
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Awards
Prix Fondation Louis Roederer de la Révélation / Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award (Ricardo Teodoro) - Cannes 2024 - Semaine de la Critique
Gio Award - Best LGBTIQ+ Film & Gio Award - Best Performance in a LGBTIQ+ film for Ricardo Teodoro - Festival de Cine de Lima 2024
Sebastiane Latino Award - San Sebastian 2024 (presented during)
L’Abrazo for Best Feature Fiction Film - Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine 2024
Best Film, Best Actor (João Pedro Mariano), Best Art Direction (Thales Junqueira) and the Special Jury Prize (Felix / LGBTQ+) - Festival do Rio 2024
Grand Jury Award for International Narrative Feature - NewFest 2024
Jury Award for Best Feature Film - OUTshine 2024
Best LGBTQ Film - Qcinema FF 2024
Jury's Best Performance Award to João Mariano; Jury's Best Director Award to Marcelo Caetano - Festival MixBrasil 2024
Best Director - LesGaiCineMad 2024
Best Supporting Actor (Ricardo Teodoro) - Festival de Huelva Cine Iberoamericano 2024
Best Feature Film - Florence Queer Festival 2024
Special Mention of the Jury - image+nation. Festival Film LGBT Queer Montréal 2024
Festivals
World Premiere: Cannes 2024 - Semaine de la Critique
La Rochelle IFF 2024
New Horizons IFF 2024
Festival de Cine de Lima 2024
Queer Lisboa 28 - International Queer FF 2024
Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine 2024
Perpignan Festival - Et Alors ?! 2024
Queer Screen FF 2024
Hamburg IFF 2024
Helsinki Love&Anarchy 2024
BFI London FF 2024
NewFest 2024
Chicago Int’l FF 2024
OUTshine 2024
Festival do Rio 2024
Festival Effervescence
Way Out West FF
Saint Paul Trois Châteux
Mostra São Paulo
Philadelphia FF 2024
Morelia IFF 2024
Thessaloniki FF 2024
World FF of Bangkok 2024
Qcinema FF 2024
Festival de Huelva Cine Iberoamericano 2024
Filmar 2024
Festival Internacional de Cine LGBTI+ de Madrid 2024
Florence Queer Festival 2024
Havana IFF - Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano 2024
Merlinka FF 2024
Sottodiciotto FF 2024
Hollywood Brazilian FF 2024
Janela de Cinema do Recife 2024
Mezipatra Prague 2024
Pride FF (Perth) 2024
CineCeará 2024
MixBrasil 2024
QueerTatics (Viena) 2024
Melbourne Queer FF 2024
Face à Face (Saint-Etienne) 2024
Festival 3 Margens (Foz do Iguaçu) 2024
Exground FF 2024
Lesgaicinemad 2024
Cheries-Cheris 2024
Mostra de Cinema de Gostoso 2024
Image+Nation 2024
In&Out 2024
Florence Queer FF 2024
Mostra Que Desejo! 2024
DHFest Festival de Cultura em Direitos Humanos (São Paulo) 2024
Regards Rennes 2024
Cast & Crew
With: João Pedro Mariano, Ricardo Teodoro, Ana Flavia Cavalcanti, Bruna Linzmeyer, Luiz Bertazzo
Production Companies: Cup Filmes; Desbun Filmes; Plateau Produções (Brasil); Still Moving (France); Circe Films; Kaap Holland (The Netherlands)
Producers: Beto Tibiriçá, Ivan Melo, Marcelo Caetano.
Coproducers France: Juliette Lepoutre, Pierre Menahem.
Coproducers The Netherlands: Stienette Bosklooper, Maarten Swart.
Marcelo Caetano
Marcelo Caetano, born in the State of Minas Gerais but now based in São Paulo, directed the feature film BODY ELECTRIC which premiered in Rotterdam in 2017. He also directed the TV series HIT PARADE and NOTÍCIAS POPULARES both broadcasted on Canal Brasil. He has worked on various productions as an assistant director and casting producer, notably on TATUAGEM, BACURAU, AQUARIUS and NEON BULL. In 2009, Marcelo co-founded Desbun Filmes.
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