Queerfilmnacht: Baby (OmU)

In the organizer's words:

18-year-old Wellington is released from the juvenile detention center. His parents have moved away during his two-year sentence and have left him no contact. Wellington has to fend for himself on the streets of São Paulo. He meets 42-year-old sex worker Ronaldo in a porn movie theater. The experienced escort takes the young man under his wing and shows him the red light district, where Wellington also begins to work under the name "Baby". An ambivalent relationship develops between the two, characterized by closeness and care, but also by dependencies and latent dangers.

In the tradition of complex scene films such as "My Private Idaho" and "Sauvage", director Marcelo Caetano tells the authentic and captivating story of a queer coming-of-age in the sex worker milieu in "Baby". He approaches the characters and settings of his film without prejudice and with great empathy, celebrating the solidarity between the sexual outsiders without concealing the darker sides of the milieu. Newcomer João Pedro Mariano was awarded the Louis Roederer Foundation's Rising Star Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of Baby. Courageous and sexy queer cinema from Brazil!

Brazil/France/Netherlands 2024
Director: Marcelo Caetano
106 minutes