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- Barbarians is a multi-plot drama that takes place nowadays in São Paulo, Latin-America's largest city, a place that is both fascinating and repulsive. Four stories about perversion in different social backgrounds intertwine around the one-day journey of Xique-Xique, a disturbing garbage collector. In Barbarians all the characters suffer with the absence of a father figure - the psychological symbol of law and justice.
- "Horatio" tells the story of a dysfunctional family, in which social norms no longer exist, and where relationships are submitted to each one's impulses. The head of the family is Horatio, a smuggler on the run from the law, hiding in a surreal, baroque apartment with his daughter, Petula, and Milton, his favorite thug. While he keeps his daughter locked up in her bedroom, Horácio flirts with his goon, for whom he has had repressed feelings for years. However, Milton's love for a mysterious woman, and Petula's attempts to free herself with the help of a former lover, clash with Horacio's tyrannical whims. Both satirical and fantastical, the movie builds a tale of underworld crime in which issues such as harassment, chauvinism and greed reach a boiling point, progressively making it impossible for the characters to coexist. Although the implosion of this eccentric family takes place over the span of a single day, the few hours that make up this story feel stretched because their psychological issues are deep and their personal dramas have been long-lived. Due to the interests at play among the characters, the film is a metaphor for a highly materialistic country, determined by an obscure subconscious.
- Rosa was born into a wealthy Lebanese family in Sao Paulo, Brazil. As she grew up in a palace, she fell in love with Rachid, a poor boy from the countryside. Despite her family's objections, they got married and moved to the suburbs. Due to a degenerative disease she almost went blind when their first child was born. Rachid sold everything they had to afford a trip to New York, the only place where Rosa could be treated. He took the opportunity of being in one of the most medically advanced country to study ophthalmology and managed to save her. Rachid came back triumphant to Brazil, where he became a famous doctor and their life got sweeter. Until a tragedy happened.