Baby (2024)

Directed by

Marcelo Caetano

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Brazil, Netherlands, France

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man named Wellington is released from juvenile detention in São Paulo and finds his family has vanished. Alone on the streets, he connects with an older escort who becomes both a protector and a lover.

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What happens

Baby is a 2024 drama film, directed by Marcelo Caetano. A co-production between Brazil, France and the Netherlands, the film stars João Pedro Mariano as Wellington (nicknamed "Baby"), a young man forced to fend for himself on the streets of São Paulo. Newly released from a two-year stint in juvenile detention, during which his parents moved away without leaving any indication of their whereabouts, he meets the older Ronaldo (Ricardo Teodoro), an escort who becomes first a substitute father figure and then a love interest for Baby. The cast also includes Ana Flavia Cavalcanti as Ronaldo's former partner, Priscila, and Bruna Linzmeyer as Priscila's wife Jana, who also build friendships with Wellington, and Luiz Bertazzo as Torres, a drug dealer who also wants Wellington's affections, as well as Marcelo Várzea, Patrick Coelho, Kyra Reis, Baco Pereira, Sylvia Prado, Ariane Aparecida, Victor Hugo Martins, Maurício de Barros, Cleo Coelho, Cael Benício, Aquiles, Kelly Campello and Mauricio Sassi in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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