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
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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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