Motel Destino (2024)

Directed by

Karim Aïnouz

Genre

drama film, thriller film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Germany, Brazil, France

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man with a criminal past hides out in a coastal Brazilian motel. He becomes entangled with the people he meets there while trying to escape his former life.

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What happens

Motel Destino is a 2024 erotic thriller film directed and co-written by Karim Aïnouz. Starring Iago Xavier, Nataly Rocha and Fábio Assunção, it follows Heraldo (Xavier), a young impoverished man fleeing from his criminal past, who takes refuge at a motel in Fortaleza, a coastal city in Brazil. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival on 22 May, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or and Queer Palm. It was released in Brazil by Pandora Filmes on 22 August, in Germany by Piffl Medien on 14 November, and in France by Tandem Films on 25 December. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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