The subtitles at the beginning and end of the video give you the basic idea of what the story is about.
But you like details, I hope? Here they are.
Back in February, I watched Ainda Estou Aqui, a film about the family of Brazilian communist Rubens Paiva.
Then I went down the rabbit hole: the historical context, discussions of the dictatorship years among people who actually support the dictatorship, and eventually more or less got it out of my system.
And then I met Fernando Brutto, a figure from Rio’s BDSM scene, and we agreed to make something together.
There was one problem: he doesn’t fit my style at all.
And I don’t fit his.
So clearly, we needed a plot.
And that’s when I had the idea of playing around with what happened to be a very fashionable subject that year.
— What if we filmed something like this? Wouldn’t it be a little too offensive?
— You know, my parents were communist activists during the final year
