The neon-hued Motel Destino, a roadside sex hotel steaming under the burning blue skies of the northeastern coast of Brazil, is run by hot-headed Elias and his restless younger wife Dayana. The unexpected arrival of 21-year-old Heraldo, on the run after a botched hit, disrupts the established order. As the tropical noir plays out, loyalties and desires intertwine to reveal that destiny has its own enigmatic design.
Nataly Rocha, Fábio Assunção, Iago Xavier
- Directed by: Karim Aïnouz
- Written by: Karim Aïnouz, Maurício Zacharias, Wislan Esmeraldo
- Executive Production: Mauricio Macedo, Janaina Bernardes, Daniela Antonelli Aun, Gabriela Tocchio, Ana Saito, Pablo Torrecillas, Fernando Loureiro, Mariana Ferraz, Marcelo Campanér
- Production Director: Luiza Ramos
- Cinematography: Hélene Louvart, Afc
- Art Director: Marcos Pedroso
- Editing: Nelly Quettier
- Sociétés de production: Amine Bouhafa
- Production Companies: Cinema Inflamável and Gullane
- Cannes Film Festival 2024 - Nominated for the Palme d'Or and the Queer Palme
- Munich Film Festival 2024 - Nominated for the CineCoPro Award
- Gramado Film Festival
