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Matias (Gabriel Faryas) is a queer Black actor performing in a prestigious theatre group in Porto Alegre, where he meets Rafael (Cirillo Luna) — white, wealthy, and a promising mayoral candidate. The two discover a mutual fetish for having sex in public, setting off a dangerous game of lovemaking in alleyways, parks, and rest stops. When Matias lands a major role as a straight, masculine character in a popular TV series, it raises his profile, but as the affair grows more reckless the lovers risk losing everything.
A steamy, slow-burn erotic thriller that explores performance, code-switching, and the importance of queer meeting spaces. Marcio Reolon and Felipe Matzembacher examine the fraught connection between public and private life, the dangers of desire, and art imitating life in this carefully crafted neo-noir echoing the works of De Palma and Verhoeven. Night Stage presents love as an act of defiance, bursting out from the club and into the neon-soaked streets.
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Gabriel Faryas, Cirillo Luna, Henrique Barreira, Ivo Müller, Kaya Rodrigues, Larissa Sanguiné
Brazil
2025
In Portuguese with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Producer
Jessica Luz, Paola Wink, Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon
Screenwriter
Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon
Cinematography
Luciana Baseggio
Editor
Germano de Oliveira
Production Design
Manuela Falcão
Original Music
Thiago Pethit, Arthur Decloedt, Charles Tixier
Marcio Reolon
Filipe Matzembacher
Directors and screenwriters from Porto Alegre, Brazil, Marcio Reolon and Filipe Matzembacher made their feature debut with Seashore, which premiered in the Forum section of Berlinale 2015. Their second feature, Hard Paint, premiered in the Panorama section in 2018, where it won the Teddy Award for Best Film and the CICAE Jury Award for Best Panorama Film. Hard Paint also took home four awards at the Rio Film Festival, including Best Film and Best Screenplay. In addition to their work in cinema, Reolon and Matzembacher have directed music videos and television content, including the miniseries The Nest (2016).
Filmography: Seashore (2015); Hard Paint (2018)
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