“You know you’re safe here, right?” Yeah, not so sure about that… Strand Releasing has unveiled an official US trailer for the sweaty, sultry indie film Motel Destino made by acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz. This premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival last year to very mixed & negative reviews – it’s an overlong, overly-sexual, meandering fever dream of a movie… drenched in neon and bodily fluids. Under the burning sky on a roadside on the coast of Ceará, “Motel Destino” is the scene of dangerous games of desire, power and violence. One night, 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. 🇧🇷 Starring Iago Xavier, Fábio Assunção, Nataly Rocha, Renan Capivara, Fabiola Liper, and a few others. This one is really an acquired taste for die-hard cinema nerds only, who want to spend time with all these sweaty characters who don’t really do much except roll around. // Continue Reading ›
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