BABY 

Directed by Marcelo Caetano

Written by Marcelo Caetano and Gabriel Domingues
Brazil / France / The Netherlands

SYNOPSIS

After being released from a juvenile detention center, 18-year-old Wellington finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São Paulo, without any contact from his parents and lacking the resources to rebuild his life. He encounters Ronaldo, a mature man, who teaches him new ways of surviving. Gradually, their relationship turns into a conflicting passion.

DIRECTOR’S BIO

Marcelo Caetano was born in 1982 in Belo Horizonte. He lives in São Paulo since 2004.

In 2017 he directed CORPO ELÉTRICO (BODY ELECTRIC), his first long feature film, launched at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, and then selected in the festivals of Belfort Entrevues, Chéries-Chéris, Hong Kong, Montreal, La Havane etc. The movie has received the prize of Best film in the Guadalajara film festival and also won awards at Queer Lisboa, Outfest Los Angeles and Bilbao. In Brazil, it was elected Best Brazilian Film of the Year 2017 by the Association of Critics of Sao Paulo (APCA) and the Northeast (ACCECINE). It was released on french screens in mai 2018, with a great press coverage. The movie has also been released in Holland, Belgium, Germany, USA, Canada, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and Poland.

Marcelo was the casting director of AQUARIUS (2016) and BACURAU (2019) of Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. He was co-writer and assistant director of Anna Muylaert’s FROM ONE FAMILY TO ANOTHER (DON’T CALL ME SON, 2016), and assistant director of RODEO (NEON BULL, 2015) by Gabriel Mascaro.

He directed three short films : BALL (2009), BY YOUR SIDE (2011) and VERONA (2013), selected at the festivals Clermont-Ferrand, Rotterdam, Indie Lisboa, Montreal etc.

CAST & CREW

Director : Marcelo Caetano

Writers : Marcelo Caetano and Gabriel Domingues

Production company : Cup Filmes / Desbun Filmes / Plateau Produções (Brazil), Still Moving (France), Circe Films & Kaap Holland (The Netherlands)

Producers : Beto Tibiriçá, Ivan Melo, Marcelo Caetano

Coproducers FRANCE : Juliette Lepoutre, Pierre Menahem

Coproducers THE NETHERLANDS : Stienette Bosklopper, Maarten Swart

Cinematographer / DoP : Joana Luz (DaFB), Pedro Sotero (ABC)

Set Designer : Thales Junqueira

Editor : Fabian Remy

Sound Editor / Mix : Graciela Barrault (A.F.S.I), Lucas Coelho, Max Van Den Oever

Composer : Bruno Prado, Car Rolfsen