Thiago Ledier

Héléna réalise un vieux rêve : ouvrir un petit commerce. Elle loue un local abandonné et monte son affaire. Mais son mari Otávio perd subitement son travail et toute la famille est fragilisée. Au même moment, l’installation de l’épicerie ne se fait pas sans problème : des produits disparaissent, une odeur étrange imprègne le local et une tâche sur le mur ne cesse de grandir. Le local semble prendre vie, dans un climat qui perturbe toutes les personnes présentes, à commencer par Héléna et sa famille.

In present-day São Paulo, a trio of young hearts are about to break. Ricardo has both a steady boyfriend and a wandering eye for a new coworker. Isabella is taking a break from both her boyfriend and best friend Ricardo. And hopeless romantic Felipe has suddenly found himself caught between the two of them. These three have big dreams, yearning passion, and opinionated acquaintances, but they’re all unprepared for what’s to come from Cupid’s arrows.

Álvares de Azevedo was a 19th century Brazilian romantic writer. He died prematurely (died at the age of 21), but left a significant work for Brazilian literature. Among her, the novel “Noite na Taverna”. The film, loosely inspired by the book, tells a day in the life of its author in parallel with that which is one of its darkest and most complex characters, Johann. Inserted in the same universe (a hypothetical São Paulo of 1850), Álvares lives a normal day of his academic life while Johann is involved in a death duel that triggers in several other consequences such as murder and rape.