Wallace Lino

The night side of a modernist icon. The fauna and flora of Roberto Burle Marx's gardens inhabited by visitors to Parque do Flamengo while the city of Rio de Janeiro falls asleep.

At Madame's 46th birthday party, one of the artists of the Noite das Estrelas, veterans and newcomers meet on a slab in the Maré favela. Between glamour, close-ups, performances and memories, they sew time and celebrate their bodies, which collectively live and resist through the arts. The short film is produced by Entidade Maré, a research project aimed at rescuing the narratives of LGBTI+ people from the favelas of Maré, in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro.