Gabriela Alcântara

A documentary that seeks to map the current scenario of Brazilian horror cinema to answer the following question: what's so appealing about working with the genre and producing some of our biggest nightmares?

"Be Silent at Night", Caia reads on a wall in the apartment she has just moved in. Among the insistent innuendos by the new neighbor and the presence of her insurgent body in a new location, Caia begins to live inside a horror movie. In Gabriela Alcântara's film, the protagonist resorts to the protection of the Orixás to confront her fears and hauntings, experiencing magic through the strength of the herbs and the women around her.

"Be Silent at Night", Caia reads on a wall in the apartment she has just moved in. Among the insistent innuendos by the new neighbor and the presence of her insurgent body in a new location, Caia begins to live inside a horror movie. In Gabriela Alcântara's film, the protagonist resorts to the protection of the Orixás to confront her fears and hauntings, experiencing magic through the strength of the herbs and the women around her.