Obscuro Barroco

The documentary is set in Rio de Janeiro. The camera goes into the night life of the city. The street carnival is at the centre of the account. Masks, make-up and costumes are everywhere. Fireworks light up the night. Luana Muniz guides the film. Muniz was a trans woman and a well-known activist. Her voice carries the account. The passages she reads come from Clarice Lispector. The book is called Água Viva. The film thinks about the body and about identity. It looks at people who want to change. That wish is both personal and social. Muniz died in 2017. The film was first shown in Berlin. Evangelia Kranioti directed the sixty minute documentary. The Greek and French coproduction was finished in 2018.