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André Antônio updates the Salomé cult for trans life in contemporary Brazil with his lavish second feature.
André Antônio, Salomé, Portuguese with English subtitles, 118min., 2024
Cecília, a successful young model, returns to Recife, her hometown, to spend Christmas with her mother. One night, a neighbor she hadn’t seen for a long time, João, shows her a bottle with a mysterious and intoxicating green substance. Cecília begins to fall in love with João, but also discovers he is involved in a secret cult around the figure of Salomé, the luxurious biblical princess.
André Antônio was born in Recife in 1988. He worked as a film editor for several movies from Pernambuco before founding, with filmmakers Chico Lacerda, Fábio Ramalho and Rodrigo Almeida, the independent queer film collective Surto & Deslumbramento. In 2015, his first feature, The Cult, premiered at Rio de Janeiro Int’l Film Festival and was exhibited in many international film festivals. After filming Venus in Nykes in 2021, he has now directed his second feature, Salomé.