AND THE WINNERS ARE…
For Mít, a gender fluid person, a life between two worlds is nothing new. Against the expectations of grandmother Roan and mother Mai, Mít is seeing Lara. But before Mít has the courage to separate from the family, Roan is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. For Mít, a part of the familiar world threatens to break away. If Roan forgets, then memories of the distant homeland of Vietnam also fade. Mít has to search for the connection between the two identities believed to be incompatible.
In the dense Colombian jungle, eras jump, genders blur and fluids flow freely. The rubber trees, tapped for their viscous sap, take on another connotation of kink while a 15th century European Missionary tries to tame what is inherently savage. In the thicket of trees, all things are wild, animalistic and queer.
In contemporary Budapest, a city enriched by immigrant culture but simultaneously immersed in conservatism, Zsófia, a young Hungarian and Luiza, a Brazilian with temporary stay in the country, build a safe space of love and connection between their two worlds. a seemingly irrelevant incident reveals the chasm between their different origins. Both will be forever changed by this intense love story.
Elisa, an aspiring actress, goes to talk about her experience to a journalist. During the interview she becomes aware of what she has gone through and the guilt she is carrying. Based on a true story.
