
O Grande Espanto de Dorothy Boom
Synopsis
The journey of underground star Regina Müller/Dorothy Boom reveals a different view of iconophilia and iconoclasm, devotion and transgression, incorporation and performance, while her creative process is crossed by religious, profane and queer cultural elements
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