João Pedro Madureira

Juca Valente owns a kiosk on the coast of São Paulo and just wants to have fun. An eternal flirt, he hates big responsibilities and doesn't think about having anything serious with anyone. But his life takes an entirely different turn when an American ex-girlfriend dumps a baby on him and disappears. Juca then leaves for the United States with the intention of returning the child, not imagining that he would start liking the idea of being a father.

By placing a mirror in front of desire, we follow 5 interviewees and 6 performers who engage in a dialogue about how the fine line between desire and compulsion is navigated. Considering the hyper exploitation of desire through applications, what is freedom within a capitalist system that "liberates" while also oppresses?