Denis Carvalho

A couple of rubber workers from Manaus are transported from 1919, the end of the Spanish Flu in Brazil, to 2020, the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Between quinine, British tea, street music and internet modem, the couple's adventures, under the intoxicating opium of pornochanchada, show how the country's conservative structures have been maintained since other carnivals.

Antônio, after telling his parents that he is gay, finds himself kicked out of home and, with nowhere to go, ends up falling into the underworld of prostitution. H.O.M.O.F.O.B.I.A is an intriguing and moving film that portrays the reality of homosexuality and the prejudice that still exists in Brazil.