Paloma
Feature film/Portugal/104 minutes/2022
Director: Marcelo Gomes
Screenwriter: Marcelo Gomes, Armando Praça, Gustavo Campos
DoP: Pierre de Kerchove
Production Designer: Marcos Pedroso
Sound: Moabe Filho, Pedrinho Moreira
Sound editor: Elsa Ferreira
Sound Mixing: Branco Neskov
Cast: Kika Sena, Ridson Reis, Anita de Souza Macedo, Clebia Souza, Suzy Lopes, Ana Marinho, Samya de Lavor, Wescla
Vasconcellos, Patricia Dawson, Zé Maria, Buda Lira
Synopsis:
On a hot summer day, Paloma decides to fulfill her most cherished dream: a traditional wedding in a church with her boyfriend Zé. She is a devoted mother, a hard-working farmhand in a papaya plantation and has been saving to afford the celebration. The priest’s refusal to marry her and Zé will force Paloma to confront the rural society. She suffers violence, betrayal, prejudice and injustice but nothing shakes the faith and determination of this transgender woman.
Director’s biography:
Marcelo Gomes is an award-winning film director, screenwriter and visual artist. His debut film, Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures screened at Cannes (Un Certain Regard) in 2005. His feature film I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You which he co-directed with Karim Aïnouz, premiered at Venice (Orizzonti) in 2009. His historical biopic Joaquim was selected in 2017 for the Competition in the Berlin International Film Festival.
Filmography:
Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (2005), I travel because I have to, I come back because I love you (2009), Once upon a time (2012), The man of the Crowd (2014), Joaquim (2017), Waiting for the Carnival (2019), Paloma (2022).