Obscuro Barroco is a documentary-fiction about the dizzying heights of gender and metamorphosis. It is also a cinematographic homage to a land of extremes, the city of Rio de Janeiro. Following the path of iconic transexual figure Luana Muniz (1961–2017), the film explores different quests for the self through transvestism, carnival, and political struggle. In turn, it poses questions about the desire to transform our intimate and social body.
Obscuro Barroco
Obscuro Barroco
20th TDF: Greek premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Evangelia Kranioti
- Cinematography: Evangelia Kranioti
- Editing: Yorgos Lamprinos
- Sound: Jerôme Gonthier
- Production: Tropical Underground
- Producers: Evangelia Kranioti
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: France, Greece
- Production Year: 2018
- Duration: 60'
- Contact: Tropical Underground, tropicalundergroundfilms@gmail.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Teddy's Special Jury Award – Berlin IFF 2018
Evangelia Kranioti
Evangelia Kranioti was born in Athens, Greece. She studied arts and film at Le Fresnoy. Her debut documentary feature Exotica, Erotica, Etc. premiered at the Berlinale Forum 2015 and won the Emerging International Filmmaker Award at the Toronto Hot Docs IFF. Her second film Obscuro Barroco won the Teddy Jury Award at the Berlinale Panorama 2018.
Filmography
2015 Exotica, Erotica, Etc. (doc)
2018 Obscuro Barroco (doc)
2018 Obscuro Barroco (doc)
