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Gil Baroni
Brazilian director Gil Baroni explores themes of identity, belonging, and freedom, blending humor, fantasy, and social commentary in narratives that challenge conventions.
- Region
- Guarapuava, PR, Sul
- Age
- 47
Authorial vision
Gil Baroni crafts films that explore the experiences of characters seeking to affirm their identities and find their place in the world. In the film Alice Júnior, he follows a transgender teenager’s journey toward autonomy, affection, and freedom, addressing prejudice through a lighthearted, hopeful, and fairy-tale-like narrative. In Casa Izabel, he turns to suspense and drama to explore power dynamics, identity, and social conventions. Moving across genres and approaches, his work connects individual and social issues, using humor, imagination, and the possibility of transformation to explore freedom and resistance.
Filmography
- Casa Izabel
2022 · Film · Drama, Horror, Suspense · Director · 84 min
In an isolated mansion built by a slave-owning elite, a retreat for cross-dressers takes shape. Within its walls, men immerse themselves in a glamorous, delirious reality, far removed from the dark years of Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s. The illusions that sustain this fabricated freedom begin to crumble as the establishment inevitably infiltrates the house, breaking through the boundaries of makeup and every artifice designed to distract from the inescapability of fate.
- Alice Júnior
2019 · Film · Comédia, Drama · Director · 87 min
Alice Júnior is a free-spirited, transgender YouTuber who is also quite spoiled. After moving with her father to a small town where her new school seems stuck in the past, she must navigate her new environment and face prejudice to achieve her greatest wish: having her first kiss.
- O Amor de Catarina
2016 · Film · Drama · Director · 95 min
Rose should have a perfect life. But after discovering that her husband has been deceiving her, the emptiness she once felt turns into complete devastation. As she tries to start over, rediscover herself, and reconnect with the people she loves, Rose finds inspiration in the most unexpected place: the twists and turns of O Amor de Catarina, the latest nationwide television sensation.
- Brasil Santo
2009 · Documentary · Documentário · Writer & Director · 70 min
Stories exploring the faith of the Brazilian people and their devotion to popular saints.
- Cantoras do Rádio - O Filme
2009 · Documentary · Documentário · Writer & Director · 85 min
April 2005. Carmélia Alves, Carminha Mascarenhas, Ellen de Lima, and Violeta Cavalcante take the stage at Teatro Rival in Rio de Janeiro to pay tribute to ten great divas of Brazil’s golden age of radio: Carmen Miranda, Aurora Miranda, Aracy de Almeida, Dalva de Oliveira, Dolores Duran, Elizeth Cardoso, Linda Batista, Dircinha Batista, Isaura Garcia, and Nora Ney.
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