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MORPHEUS & CHARON (MORFEU E CARONTE)

MORPHEUS & CHARON (MORFEU E CARONTE)

LUIZ ULIAN + JOCIMAR DIAS JR. | BRAZIL | 2026 | 14 MIN | PORTUGUESE EST

LUIZ ULIAN + JOCIMAR DIAS JR. | BRAZIL | 2026 | 14 MIN | PORTUGUESE EST

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Subtitles: English

Synopsis

A throuple of elderly queer men confronts mortality as Zito develops dementia. While dream and reality blur into a Brazilian samba musical extravaganza, his two lovers, Morpheus and Charon, care for him through the progression of his illness and their final farewell.

Filmmaker Bio

Luiz Ulian (he/him) is a Brazilian queer filmmaker and researcher based in São Paulo. He holds a PhD in Communication from São Paulo State University (UNESP). As an emerging filmmaker, he is directing MORPHEUS & CHARON (2026), co-directed with Jocimar Dias Jr. Jocimar Dias Jr. (he/him) – Brazilian queer filmmaker and researcher based in Rio de Janeiro. He holds a PhD in Cinema from the PPGCine (UFF). He directed ESSAY ABOUT MY MOTHER (2014) and VOLLÚPYA (2024).

Director's Statement

In Morpheus & Charon, we explore memory, love, and aging through a queer, non-monogamous lens. Faced with dementia, Zito transforms his final days into a Brazilian samba musical extravaganza. By blending 1930s Carnival chanchadas with 1980s experimental lip-sync cinema, we subvert classical film devices to celebrate eroticism, care, and joyful resistance, reclaiming popular musical heritage for queer elderly lives.

Filmmaker Bio

Writer

Luis Ulian, Jocimar Dias Jr.

Cast

  • Bayard Tonelli
  • Marco Canonici
  • Tony Reis
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