Private Desert (Deserto particular)

Dir. Aly Muritiba. Brazil/Portugal, 2021, 120 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Brazil’s official selection for the 94th Academy Awards tells the story of 40-year-old Daniel, who has been suspended from active police work and is under internal investigation. When Sara, his internet love affair, goes missing, he drives to search for her in Bahia, in the northeast of the country. Thousands of miles from home, Daniel meets a man who can put the two in touch again, though under very specific conditions. Private Desert, the most recent film by up-and-coming director Aly Muritiba and winner of the Audience Award at Venice Days, is a gripping tale of an impossible love set under adverse conditions, and an engrossing inquiry into masculinity in contemporary Brazilian society.

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