Neon Bull

Iremar works at the Vaquejadas, a traditional rodeo in the north east of Brazil where two men on horseback try bring down a bull by grabbing its tail. It’s dusty and back-breaking work, but Iremar is a natural ‘Vaqueiro’ feeding, prepping and taking care of the bulls. Home is the truck used to transport the animals from show to show which he shares with his co-workers, Galega, an exotic dancer, truck driver and mother to her spirited and cheeky daughter Cacà, and Zé, his rotund compadre in the bull pen. Together they form a makeshift but close-knit family. But Brazil and the Northeast are changing and the region’s booming clothing industry has stirred new ambitions in Iremar. Swinging from his hammock in the back of the truck, his head is filled with dreams of pattern cutting, sequins and exquisite fabrics as he mentally assembles his latest sexy fashion designs.

Keywords

  • Forests/Deserts
  • Screen: Latin America
  • Animaux
  • desire
  • erotic
  • latin america
  • relationship
  • road movie

Actors

  • Vinicius de Oliveira
  • Samya de Lavor
  • Maeve Jinkings
  • Carlos Pessoa
  • Juliano Cazarré
  • Josinaldo Alves
  • Aline Santana

Director

  • Gabriel Mascaro

Drama


1h 43min


16+

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Brazil
2015
A brazilian bull wrangler discovering his wish to become a tailor and making fashionable clothing for women in this poetic drama.

A brazilian bull wrangler discovering his wish to become a tailor and making fashionable clothing for women in this poetic drama.


Iremar works at the Vaquejadas, a traditional rodeo in the north east of Brazil where two men on horseback try bring down a bull by grabbing its tail. It’s dusty and back-breaking work, but Iremar is a natural ‘Vaqueiro’ feeding, prepping and taking care of the bulls.


Home is the truck used to transport the animals from show to show which he shares with his co-workers, Galega, an exotic dancer, truck driver and mother to her spirited and cheeky daughter Cacà, and Zé, his rotund compadre in the bull pen. Together they form a makeshift but close-knit family.


But Brazil and the Northeast are changing and the region’s booming clothing industry has stirred new ambitions in Iremar. Swinging from his hammock in the back of the truck, his head is filled with dreams of pattern cutting, sequins and exquisite fabrics as he mentally assembles his latest sexy fashion designs.

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