After being released from a juvenile detention center, Wellington finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São Paulo, without any contact from his parents and lacking the resources to rebuild his life. During a visit to a porn theater, he encounters Ronaldo, a mature man, who teaches him new ways of surviving. Gradually, their relationship becomes a conflicting passion, oscillating between exploitation and protection, jealousy and complicity.
Trained as an actor in his teenage years in Italy, Marco Calvani is an award-winning writer and director based in the US.
His cinema debut, THE VIEW FROM UP HERE, stars Oscar winner Melissa Leo and César winner Leïla Bekhti. It was originally a play commissioned to him by The Actors Studio and directed by Oscar winner Estelle Parsons.
His second short film, A BETTER HALF, was named Best Short of 2022 by the British Film Magazine Close-Up.
Filmography
A Better Half (2022); The View from Up Here (2017)
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