Tag: Mauro Carvalho

A man tries to win back the love of his parallel life in the romantic comedy-drama ‘Second Chance’

A romantic blend of fantasy and drama, the new Dekkoo Exclusive Second Chance follows Alan and Daniel (Luigi Calduch and Caio Fliper), an attractive young couple celebrating their five-year wedding anniversary.

When a romantic dinner doesn’t go according to plan, a vicious lover’s spat ensues. Daniel, in a moment of anger, suggests that maybe the pair should never have married in the first place.

During the night, fate intervenes to teach him a lesson. Daniel wakes up in the morning to find himself in an alternate universe where he and Alan’s relationship ended half a decade ago.

Suddenly alone and confused, Daniel begins to realize how much he took for granted and sets out on a mission to win back the love of his parallel life.

Taking inspiration from It’s a Wonderful Life, this new film from Mauro Carvalho, the prolific Brazilian director behind The Senator, Cousins and About Us, tells a charming and sexy story about two men who get a second chance at first love.

Watch the trailer for Second Chance below. The film is now streaming exclusively on Dekkoo.

Two men get a second chance at love in the romantic drama ‘About Us’

Co-writer and director Thiago Cazado also stars in the film About Us as Diego, a young man who is planning to leave his hometown in Brazil to attend a film school in California – where he’ll be gone for four years.

In order to take this step forward, he will have to leave behind everything he has ever loved… including Matheus (Rodrigo Bittes), a handsome young man with whom he fell madly in love and shared a brief passionate affair.

Ten years later, having returned to Brazil, Diego decides to write a novel about their relationship, using his camera instead of his pen.

This heartfelt biopic shows how passion can increase our motivation in life, but also how making tough choices can affect that passion. Romantic and intimate, filmed with a handheld, fly-on-the-wall intimacy, About Us brings us right into the middle of a tricky relationship – portrayed with aplomb by the two lead actors.

Originally released in 2017, About Us is available once again Dekkoo.You can check out other work from the co-filmmakers right now as well. Cazado’s erotic drama Behind the Trees, co-director Mauro Carvalho’s political thriller The Senator and their joint effort, the 2019 romance Cousins are all available to stream now.

Watch the trailer for About Us below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.

A conservative politician keeps a boyfriend on the side in the erotic thriller ‘The Senator’

Brazilian Senator Arthur Alencar leads a double life. To the media and his constituents, he is a conservative champion of morality whose embrace of traditional family values has led to a surge in popularity.

Renan, his younger, long-suffering secret gay lover, gets to see a much different side of the charismatic politician – and it’s not always pretty.

Torn between his politics and his heart, Renan’s predicament intensifies when he starts falling in love with Victor, an ambitious journalist who is determined to expose the senator’s hypocritical life. But as the truth inches closer to the surface, it begins to spell grave danger for everyone involved.

From Brazilian filmmaker Mauro Carvalho, who co-directed About Us and Cousins with collaborator Thiago Cazado, The Senator is a sly and subversively sexy erotic thriller that doubles as a wicked satire of conservative politics.

Check out the poster for The Senator below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.