Private Desert (Deserto Particular)
Private Desert (Deserto Particular)
Directed by Aly Muritiba
(Brazil/Portugal, 2021, Digital, in Portuguese with English subtitles)
Daniel has been suspended from active police work and is under internal investigation. When Sara, his Internet love affair, goes missing, he drives to northeast Brazil to search for her. Thousands of miles from home, Daniel meets a man who can put the two in touch again, though under very specific conditions. Aly Muritiba’s latest film, Private Desert 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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Programmed in collaboration with Cinema Tropical.
Private Desert (Deserto Particular)
Directed by Aly Muritiba
(Brazil/Portugal, 2021, 125 minutes)
Lynn Wyatt Theater