A green drink, a cult, and the girl who becomes a biblical nightmare.
Cecília, a successful young model, returns to Recife, her hometown, to spend Christmas with her mother. One night, a neighbour she hadn’t seen for a long time, João, shows her a bottle with a mysterious and intoxicating green substance. Cecília begins to fall in love with João, but also discovers he is involved in a secret cult around the figure of Salomé, the luxurious biblical princess.
Cinematography
Recife's humid neon glow becomes its own suffocating character.
Acting
Aura do Nascimento's physical transformation is genuinely disturbing.
Costume
The Salomé imagery blurs sacred, profane, and fashion editorial.
Director
André Antônio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
André Antônio filmed in his native Recife, using the city's specific blend of Catholic iconography and Afro-Brazilian spiritualism to create a uniquely Brazilian horror vocabulary.
The green substance's effects mirror historical accounts of ergot poisoning and religious ecstasy—suggesting Cecília's transformation may be chemically induced possession rather than supernatural.
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