When Maurício becomes a student at a top medical school, he becomes obsessed with a mystery linked to the dead bodies used for dissection.
Acting
Juan Paiva's sweaty unraveling keeps you trapped in his compulsion.
Direction
De squeezes maximum dread from fluorescent-lit corridors and steel tables.
Writing
Tight 84 minutes—no fat, just escalating unease and social bite.

Director
Jeferson De
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film critiques Brazil's 'corpo de delito' system where unclaimed bodies from public hospitals become teaching tools, disproportionately affecting the poor.
Jeferson De based the screenplay on his own medical school experiences in Salvador, and the cadaver nicknames are authentic student tradition.
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