Artificial Paradises

Completed2012Brazil95 min

Érika works as a DJ, moving through a world of electronic music, travel and intense temporary connections. A beach festival brings her and her…Read more +Read less −

Érika works as a DJ, moving through a world of electronic music, travel and intense temporary connections. A beach festival brings her and her close friend Lara into contact with Nando, beginning an encounter whose significance is not immediately clear to everyone involved. Years later, meetings in Amsterdam and Rio de Janeiro place familiar faces in new circumstances, while memories of the festival continue to shape what can be said between them. Attraction moves across the triangle, and the pleasures of escape sit alongside consequences that cannot remain outside everyday life. Marcos Prado’s drama tells its story through intersecting periods, gradually revealing how friendship, intimacy and the choices made during one heightened moment can continue to influence people long after the music has stopped.

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Drama Romance

Sapphic characters & cast

Nathália Dill

as Érika

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1986-03-24Aries

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Lívia de Bueno

as Lara

Main sapphic character

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Details & credits

Country: Brazil
Language: Portuguese
Premiere: 2012-05-04
Runtime: 95 minutes
Director: Marcos Prado

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Last researched 2026-10-31. Editorially approved.

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