THE FIRST FALLEN

OS PRIMEIROS SOLDADOS

By Rodrigo DE OLIVEIRA

FIGA FILMS - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2021

In 1983, two young gay men and a transexual woman try to survive the first wave of the AIDS epidemic in a small Brazilian town.

Festivals
& Awards

Int'l Film Fest. Of india, Goa 2021
Special Jury Mention
Rio de Janeiro IFF 2021
Special Jury Award / Redentor Trofee (Renata Carvalho)
IFF Mannheim-Heidelberg 2022
Audience Award / Student Jury Award
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • BRAZIL
    • Languages
    • BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
    • Duration
    • 107 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Rodrigo DE OLIVEIRA
    • Synopsis
    • At the turn of 1983 in a small Brazilian town, a group of LGBTQIA+ men and women celebrate the New Year with no idea of the approaching. The biologist Suzano knows something terrible is disrupting his body. Uncertain of his future and desperate at the lack of information, Suzano reaches out to transsexual artist Rose and videomaker Humberto, both equally ill. Together they'll try to survive the first wave of the AIDS epidemic.