
Whilethecountryisundertheyokeofamilitaryjuntaandcorruptpriestspreachtheapocalypse,alawless,eccentricfamily–akindofBonnie&Clydewithkids–trekthroughtheBrazilianinterior.Theirfirstaimistodeliveraconsignmentofweaponstoagroupofmilitantnunswhohavewithdrawntothejungle,livingofftheincomefromtheircannabisplantation.<br/> TheDadaistapproachofpoet,theatreandfilmmakerTavinhoTeixera,whoplaysoneoftheleadingrolesalongsidehisdaughterMariah,resultsinacolourfulcollageinwhichpolitical-philosophicalreflections,strangulationsex,decadentdrinkingspreesandanodetothepoweroftigerbalsamarejuxtaposedseamlessly.Backgroundprojections,psychedelicvisualeffectsandaneclecticscoreevoketheexperimentalfilmcultureofthe1970s,theerawithwhichSolalegriaalsosharesitsbasictoneofcheerfulnihilism.



