Socrates (film)

Movie
Original title	Socrates
Country of production	Brazil
original language	Portuguese
Publishing year	2018
length	71 minutes
Rod
Director	Alexandre Moratto
script	Thayná Mantesso , ; Alexandre Moratto
production	Ramin Bahrani , ; Alexandre Moratto, ; Jefferson Paulino , ; Tammy Weiss
camera	João Gabriel de Queiroz
cut	Alexandre Moratto
occupation
	Christian Malheiros : Socrates; Tales Ordakji: Maicon; Caio Martinez Pacheco: Chicão; Rosane Paulo: Dona; Jayme Rodrigues: Robson;

Socrates is a drama directed by Alexandre Moratto that premiered on September 21, 2018 at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

action

Socrates is gay and after the death of his mother, the teenager has to fight his way through São Paolo alone. Her previous employer refuses to give him her outstanding salary. Even if Socrates can no longer pay the rent, he does not give up hope for a better life.

production

The film is Alexandre Moratto's directorial and screenplay debut . He wrote the script with Thayná Mantesso and made his film on a budget of 20,000 US dollars. The shooting took place on the outskirts of São Paulo . João Gabriel de Queiroz acted as cameraman . He cast the roles with teenagers from a social project.

The film premiered on September 21, 2018 at the Los Angeles Film Festival. On August 20, 2019, it will be released as VoD in the USA. The German premiere of the film took place on August 31, 2019 as part of the queer film festival in Munich.