Breogán Riveiro

A Síndrome Cacareco (A verdade na cara)

Iago and Daniel are brothers and are unemployed. Neither seems to have a future, but Iago has at least an illusion: wants to run the elections. Wishful thinking, because it is Down syndrome. Contrary to many people's interests and opinion of his own mother, Iago succeed in the elections. A candidate who does not lie: what is seen on the face. As a modern "Cacareco" rhino-Sao Paulo Zoo, which won an election-Iago will become a political danger and try to remove him from the race with all the weapons that demagoguery left to the powerful. But Iago is much harder than its appearance suggests. Your example will leave Daniel regains his nihilism and hope for the future.

Back home

Marcial is a simple country boy with a normal family and normal life, except for one small detail: his infant daughter, Mary, six years old, is autistic. But this disease really is no problem too big for the family of Martial. Despite the humility in which they live, Mary has a seemingly happy life. But everything changes the day that the autistic girl disappears and the media invade the peaceful village where the family lives. The mystery of the disappearance of the girl and the shadows that journalists spread over the father's attitude makes it a hell deeper anguish in which the family lives.