Erotic Thriller ‘Night Stage’ Boarded by M-Appeal Ahead of Berlinale Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Berlin-based M-Appeal will handle world sales for erotic thriller “Night Stage,” which will world premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama sidebar. “Night Stage,” the latest film by Brazil’s Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon, follows an ambitious actor and a successful politician who start a secret affair, and together discover their fetish for having sex in public places.

The closer they get to their dream of fame, the more they feel the urge to put themselves at risk. The film is an erotic thriller with nods to Brian De Palma and Paul Verhoeven, but with a Brazilian twist.

The cast is led by Gabriel Faryas as Matias, and Cirillo Luna as Rafael. Matzembacher and Reolon told Variety: “We’ve always been interested in universes filled with desire, danger and tension, so making an erotic thriller was the natural way to go.

However, this is a genre with a strong heterosexual dominance, and we wanted to subvert it with a queer gaze, crossing the traditional characteristics of the genre with tensions that are dear to us, such as forbidden pleasure, privacy and how capitalism stifles our desires and behaviors.“ It’s the third time at Berlinale for Matzembacher and Reolon, whose debut feature “Seashore” was selected for Forum in 2015. “Hard Paint,” their second feature film, also sold worldwide by M-Appeal, premiered in Berlinale Panorama 2018.