P.Q.P. Puta que pariu

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Note of intent

With the election of Jair Bolsonaro, the values of the Christian family took over the diversity and reality in Brazil. In this hypocritical context, to make a film about motherhood and prostitution is to replace the portrait of the traditional and patriarchal Brazilian family with the portrait of a clan of matriarchs in solidarity, with their sons of whores in the foreground. As a Franco-Brazilian woman and director, I choose to draw and show the real faces and stories of these women, mothers and prostitutes.

Synopsis

I follow three Brazilian women who have prostitution in common as a source of income as well as being mothers. They come from different backgrounds, prostitute themselves in different ways, have children who they don’t necessarily educate in an exemplary way, with difficulties that don’t necessarily make them victims. Without romanticism, I film these three homes, focusing on the relationships with the secondary characters, companions, grandmothers, friends, who together form clans, at the antipodes of the image of the traditional Christian and patriarchal family so strongly defended by the current Brazilian government. I paint realistic portraits of these families commissioned by women who are strong from their experiences in a hypocritical and macho society and who, by reconciling social roles that may seem incompatible, give us matter of thinking.

Visual concept

I will approach these women gradually, like a friend, I will share their intimacy, their doubts, their complicity. Or as a cousin, I will be a part of the tribe. As an involved observer, I will draw portraits of these families, not always linked by blood. I will film the daily life and emotional relationships of these women, beyond the cliché of motherhood and prostitution. The professional life will be treated in a subtle way, often suggested or through testimonies off-screen.