The saga of adolescents living on their own as adults was treated as early as 1961 by Triguerinho Neto in this film set in Salvador, Bahia, under the Vargas dictatorship. Tonio has left home, unable to identify with his parents’ community centered around their African-derived religion. But he finds that, as a mulatto, in the outside world he is rejected by whites who see him as...$关键词:Vera Cruz,Estado Novo,Cinema Novo,Candomblé(精神领袖),“queer cinema”,Ivens学生,意大利新现实主义,非职业演员,萨尔瓦多老城的坡度,海浪拍岸声的心理化,多义/(暧昧)模糊性(怀旧)