Reborn Babies Don’t Cry (2025): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2025, Reborn Babies Don’t Cry is a documentary and comedy film directed by Chico Barney, running about 33 minutes.

What it’s about. In the depths of the tropical metropolis, where nature contends with concrete and silence is ceaselessly broken by invisible propellers and honking horns, a ritual unfolds. It is not a religious ceremony, nor a convention of medical science. It is something more profound: it is a human attempt to domesticate absence. These beings, simulacra of life, are tended to with more care than many real souls have ever received. The gathering begins without spectacle, like a silent dance between the real and the imagined. These women — mothers, artists, devotees, pilgrims — are not pretending. They believe. At the heart of Ibirapuera Park, where Oscar Niemeyer once imagined futuristic curves for a nation under construction, vinyl bodies now lie, untouched by time. In this encounter, contemporary Brazil brushes against the edge of post-reality.

Who’s in it. Reborn Babies Don’t Cry stars Chico Barney as Self, Nane Reborns as Self, Ana Lúcia as Self and Jéssica as Self, among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Reborn Babies Don’t Cry page.

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