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Akin's Desert (2025)

Original title: O Deserto de Akin

2025-07-31 · 1h 18m · PT
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Akin is a dedicated Cuban doctor working in Brazil for the Mais Medicos/More Doctors programme in 2018. From his daily routine in an indigenous community to his intimate moments with Érica and Sérgio, his relationship with Brazil gets deeper and stronger. With the election of Jair Bolsonaro, the cooperation between the two countries ends abruptly. He must make a decision: return to Cuba and abandon the relationships he has been cultivating or stay and reinvent himself without being able to practice medicine.

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Bernard LessaDirector, Writer

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Ana Flavia CavalcantiAna Flavia CavalcantiReynier MoralesReynier MoralesGuga PatriotaGuga PatriotaPatricia GalletoPatricia GalletoWelket BunguéWelket Bungué

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Akin is a dedicated Cuban doctor working in Brazil for the Mais Medicos/More Doctors programme in 2018. From his daily routine in an indigenous community to his intimate moments with Érica and Sérgio, his relationship with Brazil gets deeper and stronger. With the election of Jair Bolsonaro, the cooperation between the two countries ends abruptly. He must make a decision: return to Cuba and abandon the relationships he has been cultivating or stay and reinvent himself without being able to practice medicine.

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Akin's Desert has a runtime of 78 minutes.

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