The First Fallen

Released Feb 17, 2023

1 hr. 47 min.

Drama

LGBTQ+

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At the turn of 1983 in a small Brazilian town, a group of LGBTQIA+ men and women celebrate the New Year with no idea of the approaching. The biologist Suzano knows something terrible is disrupting his body. Uncertain of his future and desperate at the lack of information, Suzano reaches out to transsexual artist Rose and video-maker Humberto, both equally ill. Together they'll try to survive the first wave of the AIDS epidemic.

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02/25/23

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Rodrigo de Oliveira

Director

Johnny Massaro

Suzano

Renata Carvalho

Rose

Vitor Camilo

Humberto

Clara Choveaux

Maura Morais

Alex Bonini

Muriel

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

Very moving and powerful.

Mar 2, 2023

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Lisa Kennedy

New York Times

Throughout his film, de Oliveira plays with the tension between verisimilitude and the artifice of performance.

Feb 21, 2023

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Given the degree to which that era—indelible to those who lived through it—has largely vanished from awareness for younger generations, The First Fallen still provides a vivid microcosmic history lesson.

Feb 27, 2023

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Hope Madden

The Screening Room Podcast

It's next to impossible for those who weren't around for it to truly understand the early days of the AIDS epidemic. The filmmaker's military metaphor is apt and his tale is beautifully, tenderly realized.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 25, 2023

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Joel Fisher

Battle Royale With Cheese

The First Fallen shows how lives were turned upside down and taken out at a moments notice with very little care.

Feb 24, 2023

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Nathaniel Muir

AIPT

There is no denying it is a powerful watch. Taking place during a time when AIDS still did not have a name, the film may only seem to be about three people, but it is a reminder about all of those who have suffered and have been lost to the disease.

Feb 20, 2023

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Synopsis

At the turn of 1983 in a small Brazilian town, a group of LGBTQIA+ men and women celebrate the New Year with no idea of the approaching. The biologist Suzano knows something terrible is disrupting his body. Uncertain of his future and desperate at the lack of information, Suzano reaches out to transsexual artist Rose and video-maker Humberto, both equally ill. Together they'll try to survive the first wave of the AIDS epidemic.

Director: Rodrigo de Oliveira
Executive Producer: Vitor Graize, Maria Grijó Simonetti, Ursula Dart
Screenwriter: Rodrigo de Oliveira
Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
Production Co: Canal Brasil
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: Portuguese (Brazil)
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 21, 2023

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