Toll

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Toll

2023

1h 41m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Suellen, a Brazilian toll booth attendant and mother, falls in with a gang of thieves in an attempt to keep her family afloat. In doing so, she realizes she can use her job to raise some extra money illegally for a so-called noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay conversion workshop led by a renowned foreign priest.

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

07/23/2024

4/5

Writer-director Carolina Markowicz balances earthy authenticity with a deadpan sense of humour and remarkably complex characters who are just getting on with the challenges of life.

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Norman Gidney

MUSE TV

03/20/2024

8/10

A breath of fresh air to the usual stories of oppression in the queer community. Here we see the path forward rather than observing why progress is difficult.

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Jonita Davis

The Black Cape (Medium)

03/12/2024

'Toll' criticizes the hypocritical Christian urge to shine a spotlight on the gay community, while larger, more menacing sins are allowed to thrive in the shadows.

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Peter Martin

ScreenAnarchy

03/12/2024

Actions have consequences, even if they're motivated by love. Toll shows the price that must be paid, over and over again, in an absorbing and compelling story, filled with unexpected turns.

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

12/01/2023

4/5

Unfortunately, as the picture illustrates perfectly, intolerance often ends up proving to be stronger than family and friendship ties, destroying connections that in other circumstances would be the causes of great joy. [Full review in Portuguese]

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Raquel Loredo

Caimán Cuadernos de Cine

10/03/2023

A powerful critique against the discourse of moral superiority that is born from prejudice. [Full review in Spanish]

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Cinephile B

May 23

It’s always refreshing to see this kind of Brazilian cinema make it to commercial theatres. A little gem. Many other magnificent films don’t manage to break through the barriers of distribution as this one did. We’re often left discovering such works at international festivals, on the margins of the commercial circuit.

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Synopsis

Suellen, a Brazilian toll booth attendant and mother, falls in with a gang of thieves in an attempt to keep her family afloat. In doing so, she realizes she can use her job to raise some extra money illegally for a so-called noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay conversion workshop led by a renowned foreign priest.

Director: Carolina Markowicz
Producer: Sandro Aguilar, Karen Castanho, Fernando Fraiha, Luís Urbano, Bianca Villar
Screenwriter: Carolina Markowicz
Production Co: Paris Filmes, Paramount Pictures, O Som e a Fúria, Globo Filmes
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Runtime: 1h 41m