Onda Nova

Director	José Antonio Garcia, Ícaro Martins
Year	1983
Country	Brazil
Runtime	1h 43m
Language	Portuguese In Portuguese with English subtitles
Format	DCP
TMDB	View entry

Synopsis

São Paulo, 1983: women’s soccer has just been legalized in Brazil. A rowdy group of young women form the Gayvotas Football Club, quickly rising to fame while confronting the prejudices of a conservative military dictatorship. Banned after its premiere, ONDA NOVA emerges as a defiantly queer and gleefully anarchic sex comedy that still packs a subversive punch (or kick?) all these years later.

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