Film

Akin's Desert

2025 · 1h 18m · Drama

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.

Ana Flavia Cavalcanti

Reynier Morales

Guga Patriota

Patricia Galleto

Welket Bungué

• Bernard LessaDirector · Writer · Producer · Editor
• Ursula DartProducer
• Izah CândidoProducer

Release date

July 31, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

Portuguese

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

12

Genres

Drama