Ayomi Domenica Dias, Loro Bardot, Grace Passô
Winner of this year’s Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week FIPRESCI, Lillah Halla’s spirited feature debut is a vivid, dynamic piece of filmmaking celebrating queer sisterhood and individual reproductive rights in the face of Brazilian conservatism.
A talented volleyball player on a gender-fluid team, 17-year-old Sofia (Ayomi Domenica Dias) finds herself faced with an unwanted pregnancy on the eve of a future-defining championship. But in Brazil, abortion is a crime. Seeking an illegal termination, Sofia becomes the target of a fundamentalist group determined to stop her – but neither she, nor those who love her, are willing to surrender to their violent threats.
Punchy, confrontational and full of energy, Power Alley is powered by its message of women’s reproductive rights and agency over their lives and bodies, the sparky, touching bonds between Sofia and her teammates, and a pulsing electronic score.
