Ahead of its US release this August, a trailer has arrived online for director Karim Aïnouz’s erotic thriller Motel Destino.
The film centres on Heraldo, a young man on the run who finds himself at a roadside sex motel ran by the frustrated Dayana and her boorish husband Elias. After agreeing to let him stay, Dayana soon becomes entangled in a game of desire and liberation with Heraldo as the pair plot a dangerous plan for freedom.
The cast includes Iago Xavier, Fábio Assunção, and Nataly Rocha. Check out the trailer below…
The neon-hued Motel Destino is a roadside sex hotel under the burning blue skies of the coast of Northern Brazil, run by the boorish Elias and his frustrated, beautiful wife Dayana. When 21 year-old Heraldo finds himself at the motel, after messing up a hit and going on the run from both the police and the gang he let down, Dayana finds herself intrigued and lets him stay. As the two navigate a dance of power, desire and liberation, a dangerous plan for freedom emerges. In this tropical noir, loyalties and desires intertwine, revealing that destiny has its own enigmatic design.
Motel Destino is set for release on August 29th.
