In Rio de Janeiro, in the city’s north side, a group of friends turn to making comedy and self-mutilation videos as a necessary escape from the harsh reality of their everyday lives and uncertain futures. From 2006 to 2021, fifteen years of images narrate the (mis)directions of a profoundly unfair city/country as much as the formation of a filmmaker’s gaze.

The Dream of the Useless

"I am extremely ambicious. I am ambicious in a way that no one else can see. Because money, confort, stability, luxury, is not enough for me, I want more. I want all I can take from this life".  This Brazilian documentary chronicles the life of truck driver / artist Eduardo Marinho, following his daily routine, his lifestyle and his thoughts on life.