a short film by David Andrew Ward
2003 | 10 mins | UK
Frank Gallagher .... Charley
Iain De Caestecker .... Stephen
Gemma Morrison .... Donna
All Over Brazil
a father struggles to accept
his son's effeminacy
Screened in Great Britain as part of the
18th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
- 2004
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Written by Jamie Havlin, this well-crafted tale tells the story of a father trying to bring up
his son and daughter alone in the early '70s, spurred on by his love of football and
inparticular his delight in Scotland being in the 1974 World Cup.
Trouble is, his son does not share his love for the so-called beautiful game, being more interested
in the beautiful costumes and music of the glam rock era. Only when the father catches his son
camping it up in his sisters glitz 'n' glam, it is more than this Scotsman can take!
In many ways, this marks a wonderful companion piece to the short A FERRET CALLED MICKEY that
played on the same GOOD BOYS touring programme of 2004, given that both works chart the
bond between father and son and the difficulty both parents face in their gradual
acceptance of the more effeminate nature of their son's sexuality.
Yet the area in which the question arises over the sexual ambiguity of their son, is depicted in
different ways. In this instance, pretend tea parties are replaced by glam rock, namely a
period when singers and band members alike were only too keen to dress androgynously
in make up, glitter and high-heels. And nothing wrong with that, I hear you add!
With more than a liberal dose of the music of SLADE, let alone a broad Scottish accent, this
short has a lot going for it, inparticular the fine performances throughout.
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