There are a few ways to look at this film.  Either one would be sexually aroused by the character, or one is turned off by the weird story plot/editing.  Sergio (Ricardo Meneses) was a gay garbageman, and one must admit that he should be the most gorgeous looking actor to portray a gay role.  In real life, Ricardo was a male hustler, picked for this controversial role, in this controversial film.  This was one of the few main stream film that inserted a graphical view of oral sex.  Ricardo gained many fans as seen from the internet respond.  Sergio went through his routine of collecting garbage, playing with a dog, and ignoring Fatima (Beatriz Torcato).  But when he set his eyes on a stranger, Joao (Andre Barbosa), Sergio began to stalk him - following him to the swimming club, to watch him, climbing his house wall to spy on him and going through his garbage and stole his torn swimming trunk.  The film was full of steamy scenes, starting from point zero, where it was shown as policeman being raped by a masked man, and then later on, stroked, by Sergio.  Too steamy for more review here...  Like wow!  Heard that some walked out of the cinemas in USA, halfway through the screening.  Too disappointed with the ending, as if the director lost heart in the film before it ended.  Mind you, the ending was weird.

Awards -
Venice Film Festival (2000)
- Nominated for Golden Lion
Entrevues Film Festival (2000)
- Won Grand Prix for Foreign Film
New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2001)
- Won Best Feature