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A suspenseful crime thriller and poignant story of
friendship set against a backdrop of 1950s Brazilian
beaches, soccer, fishing, and nudism.
In 1950s Brazil, somewhere by the beach, not far from Rio, Hélcio,
a young and promising soccer player, and his friend Noël, spot
someone fishing with dynamite. They decide to take a boat and
steal some of the dead fish to make some money. The boat trip
turns into a perilous journey as the two thieves embark on an
adventure that will challenge their friendship. Inspired by the life
of Marcello Quintanilha’s father, Hélcio Quintanilha, this graphic
novel is both a suspenseful thriller and a breathtaking story about
friendship.
In The Lights of Niteroi, internationally acclaimed graphic novelist Marcello Quintanilha returns to the city where he was born
and raised. He dives into the waters of Guanabara Bay and crafts
a plot based on real events that took place in the 1950s. It’s an
adventure full of suspense, involving fishermen, soccer, the Brazilian feminist and striptease artist Luz del Fuego, and the first
naturist camp in Brazil.