Toll (film)

Toll (Pedágio) is a 2023 Brazilian-Portuguese drama film written, directed and co-produced by Carolina Markowicz. The film stars Maeve Jinkings as Suellen, a woman who gets drawn into a criminal gang as she tries to raise the money to send her gay son to a conversion therapy program.

The cast also includes Thomás Aquino, Isac Graça, Caio Macedo, Kauan Alvarenga and Aline Marta Maia.

Production
The film was first announced in 2020 as Markowicz's feature debut, although production was delayed and she instead released Charcoal (Carvão) in 2022 before completing Toll.

Distribution
The film premiered in the Centrepiece program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, where Markowicz has been named as the recipient of the Emerging Talent Award. After screening as part of the official competition at the 24th Havana Film Festival New York, Markowicz received the Havana Star Prize for Best Director.

It is also slated to screen in the Horizontes Latinos program at the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival.