Carloto Cotta in Two Drifters

'Their worlds collide when Odete becomes obsessed with Pedro, a man she never knew.'

Relationships get a little complicated in the 2005 gay themed drama Two Drifters. Pedro and Rui kiss after a first-anniversary dinner.  Their romance however, is short-lived after Pedro drives home, dying en route in a car  crash. At the same time, another pair of lovers, Odete and Alberto, split over her desire to have a child. 

Pedro lived in Odete's building and although she'd never met him, decides to attend his wake.  At the wake, Odete steals a ring off of Pedro's finger, a last gift from Rui, from Rui. If you haven't guessed yet, Odete has issues. At the graveside, she becomes hysterical.  Later, while wearing the ring, she insists she's carrying Pedro's child. Rui grieves as well, drinking too much and seeing Pedro's apparition. Odete's obsession intrudes on Rui, whose grief makes him vulnerable to her hysteria. Can this end well? 

Portuguese actor, musician, and animal philanthropist Carloto Cotta plays Alberto, who has to deal with Odete's obsession.  As you can see, Carloto has a great nude scene, one that illustrates how much Odete is struggling.  Cotta is renowned for several of his roles, including playing Diamantino Matamouros in 2018's Diamantino.  Cotta won a best actor award at the 2019 Portuguese Golden Globes. 

Carloto comes from a family of artistic and colonial backgrounds. His grandparents from his father’s side were opera singers at the National Theatre of Saint Charles. His father exposed him at an early age to theatre’s life.  Although surrounded by theatre, opera and art, Cotta took his time before deciding to focus on acting as a career.

Cotta was all around the arts, he painted, drew, sculpted and wrote music, but at one point was studying to become a scenic designer.  It wasn't until attending the Professional Theatre School of Cascais that fate took over.  When the scenic design course he wanted to attend was closed, he ended up in the theatre department, opening up his passion for the stage, character creation and using his own body as art.

'The body became my brush, my pen, my guitar, my work tool.'

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