SYNOPSIS
In the peak of tension in Rio de Janeiro, two Portuguese brothers ventured into the most feared favela (slum) and closely lived the largest police operation ever launched in that state; they felt in their skin what it is to wake up with the sound of gunfire and often to sleep accompanied by shots. The heads of the largest criminal faction of Rio speak intimately of life in the world of Trafficking. A struggling mother's faith in Jesus makes her believe all is possible. "God is great, but business is nasty," says the president of the dwellers' association, who survived the frightening expansion of the complex, the arrival of crime, drugs, and guns, who lived through many policies and wars. Mc Playboy is a funk artist who saw many of his friends murdered and fights to destroy prejudice and to bring together the so-called both sides of society. Through action and words, each character adds a piece to a gigantic puzzle that reveals to us the daily life of the favela as a whole. How can we survive within this reality?
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DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY: Mário Patrocínio
YEAR: 2010
CATEGORY: Feature Documentary
GENRE: Drama
COUNTRY: Brazil
LANGUAGE: Portuguese
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AWARDS:
Caminhos Film Festival, Portugal - Best Documentary Film and Honorable Mention by International Federation of Film Societies (2012);
Artivist International Film Festival, USA - Best International Film in Human Rights Category (2010);
Cape Verde International Film Festival, Cape Verde - Audience Award (2010)
FESTIVALS:
Festin - Festival de Cinema Itinerante da Língua Portuguesa, Portugal (2011);
FIPA, International of Audiovisual Programs, França (2011);
Philadelphia CineFest, US (2011);
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, US (2011);
International Festival of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2010);
Doc Lisboa, Portugal (2010).
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