Director(s): Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Writer(s): Paulo Lins, Bráulio Mantovani
Actor(s): Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen
Production Co.: Miramax Films, O2 Filmes, Videofilmes
Country: Brazil
Year: 2002
Language and subtitle information: In Portuguese with English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Format: DVD
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Summary: A tale of how crime affects the poor population of Rio de Janeiro. Though the narrative skips around in time, the main focus is on Cabeleira who formed a gang called the Tender Trio. He and his best friend, Bene, become crime lords over the course of a decade. When Bene is killed before he can retire, Little Ze attempts to take out his arch enemy, Sando Cenoura. But Sando and a young gangster named Manu form an alliance and begin a gang war with Little Ze. Amateur photographer Buscape, a good-natured boy who comically learns that he’s not cut out to be a hoodlum, takes pictures of the brutal crime war, making their story famous.
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