Rio's favelas: where cops and dealers share cigarettes between gunfights. No heroes, no villains, just survivors.
A documentary about urban violence in Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro. Policemen, drug dealers, and shantytown dwellers get trapped in a daily war that knows no winners.
Direction
Salles and Lund embed you inside the war itself.
Cinematography
Handheld intimacy that never feels exploitative.
Writing
Interviews so raw they feel stolen.
Director
Kátia Lund
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Brazil's peak 'war on drugs' era, this predates City of God and influenced its entire visual language. Lund later co-directed that film.
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