19 minutes that'll wreck your whole week — no dialogue needed.
A downtown square in a Brazilian city is the central stage for a series of close observations of one of the prostitutes working the streets. Apart from their mutual understanding, these women's lives seem doomed to pass by unnoticed. Filmed with cool reserve, Raw leaves the viewer with a sense of poignancy.
Cinematography
Cool, detached framing that refuses to exploit its subjects.
Direction
Lima's restraint lets silence scream louder than dialogue ever could.
Director
Diego Lima
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Brazilian cinema's neo-realist tradition examining urban peripheries, following Glauber Rocha's 'aesthetic of hunger' into the 21st century.
The 19-minute runtime forces compression — every frame carries weight because there's no room for narrative fat. Lima weaponizes brevity.
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