Love on the edge—literally. Street kids risk death to be seen.
Trinchas and his gang of graffiti taggers risk their lives climbing tall buildings to sign their names up there. When he falls for Valéria - an art graduate student -, they shake the international art scene.
Cinematography
Vertigo-inducing heights that make your palms sweat.
Acting
Gustavo Garcez carries the whole film in his eyes.
Practical Effects
Real climbing, real risk—no green screens here.
Director
Claudio Borrelli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Urubus is Brazilian slang for vultures—taggers who pick at corporate towers, but also what the elite call kids from the favelas.
Director Claudio Borrelli spent three years embedded with real pixação crews; Garcez was a discovered non-actor from those circles.
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