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Lower City

Cidade Baixa

Brazil

2005

98 Min
Color
1.85:1
Portuguese
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DIR Sérgio Machado

PROD Walter Salles

SCR Sérgio Machado, Karim Ainouz, Adriana Rattes, Gil Vicente Tavares

DP Toca Seabra

CAST Lázaro Ramos, Wagner Moura, Alice Braga, José Dumont

ED Isabela Monteiro de Castro, Isabella Monteiro

MUSIC Carlinhos Brown, Beto Villares

Cannes (Un Certain Regard)

Synopsis

Deco and Naldinho are best friends in a constant struggle to earn an honest living in the gritty world of Salvador de Bahia’s Lower City. When a beautiful prostitute named Karinna (Braga) asks to hitch a ride, the twosome quickly becomes a threesome. To survive life in the Lower City, the trio must learn to accept each other as lovers, friends and enemies. A startlingly intimate debut from director Sergio Machado, Lower City bursts with intensity and sensuality stemming from the unflinching performances of the vibrant young cast and the exotic locale. –Brooklyn Film Festival

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hektor

2Oct10

this film is falling apart every minute; annoyingly predictable, overloaded with cliches; very stiff photography; I couldn't last to the end.. It proves that describing story in fascinating place is not enough for fascinating film;

Manuela Brandao

27May10

Great film ..adorei!! The characters were intense and we could feel their desesperate attempt to make their lives in the hardship of street suvival. I loved the location Salvador old houses were stuning like the characters!

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Bernardo

22Apr10

so good

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Nikyatu

28Jul09

I enjoy sex scenes as much as the next horny twenty something but in lower city it was quite superfluous.

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