Free adaptation of the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet translated to the harsh life in Favela da Maré, one of largest and most violent slums in Rio de Janeiro.
Living in a slum divided between two rival gangs of drug traffickers, Analídia is the daughter of one of the gangs' leaders and Jonatha is a childhood friend of the other gang leader. Both study in a dance group situated exactly in the middle of the two territories, looking for solace in art. A salute to the strong sense of Brazilian music, to the relevance of national contemporary dance, and to the strange mix found today in slums, where violence lives alongside the artistic paths enabled by social projects.—Lu Gastão
Analídia is the teenage daughter of the powerful drug lord Jorjão currently in prison. When she moves with her mother to the Favela da Maré to be protected by the faction of her father, she joins Fernada's dance group. Analídia meets DJ Jonata, the stepbrother of the gang leader Dudu of the rival faction, and they fall in love.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil