Summaries

The story of three friends in Rio de Janeiro. When a patient at the hospital where Paulo interns asks him to get in touch with her sons, the three friends are pulled out of their tranquil lives and drawn into a web of violence and police corruption.

Details

Keywords
  • student
  • rio de janeiro brazil
  • smoking marijuana
  • brazil
  • social
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Apr 26, 2007
Countries of origin Brazil Spain Chile
Language Portuguese
Filming locations Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Production companies Ceneca Producciones Media Pro El Desierto Filmes

Box office

Budget $750000
Gross worldwide $183391

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 45m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

The story of three friends in Rio de Janeiro: Leon (Alexandre Rodrigues), a sociology student; his girlfiend Leticia (Maria Flor), an architecture student; and Paulo (Caio Blat), a medical student and Leon's best friend and roommate. Although Paulo finds himself attracted to Leticia, his friendship with Leon prevents him from acting on his feelings. When Rosalind (Edyr Duqui), a leukemia patient at the hospital where Paulo interns, asks him to get in touch with her sons, the three friends are pulled out of their relatively tranquil lives and drawn into the violence and police corruption in one of Rio's infamous favelas.

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