Complexo - Universo Paralelo

"How is it to survive in the most dangerous slum in Rio de Janeiro?"

Jan 13 2011 N/A 1h 20m
Documentary, Drama

No Rio de Janeiro, a 13 km do Cristo Redentor, dois portugueses aventuraram-se na mais temida favela do Brasil, onde moram mais de 300.000 pessoas - o Complexo do Alemão. Em 2007, no período de maior tensão e violência no Rio de Janeiro, viveram a maior operação policial já realizada no estado, sentiram na pele como é a vida de um simples morador. O filme retrata este perigoso e complexo mundo, um universo paralelo inserido dentro de uma ordem maior, um mundo à parte, que segue uma ordem diferente da ordem global.

Plot

In the peak of tension in Rio de Janeiro, two Portuguese brothers ventured into the most feared favela (slum), and closely lived the largest police operation ever launched in that state; they felt in their skin what it is to wake up with the sound of gun fire and often to sleep accompanied by shots. The heads of the largest criminal faction of Rio speak intimately of the life in the world of Trafficking. A struggling mother's faith in Jesus makes her believe all is possible. "God is great, but business is nasty" says the president of the dwellers' association, who survived the frightening expansion of the complex, the arrival of crime, drugs and guns, who lived through many policies and wars. Mc Playboy is a funk artist who saw many of his friends murdered, and fights to destroy prejudice and to bring together the so-called both sides of society. Through action and word, each character adds a piece to a gigantic puzzle that reveals to us the daily life of the favela as a whole. How is it to survive within this reality?

Written by

Mário Patrocínio

Directed by

Mário Patrocínio

Cast

N/A

Production Countries

Portugal, Brazil

Production Companies

Complex Films

Languages

Português

Awards

5 wins & 1 nomination

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