Menino 23: Infâncias Perdidas no Brasil

Jul 7 2016 N/A 1h 20m
Documentary

The film accompanies the investigation of the historian Sidney Aguilar after the discovery of bricks marked with Nazi swastikas in the interior of São Paulo. They then discover a horrifying fact that during the 1930s, fifty black and mullato boys were taken from an orphanage in Rio de Janeiro to the farm where the bricks were found. There they were identified by numbers and were submitted to slave labour by a family that was part of the political and economic elite of the country and who did not hide their Nazi sympathizing ideals.

Plot

The film follows a historian's investigation about bricks branded with the swastika, which were found in rural São Paulo. The historian arrived at a frightening fact: Brazilian Nazis took fifty black boys from an orphanage in Rio de Janeiro to the ranch where the bricks were found. The boys were made slaves by a family that was part of the cream of the crop of the political and economic oligarchy in early 20th century Brazil. With the fall of Hitler, the family aborted the project and left the boys to their own devices. The film follows the life of two survivors, Aloísio Silva and Argemiro Santos, who are willing to share their stories for the first time.

Written by

Belisario Franca, Bianca Lenti

Directed by

Belisario Franca

Cast

Reginaldo Alves Almeida, Circe Bittencourt, Maria da Glória

Crew

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Production Countries

Brazil

Production Companies

Globo Filmes

Languages

Português

Awards

4 wins & 4 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
276
Average Rating
7.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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