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Linha De Passe

In São Paulo, four half-brothers seek to follow their dreams and escape poverty in Walter Salles acclaimed drama.

Drama 2008 109 mins

Director: Daniela Thomas and Walter Salles

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Overview

In São Paulo, four half-brothers seek to follow their dreams and escape poverty. The game of 'keepy-uppy', from which the title translates, is a good metaphor for this story of simple betterment. It's presented without sentiment or cliché, and devoid of the violence that fuelled City of God and its descendants. Its message is clear: there is another way.

Its intimacy is striking (and reminiscent of Walter Salles' Central Station), achieved by months of relationship building between crew and extras. But the film's masterstroke is, as Sight & Sound points out, the decision "to grant the characters the freedom to live their own lives."

Director

Daniela Thomas and Walter Salles

Genres

Drama

Certificate

Contains strong language, sex and drug use

Country

USA

Language

English

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