Marquinhos (Lúcio Andrey) lives in the Rocinha favela, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved with Débora (Priscila Assum), a young woman from the upper middle class with whom she starts to face adult life and several difficulties that try to separate them.
Acting
Priscila Assum's raw, unguarded vulnerability steals every scene.
Direction
Vianna shoots Rocinha with documentary intimacy, zero exploitation.
Director
Bruno Vianna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely in Rocinha with actual residents as extras — no permits, pure guerrilla filmmaking in 2004.
Released the same year Brazil's 'favela tourism' exploded; Vianna deliberately refused the glossy City of God aesthetic.
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