Two friends, one dead brother, and São Paulo's streets don't forgive.
When straight-laced Jefferson finds out his drug-dealing brother is dead, he returns to São Paulo with his childhood friend to identify the body. The journey raises memories of their shared childhood and poses a choice for their future.
Acting
Sílvio Guindane's bottled rage and fragility
Cinematography
São Paulo as character—sweat, neon, endless concrete
Direction
Elias lets silence scream louder than violence
Director
Ricardo Elias
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in real São Paulo favelas with non-professional locals, blurring documentary and fiction.
Elias developed this from his own experience losing a friend to violence; the 'passing by' refers to both time and survival.
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