Wrongfully jailed for drugs? Might as well become the kingpin they think you are.
Cadu, an honest lawyer from the countryside of São Paulo, is about to become a father for the second time. However, his life is completely transformed when he falls into a trap and the police find a ton of marijuana in his house. Outraged by the injustice, he begins to act like the head of a drug cartel, exactly what they accused him of, in front of the criminals and murderers in the prison.
Acting
Júlio Andrade's terrifying quiet-to-violent transformation.
Direction
Silveira makes prison claustrophobia feel inescapable.
Writing
The delicious irony of innocence becoming performance art.
Director
Breno Silveira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real cases of wrongful drug trafficking convictions in Brazil's overwhelmed justice system, the film sparked renewed debate about pre-trial detention.
Júlio Andrade spent weeks in actual prisons to develop Cadu's physical language—the way he stops blinking in scenes mirrors real dissociation research.
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