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Childhood friends Deco and Naldinho are used to sharing everything, including a motor boat they use to traffic different products. When they offer a ride to Karinna, who they then discover is a stripper searching for a job in Salvador, both develop feelings for her, inevitably affecting their friendship. Will they manage to separate their friendship from a competition they cannot figure out?
Childhood friends Deco and Naldinho are used to sharing everything, including a motor boat they use to traffic different products. When they offer a ride to Karinna, who they then discover is a stripper searching for a job in Salvador, both develop feelings for her, inevitably affecting their friendship. Will they manage to separate their friendship from a competition they cannot figure out?
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Cast:
Alice Braga, Wagner Moura, Lázaro Ramos -
Original Title:
Cidade Baixa -
Country:
Brazil, United Kingdom -
Year:
2005 - 98 min Subtitles EN
Director
Sérgio Machado
Born in Salvador, in 1968, Sérgio Machado is a Brazilian director, screenwriter and journalist. He graduated in journalism and, before going on to direct his own features, he was assistant director for Walter Salles in films like Central Station (1998), Midnight (1998) and Shredded April (2001). He debuted as a director with the documentary At the Edge of the Earth in 2001, which took him to several festivals. In 2005, he released Lower City, earning him an award at Cannes and applauded at several International festivals. Since then, he directed, among other films, The Violin Teacher (2015), screened at the Locarno Film Festival.