Rodrigo Santoro
Wilson Souza Neto
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“() is a 2001 Brazilian drama that compresses a coming-of-age premise into an institutional parable. It places a middle-class adolescent's ordinary life against a corrupt, bureaucratic system and renders that collision in a lean observational register with slow, sustained pacing. The film argues that personal rupture exposes civic moral-unease, giving a Latin American social-realist corrective to complacent narratives about youth and institutions.”
Brainstorm
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This film examines how adolescence becomes distorted within the confines of an institution. Through a middle-class teenager's experience, it poses unsettling questions about personal pain and societal complicity. Best for those drawn to nuanced explorations of youth and institutional challenges.
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PLOT
coming-of-ageinstitutional-dramasocial-realism
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Unsettling Filmsintellectual-engagement
TIME
Othon Bastos
Sr. Wilson Souza (Pai)
Cássia Kis
Meire Souza (Mãe)
Dani Nefussi
Irmã de Neto
Jairo Mattos
Enfermeiro Ivan
Altair Lima
Dr. Cintra
Lineu Dias
Interno Jornalista
Caco Ciocler
Rogério
Gero Camilo
Ceará
Marcos Cesana
Interno Bil
Director
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Laís Bodanzky
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Inez Mulin
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Florence Weyne Robert
Script Supervisor
Writers
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Luiz Bolognesi
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Austregésilo Carrano
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Luiz Bolognesi
Producer
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Caio Gullane
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Sara Silveira
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Marco Mueller
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Cinematography
HK
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Hugo Kovensky
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Mauro Martins
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Eduardo de Andréa Kito
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Jacopo Quadri
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Letizia Caudullo
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Arnaldo Antunes
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Production Design
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Marcos Pedroso
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Gabi Moraes
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