
Aviolent,politicalandveryeroticbraziliandrama(withmusicalparts)aboutagroupoftextilefemaleworkersinanindustrialSaoPauloneighborhood.<br/> English,frenchandSpanishSRTsubtitles.<br/> PLOT<br/> Aurélia,ayoungblackwomanwhoworksatafactoryandlivesinaworking-classneighborhoodinSãoPaulo,isseeingFábioTavares,whogetsinvolvedwitharacistneo-nazigroup.<br/> WHYABC?<br/> "Theareaknownas'GreatABC'comprisesthetownsofSantoAndré,SãoBernardo,SãoCaetano,Mauá,DiademaandRibeirãoPires,withatotalpopulationof2million.lt'sBrazil'slargestindustrialpoolandits3rdlargestconsumermarket.TheABCsawBrazil'sfirstlabormovementsin1907whentextilefemaleworkersplayedasignificantrole.ltwastherethat,onFebruary10,1980,theWorkers'Partywasborn.0neofitsfounderswasmetalworkerandunionleaderLuíslnácioLuladaSilva,currentpresidentofBrazil."<br/> "SawthispicturetodayandamverypleasedthewayCarlosReichenbachportraitsgroupoffemaleworkersinanindustrialSaoPauloneighborhood,theirfamilies,workinghabits,freetimeandloves.Verypowerfulandstrikingstoryonsomeintoleranceyoucanfoundinalmosteverybigindustrialcityintheworld.Episodeonfascistbehaviouragainstforeignersfromotherprovincesisboldandpowerful.Greatcinematography,fullofideas,greatacting.ThetendernessofthedirectortowardshischaractersalmostequalsKenLoach'sviews,butinamorepoignant,radicalandexplosiveway."-eliepolitiIMDB<br/> "This2003BrazilianmelodramainmoremainstreamthantheothersI´veseenbydirectorCarlosReichenbach(SuburbanAngels,BuccaneerSoulandTwoStreams),butisvisualflairisstillverymuchinevidence."-JonathanRosenbaum,CHICAGOREADER

