
UrbanyouthcultureandgangcriminalitywoventogetherwithancientritesinexcitingBraziliandebutspicedwithspaceshipsandmagicalrealism.<br/> RioBrancoisacityattheedgeoftheAmazon.Notonlyistheforestthreatenedthere;increasingorganizedcrimeandthedrugtradehaveledtoanexplodingmortalityrateamongtheyouth.ThisisthehomeofthegraffitiartistRivelino,workingforanold-school,“decent,”drugdealer,Sandra,asinglemotherandhip-hopactivist,andthedrug-addictedPaulo,whoseeksacurewithinhisindigenousculture.SérgiodeCarvalhoboldlystayswithhisyoungcharacters,mostlyplayedbynon-professionalactors,inthissuggestive,vibrantandtragicstory–basedonhisownaward-winningbook.Theresultisastrongprotestagainstanauthoritarianandwar-likeBrazilthatdeniesitsroots.
