Today at BFI "South American Renaissance": Lower City (Trailer)

Lower City
Sexy love-triangle drama, set amongst the hustlers, criminals and prostitutes of Brazil’s colourful port city Salvador.
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There is an edgy verisimilitude to Sérgio Machado’s love-triangle drama, shot amongst the hustlers, criminals and prostitutes of Brazil’s colourful port city, Salvador. The director has a refreshingly non-judgmental approach to his wayward protagonists (lustily played by three of the country’s biggest young stars). And, such is his visceral rendering of his setting, one imagines being able to smell the blood, sweat and sex.
Director Sérgio Machado
Cast Wagner Moura, Lázaro Ramos, Alice Braga
Country Brazil
Year 2005
Running time 97min