Almost Brothers
Length: 02:00 Type of program: World Cinema
Directed by Lúcia Murat (How Nice to See you Alive, Sweet Power)
Brazil, 102 minutes
Winner — Best Ibero-American Film, Mar del Plata Film Festival
This poignant film is the story of two men: white, middle-class Miguel, and black favela-dweller Jorge, who meet as boys through their fathers’ passion for music. Miguel grows up to become a government official, and Jorge becomes a drug lord.
By chance, their friendship is renewed during a lengthy incarceration under the military dictatorship of the mid-1970’s.
Director Lúcia Murat offers a bold commentary on the lowest caste of society in contemporary Rio de Janeiro when, as adults, Miguel and Jorge discover that their lives have more in common than they ever realized. Almost Brothers is a rich exploration of the seemingly unbridgeable chasm between the social classes of Brazil.
To be released on DVD by First Run Features in 2007 as Part of The Global Lens Collection, available here. To learn more about this film, visit One Eyed Films.
CINEMONDO
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