Lower City
by Sérgio Machado
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Actor: Alice Braga, Débora Santiago, Lázaro Ramos, Maria Menezes, Wagner MouraDirector: Sérgio Machado
Brand: Universal Studios
Writer: Sérgio Machado
Producer: Donald Ranvaud
Producer: Mauricio Andrade Ramos
Producer: Robert Bevan
Writer: Adriana Rattes
Writer: Gil Vicente Tavares
Writer: Karim Ainouz
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-12
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Product features:
- Lifelong friends Deco and Naldinho, who own a small steaming boat in Bahia, meet strip-dancer Karinna. Both men fall for her and their friendship is deeply shattered. DVD Features: , Available Subtitles: English, Spanish , Available Audio Tracks: Portuguese (Dolby Digital 5.1) , Behind-the-scenes featurette , Deleted scenes , Cast rehearsal , U.S. theatrical trailer Format: DVD MOVIE
Movie Reviews of Lower City
Movie Review: Where's the droop? not in this film
Summary: 5 Stars
I was fotunate to see this movie with Ms. Braga and director at the Miami Film Festival last February. Gritty? yes if you grew up in suburban America behind a mall. The real streets of Salvador are alot more dangerous when not being filmed. The sexual tension was maintained to the point of making many in the audience squirm in their seats.
I really loved the story and Braga was outstanding. She recieved a standing ovation at the screening.
Summary of Lower City
Plot Outline: From the filmmakers who brought you CITY OF GOD and THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, comes this sexy Brazilian drama chronicling a love triangle between two best friends, Deco and Naldinho (CARANDIRU?s Lázaro Ramos and Wagner Moura), and a sultry, beautiful young girl, Karinna (Alice Braga, CITY OF GOD). Burdened with unbridled passion, the threesome navigates the "lower city" of tropical Salvador Bahia, stumbling through a treacherous landscape of sex and jealousy. Suffocated and unable to go on, the three must accept one another as lovers, adversaries and ultimately friends; learning to overlook the defiance of their actions and joining one another down an unthinkable path. A startlingly intimate debut from director Sérgio Machado, LOWER CITY bursts with a sensuality and energy emanating from the unflinching performances of the vibrant young cast.Editorial Reviews:
Sara Brady, Premiere Two lifelong friends, Deco and Naldinho, fall for the same lady of ill repute (City of God's Alice Braga) when she hitches a ride on their cargo boat in this steamy drama from Sergio Machado (the 2001 doc At the Edge of the Earth).
The Bottom Line: An even sexier take on Y Tu Mama Tambien, this time in Portuguese.
A.O Scott, NY Times . . the woman in question is Karinna, a dancer and prostitute played by Alice Braga (''City of God''), one of the most forthrightly and powerfully sexual screen actresses in the world. Ms. Braga, niece of the Brazilian actress Sonia Braga, brushes aside any hint of glamour and gives a tough, candid performance.
The look of ''Lower City'' is impressively naturalistic. Toca Seabra's cinematography makes the sweat and grit of Salvador almost palpable, and the music, by Carlinhos Brown and Beto Villares, provides a sweet, lusty throb.
DVD Features: ˇ Making of featurette ˇ Deleted scenes ˇ US theatrical trailer ˇ Palm Previews ˇ Weblinks
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