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Rating: NONE
Running Time: 102 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue Portuguese, subtitled English
The relationship between the middle classes and the slums in Rio de Janeiro over the past 50 years as shown through two people who are almost brothers: Miguel, an intellectualized middle-class political prisoner and member of Congress, and Jorge, son of a samba composer who went from petty thief to leader of the Red Command.