An unforgettable tale of friendship and survival in a city where the greatest challenge is growing up.
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and grave.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Douglas SilvaAcerola ´Ace´
- Darlan CunhaLaranjinha `Wallace´
- Jonathan HaagensenMadrugadão ´Midnight`
- Rodrigo de OdéHeraldo
- Camila MonteiroCris
- Naima SilvaCamila
- Eduardo 'BR' PiranhaNefast ´Fasto´
- Luciano VidigalFiel
- Pedro HenriqueCaju
- Vítor OliveiraClayton
Crew
- Paulo MorelliDirector
- Elena SoarezScreenplay
- Adriano GoldmanDirector of Photography
- Antonio PintoOriginal Music Composer
- Daniel RezendeEditor
- Andrea Barata RibeiroProducer
- Bel BerlinckProducer
- Fernando MeirellesProducer
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