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Lower City

R 2005 1h 50m Drama List
60% Tomatometer 55 Reviews 57% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings
Best friends Deco (Lázaro Ramos) and Naldinho (Wagner Moura) co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador de Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna (Alice Braga), and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bonds of their friendship to the limit. Read More Read Less
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This familiar story of a tension-fraught love triangle wavers between brutality and steamy sex.

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Sight & Sound A likeable and accomplished addition to the Latin American new wave. Sep 28, 2006 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle The toastiest summer on record is but an intermittently flickering 40-watt bulb when held up to the positively incendiary sexual firestorm that is Brazilian import Lower City. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 26, 2006 Full Review Tom Keogh Seattle Times Everything feels obvious and by-the-numbers, as if director and co-writer Srgio Machado was constrained by archetypes and narrative tradition. Rated: 2/4 Aug 18, 2006 Full Review Kam Williams University City Review A gritty, Brazilian drama which called for Alice Braga to be naked and in heat nearly non-stop, whether in a bed with a boyfriend or one of her assortedy Johns. Rated: 4/4 Jun 16, 2007 Full Review Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International The meager plot is no more than a clothesline upon which to hang some heated sex scenes and ugly violence. Mar 1, 2007 Full Review Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile There are sections of the screenplay that lead nowhere and I also find the ending makes the film rather incomplete. Yet it's a gripping work, and a powerful journey while it lasts. Nov 24, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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Will M uma amizade é colocada a prova com a chegada de uma paixão improvável, um bom filme com um final insuficiente. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/03/24 Full Review Audience Member (***): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Interesting and with a good cast. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member a look at the seedy side of life in brazil Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Expected much more from it as the story was depicted quite powerfully and went on well...till the ending came suddenly which totally lacked completion ...don't know if that was the idea or the writer/director ran out of ideas Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Beautifully shot beautiful people having beautiful sex and sometimes indulging in beautiful violence. And that is all it needs to be. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member A Globo cortou o final do filme, ou à (C) uma merda mesmo??? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Best friends Deco (Lázaro Ramos) and Naldinho (Wagner Moura) co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador de Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna (Alice Braga), and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bonds of their friendship to the limit.
Director
Sérgio Machado
Producer
Walter Salles
Screenwriter
Sérgio Machado, Karim Aïnouz, Adriana Rattes
Production Co
Videofilmes, Buena Onda
Rating
R (Nudity|Language|Drug Use|Some Violence|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Jun 16, 2006
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 12, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA)
$130.6K
Runtime
1h 50m