Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas have been co-directing, on an off, since 1995. For this production they have mainly recruited unknown actors and shot on location in the outskirt slums of Sao Paolo. We follow four fatherless brothers who, despite deep poverty, try to stay away from crime. ”Linha de passe” is the name of a Brazilian football club, but it also indicates that this is a film about growing up. In contrast to City of God and Tropa de elite, two recent Brazilian contributions to the genre, Salles chooses to deal with serious topics without reverting to spectacular film effects and explicit violence.
Brothers Dario, Dinho, Denis and Reginaldo all struggle with their own problems, but they also share the hope of one day leaving the slum and getting a decent life. Dario is played by the now 18-year-old Vinicius de Olivera, who also played in Walter Salles critically acclaimed film Central station from 1998.
Jan Wilhelm Andersen
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ORIGINAL TITLE
Linha De Passe
ENGLISH TITLE
Linha De Passe
SELECTION: Cinerama
COUNTRY: Brasil
LANGUAGE: Portugese
SUBTITLES: English
PROD. YEAR: 2008
RUNNING TIME: 113 minutes
DIRECTOR: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
WRITER: George Moura, Daniela Thomas, Bráulio Mantovani
PRODUCER: Mauricio Andrade Ramos, Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
PHOTO: Mauro Pinheiro Jr.
PRODUCTION: Double Helix Entertainment, Media Rights Capital, Pathé Pictures International
CAST: Sandra Corveloni, João Baldasserini, Vinícius de Oliveira, José Geraldo Rodrigue
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