Fresh
Salles and Thomas's movie contains some extraordinary moments and its fine editing injects a dynamic cross-cutting energy.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Linha de Passe
Life is what you make it
2008 · 1h 48m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Daniela Thomas
,
Walter Salles
Overview
In the periphery of São Paulo, the pregnant single mother Cleuza works as maid in the apartment of a middle-class family. Each of her sons has a different unknown father: the oldest, Dênis, has a baby son that lives with his mother and he works as motorcycle courier.
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