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Lower City

Love to live. Live to love.

2005 · 1h 38m · R Drama
Directed by Sérgio Machado

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Overview

Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna, and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bounds of their friendship to the limit.

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60%
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Rotten

Everything feels obvious and by-the-numbers, as if director and co-writer Sergio Machado was constrained by archetypes and narrative tradition.

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Rotten

With a distinct lack of action, Machado resorts to far too many close-ups of his stars until, as good-looking as they are, you tire of looking at them.

Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

A steamy love triangle that may earn our attention primarily on prurient interest, but ends up being honestly involving.

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Rotten

Everyone involved in the film seems better than the material.

Michael Hardy, Boston Globe
Fresh

Strong performances by the three leads ... help to make up for the story's sliver of a plot.

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald

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