Name: Justice
Genre: Documentary, Foreign
Released: 2006
Duration: 1 min 42 s

Brief Synopsis

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

Justicia

MPAA Rating

Genre

Documentary

Foreign

Release Date

2006

Production Company

Cobo Fund; Netherlands Film Fund

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 42m

Synopsis

An intimate look inside the Brazilian justice system, closely observing the everyday work of attorneys, judges, prosecutors and other legal professionals, as well as the defendants passing through the system--a young man caught with a stolen car, another charged with complicity in petty theft, and a teenager arrested for possession of drugs and weapons. Each case is followed through its various stages, showing the defendants' meetings with public defenders, the reading of the charges and questioning of the defendants by a judge, scenes of their detention in grossly overcrowded cells, and supervised meetings with family members.