Lower City
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sergio Machado
Alice Braga
Lazaro Ramos
Wagner Moura
Jose Dumont
Maria Menezes
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Deco and Naldinho have known each other since they were kids. They make their living together doing cargo jobs and petty hustling on board the Danny Boy, a motor boat they own as partners. The story begins when the two friends offer a ride to Karinna, a stripper set on finding work in Salvador. Karinna sleeps with both men in return for the lift. After unloading cargo in the town of Cachoeira, the two friends go out to have some fun. Naldinho bets the money they made on the cargo, gets mixed up in a fight, and ends up getting stabbed. Deco comes to his friend's defense, fatally wounding the aggressor. They are forced to flee to Salvador. While Naldinho is recovering, Deco sets out to make some money to help his friend, and Karinna starts working in the Xanadu nightclub. Despite now being in the big city, the two friends keep crossing paths with Karinna. As the story unfolds, the attraction grows between Deco, Naldinho, and Karinna, and they are faced with the possibility of life as a threesome. Desire soon turns to obsession. Deco and Naldinho are sucked into a whirlwind of jealousy and petty grudges that ends up undermining their friendship as they realise that they don't want to live without Karinna anymore. They start visiting her separately and contending to win her heart. The relationship between the three begins to fall apart, and they go their separate ways. Deco goes back to boxing, Karinna keeps working in the nightclub, and Naldinho starts holding up drugstores. Suffocated, unable to go on without each other, the three come together once again. This new reckoning leads them down a path of no return.
Director
Sergio Machado
Cast
Alice Braga
Lazaro Ramos
Wagner Moura
Jose Dumont
Maria Menezes
Debora Santiago
Hugo Rodas
Divina Valeria
Dois Mundos
Fernando Fulco
David Herman
Olga Machado
Fernanda De Freitas
Ricardo Luedy
Leno Sacramento
Wilson Mello
Zeca Abreu
Nonato Freire
Ricardo Spencer
Adelena Rios
Tais Wagner
Carolina Ribeiro
Andreia Elia
Marcos Pedroso
Agnaldo Lopes
Rai Alves
Tinho Bahia
Luis Olho De Gato
Carlos Pronzato
Felipe Ferreira
Joao Miguel
Guiga Scott
Crew
Karim Ainouz
Mauricio Andrade Ramos
Robert Bevan
Carlinhos Brown
Cristina Camargo
Denilson Campos
Daniela Carvalho
Romulo Hughes Drummond
Marcia Faria
Maria Farkas
Maria Gowland
Leandro Lima
Sergio Machado
Isabela Monteiro De Castro
Marcos Pedroso
Donald K Ranvaud
Walter Salles
Toca Seabra
Andre Simonetti
Maria Fatima Toledo
Armando Torres
Marcelo Torres
Rose Vercosa
Beto Villares
Waldir Xavier
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer June 16, 2006
Released in United States June 30, 2006
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States March 2006
Released in United States June 2006
Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 19-November 3, 2005.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 20-May 4, 2006.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 25-June 18, 2006.
Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Special Screening) March 10-18, 2006.
Shown at Brooklyn International Film Festival (Narrative Feature) June 2-11, 2006.
Released in United States Summer June 16, 2006 (NY)
Released in United States June 30, 2006 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 19-November 3, 2005.)
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 20-May 4, 2006.)
Released in United States March 2006 (Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Special Screening) March 10-18, 2006.)
Released in United States June 2006 (Shown at Brooklyn International Film Festival (Narrative Feature) June 2-11, 2006.)
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 25-June 18, 2006.)
