Lower City

Lower City

2005 · 98 min · PT · R · 6.5 (72 votes)
Dir. Sérgio Machado · Starring Lázaro Ramos, Wagner Moura, Alice Braga, Maria Menezes, João Miguel, Débora Santiago · Music Carlinhos Brown

Love to live. Live to love.

Drama

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.

VIBE

A raw, sensual dive into the underbelly of urban life. It's a steamy, dangerous dance of desire and desperation, where loyalty is tested and the night holds both promise and peril. The air crackles with unspoken tension and the beat of the disco.

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