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Lower City

Play trailer Poster for Lower City R,  2005,  1h 50m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 60% 55 Reviews Tomatometer 57% 10,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
60% Tomatometer 55 Reviews 57% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
Best friends Deco (Lázaro Ramos) and Naldinho (Wagner Moura) co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador de Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna (Alice Braga), and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bonds of their friendship to the limit.
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Critics Consensus

This familiar story of a tension-fraught love triangle wavers between brutality and steamy sex.

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Sight & Sound Sep 28, 2006
A likeable and accomplished addition to the Latin American new wave. Go to Full Review
Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Aug 26, 2006
3.5/5
The toastiest summer on record is but an intermittently flickering 40-watt bulb when held up to the positively incendiary sexual firestorm that is Brazilian import Lower City. Go to Full Review
Tom Keogh Seattle Times Aug 18, 2006
2/4
Everything feels obvious and by-the-numbers, as if director and co-writer Srgio Machado was constrained by archetypes and narrative tradition. Go to Full Review
Kam Williams University City Review Jun 16, 2007
4/4
A gritty, Brazilian drama which called for Alice Braga to be naked and in heat nearly non-stop, whether in a bed with a boyfriend or one of her assortedy Johns. Go to Full Review
Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International Mar 1, 2007
The meager plot is no more than a clothesline upon which to hang some heated sex scenes and ugly violence. Go to Full Review
Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile Nov 24, 2006
There are sections of the screenplay that lead nowhere and I also find the ending makes the film rather incomplete. Yet it's a gripping work, and a powerful journey while it lasts. Go to Full Review
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Sérgio Machado

Director

Alice Braga

Karinna

Lázaro Ramos

Deco

Wagner Moura

Naldinho

Harildo Deda

Careca

José Dumont

Sergipano

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Synopsis Best friends Deco (Lázaro Ramos) and Naldinho (Wagner Moura) co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador de Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna (Alice Braga), and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bonds of their friendship to the limit.
Director
Sérgio Machado
Producer
Walter Salles
Screenwriter
Sérgio Machado, Karim Aïnouz, Adriana Rattes
Production Co
VideoFilmes, Buena Onda
Rating
R (Nudity|Language|Drug Use|Some Violence|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Jun 16, 2006
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 12, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA)
$130.6K
Runtime
1h 50m
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