

“If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.”
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
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Screenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
PT
Budget
$3,300,000
Revenue
$30,641,770

Cabeleira - Shaggy

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Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.