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A short film commemorating the 400th anniversary of the city of Rio de Janeiro. The short film was sponsored by the Barsa Encyclopedia (launched in 1964) and the Jornal do Brasil newspaper. The text, narrated by Paulo Mendes Campos, was written by Machado de Assis himself.
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PT

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.

Nina is an elderly woman who lives alone and feels distressed by the increasing violence in her neighborhood. Amidst conflicts with her neighbors, she decides to film the movement of drug traffickers from her window, hoping to assist the police. After months of recording suspicious activities, her initiative attracts the attention of a journalist, who approaches Nina and offers to support her in her mission.