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If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
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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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Drug TraffickingRival GangsAmbition And MoralityViolence And Poverty




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Directed by: César Charlone, Isabella Teixeira, Malu Miranda
Produced by: Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Mauricio Andrade Ramos, Elisa Tolomelli
Composed by: Ed Cortês, Antonio Pinto
Cast

Alexandre Rodrigues
Buscapé - Rocket

Leandro Firmino
Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé

Phellipe Haagensen
Bené - Benny

Douglas Silva
Dadinho - Li'l Dice

Jonathan Haagensen
Cabeleira - Shaggy

Matheus Nachtergaele
Sandro Cenoura - Carrot

Seu Jorge
Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned

Jefechander Suplino
Alicate - Clipper

Alice Braga
Angélica

Edson Oliveira
Barbantinho Adulto - Older Stringy
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