Cidade Baixa (Lower City)

Cidade Baixa" is loud, frantic and brutal.....even the most sophisticated or jaded of festival audiences will kindly endure the onslaught of viciousness on display..... ... Full Review

cockfighting, 'Lower City' is essentially an intimate, well-observed, compassionate film about what happens when lust gets in the way of friendship.....The film's simple but intricately drawn dynamic emerges immediately:....Alongside raw and detailed characterisation, Machado also delivers a tribute to a particular place and its way of life..... ... Full Review

SALVADOR, Bahia-I'm asleep in a restored colonial mansion turned bed-and-breakfast, deep in the city's historic center, when a cacophony of joyous rhythms startles me awake. ... Full Article

Deco (Lazaro Ramos) and Naldinho (Wagner Moura), best friends since childhood, are petty thieves who scratch out a living hustling contraband up and down the river on their modest motor boat. ... Full Article

Courtesy of the studio we have your first look at the trailer for Lower City. Deco and Naldinho have known each other since they were kids. ... Full Article

This Brasilian movie (originally titled "Cidade Baixa") tells the story of Deco and Naldinho who have known each other since they were kids. They make their living together doing cargo jobs and petty hustling on board the Danny Boy ,... ... Full Article

The dull, dimly lit Brazilian drama "Lower City" has some distractions like cockfights and barroom brawls in it, but don't be fooled. The film's only message is that it never works out when two men are sleeping with the same... ... Full Article