Half Brother (2018)
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 1H 38M
Director : Eliane Coster
Synopsis
Sandra’s mother has been missing for days. Disoriented and without money, she asks Jorge, her distant half brother, for help. But he is going through a difficult situation: after recording a homophobic aggression, he is being threatened to not release the images.
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