Homens de Rua (1991)
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 32M
Director : Joel Zito Araújo
Writer : Joel Zito Araújo
Synopsis
The film is close to the experiences of men and women forced to survive on the streets of São Paulo in the early 1990s, a time of deteriorating living conditions for workers, high unemployment and increasing urban poverty. Between approaching the problem as something structural and a sensitive look at the characters, the documentary portrays the lives of people who lost their work, distanced themselves from their affections and saw their identity disintegrate.
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Fabrizio, Dante and Roberto have 14 years old and they live in Palermo in the ZEN. How is their life, their universe?
When Biju goes against the will of the parents to get married, a secret is revealed - an identity that is borderline taboo and repugnant in his society.
Miguel is bald and thinks it is a problem, but now he has been contacted by a clinic that promises a treatment with one hundred percent results. Sounds almost too good to be true - and that's what the side effects are.
An old man pays a woman to live with him as if she were his wife, until one day he discovers that she's sleeping with his son.
Louis Caron is a good man - vegetarian, he feeds the homeless, takes care of animals and is concerned with the ecological future of the planet. But his altruism has a sinister edge.
Social comedy about 2 forty-somethings who're looking for a new purpose in life.
