Directed By:Sergio Machado
Written By:Karim Aïnouz, Sergio Machado, Adriana Rattes, Gil Vicente Tavares
Lower City
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
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Director Sérgio Machado, who worked as an assistant to Central Station's Walter Salles, lingers sensually over every wrong move his attractive tragic trio make.
75
Whatever its pretensions of social relevance, Sérgio Machado's Lower City is essentially an exploitation movie, and not a half-bad one at that.
70
The themes are all familiar and the plot unfolds slowly and in predictable ways, but there's plenty of heat generated by the three leads.
63
Even though Lower City ultimately leads nowhere (the movie doesn't end so much as simply stop), you won't mind having taken the trip.
50
Everyone involved in the film seems better than the material.
50
Machado establishes a realistically seamy environment for his erotic triangle, and there are some surprisingly tender moments amid the squalor.
25
Two guys panting over the same babe leads to tedium, despite a near-record number of overheated sex scenes.
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Jan 27, 2011
8
The premise is standard-fare and undoubtedly lightweight but there is enough here to warrant my captivation. It is the dynamics of the male relationship that makes this film attractive and despite being almost ambient in tone there is a pervading sense of emotional friction. We are offered very little back-story about their lives which makes it difficult to judge the characters, particularly as it seems they are carrying a lot of baggage. The film raises questions relating to the roles of sexuality and violence existing either as a force for creation or destruction. Ultimately a simple film which is substantial in thought but maybe lacking in creativity. 8/10 78/100
Production Company:
- VideoFilmes
- Buena Onda Films
Release Date:Jun 16, 2006
Duration:1 h 38 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Love to live. Live to love.
Awards
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
• 1 Win & 15 Nominations
Prêmio Guarani
• 5 Wins & 14 Nominations
ACIE Awards, Brazil
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
