Bráulio Mantovani at Criticker

Bráulio Mantovani
	Date of Birth: Jul 1, 1963 Country: Brazil Biography: Graduated in Portuguese Language and Literature, he began his career writing professionally for theatre groups in 1987. In the early 1990s, he moved to New York City where he worked as camera operator and assistant director for Zbigniew Rybczyński. Back in Brazil, he wrote the script for the short film Palace II, directed by Fernando Meirelles in 2001. On the next year, the partnership extended to City of God, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Total Films at Criticker: 11 - You've Seen 0
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VIPs (2010)

Summary: Marcelo is a young boy who search for his real identity. He takes diferent ways to get it but he doesn't think about the consequences.

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Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)

Summary: 2010. Nascimento faces a new enemy: the militias. In clashing with the system that dominates the Rio de Janeiro, he discovers that the problem is much bigger than he thought. And not only that. He needs to balance the challenge of pacifying a city occupied by crime with the constant concern for a teenager. When the universes of the personal and professional meet, the result is explosive. (entretenimento.r7.com)

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Last Stop 174 (2008)

Summary: Based on a true event, 174 tell the gritty story of young Sandro who lives in the slums of Rio de Janerio. In a world where corruption and violence are the norm, Sandro falls into a life of crime from which he may find it impossible to escape.

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Linha de Passe (2008)

Summary: A story about four brothers from a poor family who need to fight to follow their dreams. (imdb)

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Elite Squad (2007)

Summary: In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operation Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged. Captain Nascimento is trying to find a man to replace him because his wife is pregnant and he intends to quit the command and become a trainer of the new recruits... (imdb)

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Chega de Saudade (2007)

Summary: n an old-time dance hall (the "gafieira") in São Paulo, one evening is all it takes to meet different characters as they remember the past, live the present, wonder about the future, have fun, flirt, fight and, naturally, dance. (imdb)

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Querô (2007)

Summary: Querô is an orphan teenager, living alone near the docks in Santos, Brazil. Her mother, a prostitute, died when he was a baby, and he was raised in the bordello where she worked. He also doesn't know who his father is. Believing he rules his own destiny, he refuses to compromise with anyone else, the corrupt policemen always chasing him, the oppressive discipline in the juvenile institution Febem, or the drug dealers who try to lure him. But this independence has a price. (imdb)

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The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006)

Summary: In 1970, near the World Cup, Daniel Stern and his wife Beatriz leaves Belo Horizonte in a hurry and scared with their ten years old son Mauro in their Volkswagen. While traveling to São Paulo, the couple explains Mauro that they will travel on vacation and will leave Mauro with his grandfather Mótel... (imdb)

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City of God (2003)

Summary: Welcome to the world's most notorious slum: Rio de Janeiro's 'City of God.' A place where combat photographers fear to tread, where Police rarely go, and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20. This is the true story of a young man who grew up on these streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and ultimately may be his only way out. [Original Release 2002] (Miramax)

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Bus 174 (2002)

Summary: In the summer of 2000, in Rio de Janeiro, a 21-year-old hijacked a commuter bus and held its passengers hostage. The police were flummoxed as local TV crews arrived en masse to cover the headline-grabbing events as they unfolded. BUS 174 balances this potentially sensationalistic material with accounts by the police, the victims, the witnesses and friends and family of the hijacker. (Film Forum)

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Palace II (2000)

Summary: Two young boys, Laranjinha and Acerola, living in Cidade de Deus, one of the most violent neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, need some money to go to a concert. The "easiest" (and most dangerous) way to get it is working for some drug-dealers. (imdb)

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