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News From a Personal War (1999) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1999 · 57 mins · Portuguese
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- Directed by
- Kátia Lund, João Moreira Salles
- Starring
- Paulo Lins, Carlos Luis Gregório, Rodrigo Pimentel, Nilton Cerqueira, Hélio Luz, Itamar Silva
The film examines the relentless cycle of urban violence in Brazil, focusing on Rio de Janeiro's favelas. It follows police officers, drug traffickers and residents of shantytowns as they become entangled in a daily, unending conflict where no side emerges victorious, revealing the human cost of the city's hidden war.
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