Cidade Oculta (1986)

Directed by

Chico Botelho

Genre

crime film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

2h

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Set in the nighttime underworld of São Paulo, the film follows characters caught up in crime and urban decay. It shows their struggles and interactions in the city's dark, noir-inspired landscape.

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What happens

Cidade Oculta is a 1986 Brazilian crime film directed by Chico Botelho and written by Botelho, Arrigo Barnabé, and Walter Rogério. It stars Barnabé, Carla Camurati, Cláudio Mamberti, and Celso Saiki. The film was produced by Orion Cinema e Vídeo and distributed by Embrafilme. The film is part of the so-called "São Paulo Night Trilogy" ("Trilogia Paulistana da Noite"), along with Anjos da Noite (1987) and A Dama do Cine Shanghai (1988), which are films that depict the urban and nocturnal life of São Paulo with a noir and postmodern aesthetic, breaking away from the realist Cinema Novo tradition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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