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Querô (2007)

Querô poster
Directed by
Carlos Cortez
Genre
drama film
Country
Brazil
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
16
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a young boy named Querô growing up in the streets of Santos, Brazil. He struggles with poverty, violence, and his search for identity.

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What happens

Querô is a 2007 Brazilian drama film directed by Carlos Cortez and starring Maxwell Nascimento, Leandro Carvalho, Eduardo Chagas, Milhem Cortaz and Nildo Ferreira. The film is based on the 1976 novel Uma Reportagem Maldita - Querô by Plínio Marcos, which he subsequently adapted into a play. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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