Boca (2010)

Original title

Boca do Lixo

Directed by

Flavio Frederico

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

12

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man becomes involved in the criminal underworld of Sao Paulo's red-light district in the 1950s and 1960s. The film follows his life based on his real-life autobiography.

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What happens

Boca is a 2010 Brazilian crime-drama film directed by Flavio Frederico. The film was screened at the 2010 Festival do Rio. Inspired by the autobiography of Hiroto de Moraes Joanide (played by Daniel de Oliveira), the film is set in the Boca do Lixo, a prostitution zone in São Paulo during the 1950s and 1960s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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