TV series

Children of the Church Steps

2024 · 1 season

A haunting, dreamlike plunge into street survival, blending raw realism with poetic imagery as dread quietly builds toward an inevitable tragedy.

Overview: Inspired by the 1993 Candelária massacre in Rio de Janeiro, four homeless youths—Douglas, Sete, Jesus and Pipoca—navigate street life, dreams, and survival, blending their stories with dreamlike sequences in the 36 hours before the massacre unfolds.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, isolation, politics, death
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
politics
death
friendship
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild