Movie

Lower City

2005 · 98 min

A sweaty, sun-bleached slow burn of friendship and desire, tense and sad, with moments of raw tenderness.

Tagline: Love to live. Live to love.
Overview: Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna, and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bounds of their friendship to the limit.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, dark and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Friendship, love, betrayal, politics
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
love
betrayal
politics
survival
Places: big city
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong