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Encarcerados

2019

A sobering, clear-eyed look inside a brutal system, offering little comfort but plenty to think about.

Genres
Documentary
Overview
Reveals the real, day-to-day life of penitentiary officers from São Paulo, Brazil.
How it feels
Dark, tense and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Crime, violence, power, corruption
Content
Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism10
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Claudia Calabi, Fernando Grostein Andrade, Pedro Bial
Written by
Joaquim Salles
Starring
Dráuzio Varella, Aly Muritiba, Luís Roberto Barroso, Milhem Cortaz
Cinematography
Bruno Vieira, Nelson Kao
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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