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The City of Abysses

2021 · 97 min

A quiet, rain-soaked night where strangers share shelter and gentle conversations slowly reveal their vulnerabilities.

Directed by: Priscyla Bettim, Renato Coelho
Genres: Drama
Starring: Verónica Valenttino, Sofia Riccardi, Guylain Mukendi

Overview: Maya is accompanied by Glória, her best friend, who promises that she will always be with her, into a clandestine appointment. Both trans women, Maya wants silicone, but a timely intervention leads her to change her mind. When they leave, it’s Christmas night and it’s pouring rain. They take refuge in a bar, owned by a Nigerian refugee named Kakule. Bia also takes refuge there, fed up with constant fights with her boyfriend. And so their paths cross.

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Directed by: Priscyla Bettim, Renato Coelho
Genres: Drama
Starring: Verónica Valenttino, Sofia Riccardi, Guylain Mukendi

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
friendship
isolation
found family
healing
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Priscyla Bettim, Renato Coelho
Written by: Priscyla Bettim
Starring: Verónica Valenttino, Sofia Riccardi, Guylain Mukendi, Carolina Castanho, Arrigo Barnabé, Cláudio Willer, Padre Júlio Lancellotti, Francis Vogner dos Reis
Runtime: 97 min
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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