Lower City

A woman comes between boyhood friends in Brazilian director Sergio Machado's gritty story of lives on the fringes. Deco (Lazaro Ramos "Madame Sata") and Naldinho (Wagner Moura) grew up together in Salvador, engaging in petty theft and growing so close they call each other "brother"; they now co-own a small cargo boat that they use to ferry goods up and down the northeastern coast of Brazil. While making a routine run, they pick up part-time prostitute Karinna (Alice Braga, the niece of actress Sonia Braga), who strikes a deal for passage to Salvador that includes servicing both men. They debark at Cachoeira, a rough coastal town, and Karinna decides to continue her t...