Night Angels

Director Barros, in his first feature film, makes use of distancing, nonlinear narrative techniques to blur the line between illusion and reality in this highly stylized film about street life in Sao Paulo. Interconnecting several characters and their stories, the film opens with a transvestite and his murder victim. The camera pulls back, however, to reveal them as actors at a play rehearsal. This is followed by a shot of a man driving in a convertible. He is gunned down. A woman screams. She is an actress, and this action is part of a film that is being shot. Eventually the theater director and the film actress meet, and their stories connect with those of a weal...