High-Rise

IMDb link: 1502981
IMDb rating: 7.2 (374 votes)
Genres: Documentary
Director: Gabriel Mascaro

Release date: 1 Jun 2009
Release year: 2009
Runtime: 71 minutes
Country: Brazil
Keywords: urban film, human rights, alternative, independent film

Plot:

Through dialogues with the owners of penthouses in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Recife, High-Rise explores the social and cultural mindset of the elite, and the phenomenon of the 'verticalization' of the Brazilian cityscape. This is a film about height, status and power.

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