High-Rise

High-Rise
  • 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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