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Synopsis: In the slum in Morro da Sinuca, a couple of days before turning eighteen year-old, Laranjinha tells his best friend and also orphan Acerola that he misses his unknown father. Acerola decides to help his needy friend to find his father and they discover that he is in prison convicted for killing a man during a robbery and near to be released on parole. Meanwhile, Acerola's wife and babysitter Cris is invited to work in São Paulo and she sees the chance to raise money to buy a house of her own; she tells Acerola that he must take care of their son Clayton alone for one year. When the owner of the hill and Laranjinha's cousin Madrugadão is betrayed by his right-hand Nefasto, he is expelled from the slum and Laranjinha and Acerola have also to leave the hill. While Madrugadão plots a plan to invade and recover the hill with the support of the gang of the drug lord from Morro do Careca, Acerola and Laranjinha unravel the past of their fathers.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Paulo Morelli
Production: Miramax Films
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
R
Year:
2007
106 min
$242,655
Website
123 Views


That was my brother, Edson.

Helinho, were any of them waiters?

Waiters?

I don't think so.

- Is that you, Zeze?

- No, I'm not bowlegged.

- Was anyone a waiter?

- A waiter? No...

- Wait! Heraldo was a waiter.

- Heraldo?

- He joined the team later.

- He was a waiter and on the team?

Hey, Ace!

- Well?

- Well what?

- Tell me...

- No way...

- C'mon, man!

- I'll think about it.

- You have to pay.

- Like hell!

Okay, take it easy.

Your father's name is Heraldo, bro.

- Heraldo?

- Heraldo.

Heraldo.

He plays over at

Aterro do Flamengo.

It's a team of waiters.

Heraldo...

Now, now!

Get it, get it!

- Shoot!

- A goal kick!

Fullback or forward?

Who, your dad? Probably the goalie,

if he plays like you.

Look, that must be him!

You guys have the same style.

It's hereditary,

you'll have the same potbelly!

A huge one!

Game's over, let's go see.

See you all next week! Thanks!

Are you Heraldo?

No, I'm Bira.

- What's your name?

- Vadinho.

- Do you know anyone named Heraldo?

- No.

- Do you know Heraldo?

- Geraldo?

- I know many Geraldos. Which one?

- No, Heraldo, the waiter.

Don't know him.

- Do you know anyone named Heraldo?

- Heraldo?

- Heraldo Coutinho?

- No, Heraldo, waiter.

Exactly.

What do you want with him?

Wallace's father is a friend of his.

He wants to be a waiter,

so he thought Heraldo could help.

Your dad hasn't seen him

in a while, has he?

It's been a while.

If Heraldo gets him any job,

it'll be at the prison cafeteria.

He's in jail for what happened

at the Fiery Bull.

- The Fiery Bull?

- The famous steakhouse. Remember?

He got 20 years.

Last I heard, he was in Frei Caneca.

Sorry about that.

- Thanks.

- Good luck.

Let's forqet it.

What? You wait 18 for this

and now you chicken out?

Yeah, but I didn't think

I'd find him here.

What if he's dead?

Don't talk like that!

Come on.

He walked out of here

- He's on parole.

- What'd he do?

- What?

- What was his crime?

- Who are you?

- His son.

Hello? Hi.

Yes, okay.

Heraldo Coutinho got 20 years

for manslaughter. He did 15.

Manslaughter? Robbery?

Yes, and murder.

He was a killer and a thief.

Let's go.

Cheer up.

You got his picture now...

- How are you?

- How are you?

Let's sit.

Hi, Fiel.

What's the matter?

It's too complicated.

Go on...

- Do you have a father?

- No.

Nor a mother.

- Wanna listen?

- Sure.

- Who was that b*tch, Midnight?

- Some chick... What an ass...

Get him, Fasto!

And in broad daylight.

You mug someone, Fiel,

and then bring the cops here?

- You f***ed up, man.

- You ass, you wanna die?

Well, Fiel?

Don't make a sound.

Your MP and your purse.

Quick!

Give them to me!

Hands on the car.

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