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A retired music critic is the last resident of a building targeted by developers - she becomes engaged in a cold war of sorts with the company.
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Villagers sold as human prey defend themselves from hunters using a psychotropic drug.
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Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son but soon realises that the city is far from being the non-violent refuge he seeks.
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