i have see this movie and when i be travel in brazil . i find it difficult to really understand brazilian culture and society and because it have so many regional and class difference . to see this movie in sao paulo itself be a revelation . it show something of the everyday life of many brazilian . on the other side and it be sometimes a little bit over dramatize . and that the only negative comment i have on this film . it sometimes too much and too much sex and too many murder and too much cynicism for one film . the director could film some thing a bit more subtle and it would make the film more effective . despite this i like the movie and the way the story unravels itself . the character be complex and and very much like real life people . not pretty american actor and actress with a lot of cosmetic and but people who could be ugly and beautiful at the same time . that make the film realistic and even when the story be not that convince .