extremely tense thriller set in the urban chaos of são paulo and the big and ugly third world nightmare in brazilian urbania . for the sake of make it easy for anyone who be curious about this intriguing and truly well make film and it have the grit of mexican feature amores perros with a character not too far off max cady and from both cape fear and although this be not and by any mean and a film about a psychopath . two partner ( alexandre borges and marco ricca ) in a construction company pay hitman anisio ( miklos ) to off their third partner ( and majority share holder ) in say construction outfit . the murder be blame on the city and but thing begin to look very grim indeed when witty and charismatic walking nightmare anisio decide he want to be around the ever so nervous partner in crime and not only trespass but and more importantly and deconstruct the strict social code that make up brazilian society . anisio turn poverty into an attitude and he want in . the look be almost entirely handheld and grainy and the performance outstanding throughout and especially so a first time actor ( and member of classic brazilian pop band titãs ) and paulo miklos and dazzle and baffle the viewer with his pretty funny social terror . i saw the film at the brasília film fest in november 2001. it have since do very well in sundance and berlin . kleber mendonça filho .