Two Americans in exile--Rosso and his son, Paul--have been carving out a living in Brazil running a nightclub-brothel, but they both harbor dreams of getting out of the business once and for all. One night, it seems their prayers are answered when a customer leaves behind a suitcase in the club that contains the means for Rosso and Paul to change their fates. Rosso will take his beautiful, young wife Angie and their 5 year-old son Lazare to start over in a new city, far away. Paul will escape mounting debt, an escalating coke habit, and finally be rid of his father (whom he despises and blames for all of his problems). It all depends on one person--a Nigerian immigrant named Wemba--who must make his way safely through the perilous, nocturnal gauntlet of Sao Paulo.
Production FilmColony; Millennium Films; Big City Pictures; Swingin' Productions; Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG IV [de]; O2 Filmes [br];
Cast Names Márcio Garcia; Chelsea Crowe; Brendan Fraser; Mos Def; Scott Glenn; Alice Braga; Catalina Sandino Moreno; Ruy Polanah; Matheus Nachtergaele; Gilson Adalberto Gomes; Milhem Cortaz; Luke Denis Nolan; Antonio Pinto; Vadin Nikitin; Ana Paula Demambro; Ana Pereira; Cristina Sverzuti; Karen Bellini; Gisele Alves; Claudia Monteny Ghiurghi; Manuel Fernandes; Rogerio Ferreira Rosa; Henry Baabatunde; Gabriela Rabello; André Ceccato; Ivan Gianquinto; Farouq; Luciane Lima; Johannes Sjöberg; Carla Esposito;
Release Date 2006-04-28 (Tribeca Film Festival) 2007-02-27 (DVD premiere)
Genres Drama; Thriller;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for strong violence and sexual content, pervasive
language and some drug use.