The top 10 recommended
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manga (Claudio Assis, Brazil). Chronicle few hours in the life of a city slum, with characters of these bands without God or law, where progress evil beings unconnected destinations deprived of any social identity, alienated in a situation that leaves them little hope of redemption. In this case, as in the Mexican destinations several of the characters coincide by chance and determinism that weighs on their lives off a chain of events that in almost every case will result in tragic symptoms. It's that simple: a human being without free will and consciousness of their situation, Batuque by fate that holds much happiness, alone with his desire, a prisoner of irrationality.
Kamchatka (Marcelo Piña, 2003)
resistance allegation sobadísimo revisits the social astonishment caused by years military dictatorship in Argentina to make a movie of affection, to which the Latino audience, prone to melodrama he falls exhausted. And why not do it, if your children love, and Cecilia Roth shows pouting always, you are better now than it was a tourniquet, while Ricardo Darin is the sensitive type who wanted to take home all of these Security oozing from every pore. In Kamchatka, both portray a married couple fleeing reprisals from the regime, protecting the innocence of their offspring with a game of hide and seek where the currency is to resist. This story tells us that the legacy of resistance has been transferred to small, we do not know is whether such resistance was a noble cause or if the sacrifice of the parents is just a punch that truncates the apparent happiness under siege premium in the film.
Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund (City of God)
Late 60. Buscapé is 11 and is just another kid in Cidade de Deus, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. Shy and sensitive, watch the kids hard in their neighborhood, their thefts, their daily confrontations with the police. You know what you want to be if he can survive, photographer. Dadinho, a child of the same age, he moved to the neighborhood. Dreams of being the most dangerous criminal in Rio de Janeiro and began his apprenticeship by running errands for local criminals. Hairy admires and his gang, which is dedicated to rob gas trucks and doing other small armed robberies. Hairy Dadinho gives the opportunity to commit his first murder. The first muchos.Los 70's. Buscapé still studying, working from time to time and walk through the narrow border between the crime of life "honest." Dadinho already has a small band and big ambitions. When he discovers that the cocaine trade is vastly more profitable than robbery is set to reorganize its business, which soon florece.Principios of 89. After a failed robbery attempts, Buscapé finally gets a camera and thus makes the dream of his childhood. Dadinho also realized his dream at age 18 is known as Zé Pequeno, the most feared and respected narcotraficaficante Rio. His word is law in Cidade de Deus. Surrounded by his childhood friends and protected by an army of children between 9 and 14 years, no one disputes the power. Until you see Manu Galinha. A bus conductor who witnessed the rape of his girlfriend, decides to take revenge killing Ze. Start spreading the news and almost overnight the group of children with the same idea as an armed military. War breaks out in Cidade de deus.
Walter Salles (Motorcycle Diaries)
In 1952, two young Argentines, Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado, set out on a road trip to discover the real Latin America . Ernesto is a young medical student 23 years old, specializing in leprology. Alberto is a biochemist for 29 years. The film follows two young men on their journey of discovery of the rich and complex human and social topography of Latin America. The two friends leave the familiar surroundings of Buenos Aires on a rickety motorcycle Norton 500 cc of 1939, imbued with a romantic spirit of adventure. The bike was damaged, but passengers continue hitchhiking. Little by little, they're making contact with a different Latin America, reflected in the people they meet on their journey, the change in outlook seems to find reflection in the variety of geography by which they travel. Their route takes them to the heights of Machu Pichu, where the majestic ruins and the extraordinary presence of the Inca heritage have a profound effect on both. Arriving at a leper colony in the heart of the Amazon jungle, the two travelers have begun to question the value of progress as defined by certain economic systems that leave many in the gutter. His experiences in the leper in whom they are men they will become in the future and define the ethical and political journey of their lives.