Lower City (2005)


Lower City
Release Date16 May 2005
Other NamesLower City
TaglineLove to live. Live to love.
GenreDrama
CountryBrazil
Filming LocationsSalvador, Bahia, Brazil
LanguagePortuguese
Sound MixDolby Digital
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassErotic Drama, Urban Drama
MoodCarnal Knowledge
ThemesLove Triangles, Prostitutes, Down on Their Luck
TonesSensual, Passionate, Earthy, Sexual, Gritty
TagsCockfighting, Convalescence, Cruise, Fight, Prostitute/prostitution

Lower City (Portuguese: ) is a dramatic film by the Brazilian director Sérgio Machado. It was released in Brazil and to international film festivals in 2005, including being screened in the Un Certain Regard seciton at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Its general release in the United States was in 2006 in New York.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Naldinho

Karinna

Sergipano

Tinho Bahia
Lutador de Boxe

Harildo Deda
Careca

Luís Olho de Gato
Sparing

Andréa Elia
D. Lenita

Felipe Ferreira
Joilson

Nonato Freire
Escrivão

Fernando Fulco
Delegado

Carolina Kahro Ribeiro
Jamily

Agnaldo Lopes
Cliente Karinna 2

Ricardo Luedy
Cliente Karinna 1

Olga Machado
Médica

Wilson Mello
Ferreirinha

Maria Menezes
Luzinete

João Miguel
Edvan

Dois Mundos
Himself

Marcos Pedroso
Seu Marquinhos

Adelena Rios
Dançarina Strip 1

Leno Sacramento
Rufino

Débora Santiago
Sirlene

Guiga Scott
Locutor Xanadu

Ricardo Spencer
Marcelo

Divina Valéria
Zilu

Taís Wagner
Prostituta 1

Director

Sérgio Machado
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Producer

Karim Ainouz
writer

Sérgio Machado
writer

Adriana Rattes
contributing writer

Gil Vicente Tavares
contributing writer

Robert Bevan
associate producer

Mauricio Andrade Ramos
executive producer

Donald Ranvaud
associate producer

producer

Original Music

Beto Villares
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Cinematographer

Toca Seabra
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Editor

Isabela Monteiro de Castro
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Isabella Monteiro
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Art Director

Marcos Pedroso
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Costume Designer

Cristina Camargo
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André Simonetti
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Makeup Department

Rosa Versoça
makeup artist

Production Manager

Claudia Reis
unit production manager

Severo Santos
set production manager

Marcelo Torres
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Daniela Carvalho
second assistant director

Márcia Faria
chief assistant director

Maria Farkas
first assistant director

Art Department

Dan Rodrigues
property master

Sound Department

Rômulo Drummond
boom operator

Leandro Lima
sound recordist

Maurício Pascuet
foley artist

André Tadeu
sound re-recording assistant

Armando Torres Jr.
sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects

Mauricio Couto Bevilaqua
special effects technician

Visual Effects

Marcelo Ferreira PeeJay
digital artist, digital effects artist

Marcelo Siqueira
post production supervisor

Lilian Stock Bonzi
digital effects artist

Ariel Wollinger
film recording supervisor, digital effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department

Kika Cunha
camera assistant

Julia Equi
camera assist

Music Department

Fil Pinheiro
music production

Other Crew

Leticia Prisco
production assistant

Claudia Reis
production coordinator

Maria Fatima Toledo
acting coach

New Siah Leng
illustrator: concept

Production Company

VideoFilmes
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Distributor

Cathay-Keris Films

Central Partnership

Festive Films

Lumière

Madman Entertainment

Océan Films

Palm Pictures
,

Paradiso Entertainment

Paradiso Home Entertainment

SOROlla Films

Miscellaneous

Marcella C. Public Relations
DVD publicity, special publicity






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