São Paulo, Incorporated
Anguish and emotion in the big city
Directed by Luiz Sérgio Person
Produced by Socine Produções Cinematográficas
A melancholic portrait of urban alienation and existential dissatisfaction in mid-century São Paulo, where material success cannot fill the void of a meaningless life.
Carlos is a young man from the São Paulo middle class who works for a big company during a time when foreign automobile industries were settling in Brazil. Shortly after, he accepts a job at a factory that makes automobile parts, where he becomes manager. To a certain extent, he is a family man who works hard, earns well and lives unsatisfied. Without any prospects in his life to change the condition he rejects, his last resort is escaping.
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