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上承布紐爾《被遺忘的人》，下啟美拿里斯《無主之城》，巴班高的羅迦諾銀豹獎傑作，從新寫實主義跳脫而出，以浮躁鏡頭揭示巴西社會底層的冷酷與絕望。聖保羅貧民窟的街童，暴露在毒品、暴力、性愛泛濫的天空下，只能罪罪相抵適者生存。流浪男童因謀殺案被送進少年感化所，面對更弱肉強食的世界；越獄逃亡出走里約熱內盧，卻走往更深冷的地獄……比劇本更殘酷的現實，是 十一歲男主角六年後在街頭被警察槍斃，令影片更添悲劇色彩。 Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata in association with HB Filmes, Cinemateca Brasileira, and JLS Facilitações Sonoras. Restoration funded by the George Lucas Family Foundation.