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Linha de Passe: Walter Salles interview - 9 March 2009
- -We caught up with Brazilian director and king of the road movie, Walter Salles, to talk about his latest film Linha de Passe, which tells the story of four fatherless brothers from a poor neighbourhood in Sao Paolo – a city of 20 million inhabitants –

Central Station review by from Birmingham

Superb cinema 3 November 2005
...e director of 'The Motorcycle Diaries', this often overlooked earlier film from Walter Salles is at turns gritty, heart-warming and tear-jerking. A sensational performance f...

Behind The Sun review by A customer from Walthamstow

Blood and sugarcane 4 May 2005
... product of subtle and restrained acting, amazing cinematography and above all, Walter Salles's wondrous grasp of narrative drive. Rare stuff. ...

Dark Water review by A customer from UK

Shallow and overcast. 2 March 2006
...empting to capture the mood of the likes of Rosemary’s Baby and Don’t Look Now, Walter Salles’ handsomely shot film trudges along aimlessly and then just stops. Where Nakata...

Linha De Passe on DVD (2008)
Starring: Vinícius de Oliveira, Ana Carolina Dias, José Geraldo Rodrigues
Director: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
Certificate:
At the heart of one of the toughest, most chaotic cities in the world, four fatherless brothers aspire to break free of their social status and its trappings. 'Linha de Passe' reunites director Walter Salles (Motorcycle Diaries) and writer/director Daniela Thomas (Foreign Land), introducing a ..read more »

Rate this: 62% from 1,125 member

Midnight on DVD (1998)
Starring: Fernanda Torres, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Matheus Nachtergaele
Director: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
Certificate:
At midnight of December 31st of 1999, the destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher together, as the fireworks fall over Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach and the new millennium approaches bringing hope to everyone. An obscure but brilliant view that integrates the ..read more »

Rate this: 44% from 267 members

Linha De Passe - 3.0 stars
Dark Water - 2.5 stars
Dark Water - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars
Behind The Sun - 3.5 stars
Central Station - 3.5 stars

Central Station - 3.5 stars
Behind The Sun - 3.5 stars
Linha De Passe - 3.0 stars
Dark Water - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars
Dark Water - 2.5 stars

Midnight - 2.5 stars
Dark Water - 2.5 stars
Dark Water - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars
Linha De Passe - 3.0 stars
Behind The Sun - 3.5 stars

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