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Stories Set in São Paulo
São Paulo is an ocean of concrete, South America's biggest city by far, built by coffee money and immigrant labor. Breakneck growth created extremes of wealth and poverty that made it Brazil's capital of crime drama. Carandiru and Pixote document opposite ends of it. Open São Paulo on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open São Paulo on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in São Paulo
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Browse 3 books, 41 movies, 5 TV shows and 1 game set in São Paulo.
Carandiru
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru he discovers the victim of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History…
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of Black Brazilian culture.
Pixote
10-year-old Pixote endures torture degradation and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and…
Hidden Truths
A teenager who dreams with a career as a top model becomes part of a prostitution scheme and meets a powerful and obsessive businessman. As a last resort, he marries the girl's mother just to be near her. This series…
The Girl Who Killed Her Parents
Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen his girlfriend’s parents.
Sintonia
Told through three different characters' perspectives, the story of Sintonia explores the interconnection of the music, drug traffic, and religion in São Paulo. In the quest to be somebody, many paths will converge.
Get the Goat
Bruceuilis a policeman from the countryside is assigned to rescue Celestina a goat considered heritage of his small city and travels to São Paulo. There he meets police clerk Trindade who decides to venture out into the…
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Vitor Belfort vs Dan Henderson "Hendo" Glover Teixeira "Hands of Stone" vs Patrick Cummins "Durkin"
Call Me Bruna
Raquel is a girl, adopted by an upper-middle-class family, who rebelled at 17 and left her family and studies at a traditional college in São Paulo to become a prostitute.
The Boy Who Killed My Parents
Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil the film presents de Suzane von Richthofen's point of view of the events that led to the death of her parents.
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