An excellent raw movie - Brazilian styled - with an intelligent writing and brilliant and intense acting. It goes through social issues - frequently revitised by Brazilian directors - such as crime, jails, prostitution and the employer/ employee tension. On human condition, the movie focus on trust and hierarchic position (both in society and jail) and how to climb it to the top (literally) and the benefits it brings. Meanwhile - within parallel story lines - there's a peculiar romance taking place with the ghost of betrayal always present, the same ghost that appeared when the gifted chef abandoned the "cochinhas" restaurant. To be honest, I think the soundtrack is, perhaps, the downside of the movie.
