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When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.

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In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

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Similar Movies:

Cidade dos Homens

Tropa de Elite

Alpha Dog

The Harder They Come

Half Nelson

The Blacklight

Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes

Risse im Beton

The Man with the Golden Arm

Cidade de Deus

Grease

Easy Rider

Trainspotting

Requiem for a Dream

Aus dem Nichts

Training Day

Pusher

Jakob der Lügner

Pulp Fiction

Pink Flamingos