A Taste of Latin American Noir @ Ciné Lumière: ROAD TO CRIME 🇧🇷

HOW TO DISPOSE OF A DEAD BODY: A TASTE OF LATIN AMERICAN NOIR

Cinema Mentiré invites you to a showcase of the finest noir classics from Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil. Delve into the dark and mysterious worlds crafted by Latin American filmmakers who infused the global noir aesthetic with a unique local flavour.

26th September, 6.30pm
ROAD TO CRIME | NA SENDA DO CRIME
Dir. Flamínio Bollini Cerri, Brazil, 1954, 71min.

Sergio works as a mere employee at his rich uncle’s bank, leading a wasteful life in nightclubs and dating the sophisticated starlet Margot. Greedy and unhappy with this situation, he joins a trio of burglars to rob wealthy homes, later becoming the gang’s leader. The first and only Brazilian noir of the period, ROAD TO CRIME was produced by Vera Cruz Cinema Company, an attempt to copy the Hollywood studio system in the burgeoning São Paulo as the upcoming biggest and richest city in South America. The film displays the faster growth of São Paulo at its time on several skyscrapers under construction, including the iconic final scene.

The copy to be shown at Ciné Lumière was especially digitised and subtitled for this occasion, and this will be the first time this extraordinary film will be screened outside Brazil in decades.