If you loved Carandiru, try Le Baiser de la femme araignée
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Both films are directed by Héctor Babenco, and they both carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Carandiru, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Le Baiser de la femme araignée is
Cellmates and opposites clash in a Latin American prison. A jailed journalist swaps cellblocks with a window-dresser spinning celluloid romances. The movies keep them alive and collide with reality.
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