"The day São Paulo stopped"
Year 2006. There are riots in São Paulo. In the middle of the violent situation, widow Lucia is trying to get her young son Rafael from prison.
Social & External
The people behind it
Andréa Beltrão
Lúcia
Denise Weinberg
Ruiva
Lee Taylor
Rafa
Michel Gomes
Xizão
Júlio Oliveira
HD
Juliano Cazarré
Zé
Giulio Lopes
Dávila
Rafael Losso
Beto
Eucir de Souza
Chico
Kiko Mascarenhas
Delegado Raul
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