Master, a Building in Copacabana

Master, a Building in Copacabana

Master, a Building in Copacabana

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Master, a Building in Copacabana

"A film about people like you and me"

2002

1h 50m

8.1(54 votes)

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The daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: their drama, aspirations, intimate revelations, loneliness, dreams...

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Fernando José

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Eduardo Coutinho

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