SAO PAULO, SP Latino Cinema

The city Sao Paulo SP teams with life and energy, defying a Western logic which forecast its demise decades ago. As the subject of this kaleidoscopic documentary, the city reveals its special character through the voices of its various inhabitants. Without commentary or criticism, but with acute powers of observation, director Olivier Koning enables these people to reveal aspects of their lives, showing them as individuals with all the attendant ambiguities. A portrait which, defying stereotypes, invokes wonder at human endurance. -Maggi Hurt, London Film Festival