How Angels are Born

How Angels are Born

Violence begins in childhood

1996 · 88 min · ★ 7.2 · Drama, Crime

Two children flee together with a grown up from a slum in Rio because this man had problems with the local drug lord. They end up in the house where a rich American citizen lives with his daughter.

Directed by Murilo Salles · Written by Jorge Durán

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