Justiça

Strong, more realistic than that impossible, we find ourselves being defenders/promoters/judges of the protagonists, very strong, masterpiece filmmaker Maria Augusta Ramos, I will marathon your documentaries, a cold, real look, but sensitive and emotional, sincere and sad... Torture it is regulated as a confession procedure, and every "bandit" is innocent, some even cheat, pity the family, who suffer together, mothers, sisters, wives and grandparents, sad... Our prison system is cruel and dehumanizes... On March 15, 2017, the Brazilian Association of Film Critics elected it as the 32nd best Brazilian documentary of all time...

First I have to say that before watching the documentary, I decided to check the reviews, and, based on them, I had a very different idea as to what to expect.

I also have to say I'm not one much for documentaries, so I probably missed one or two things.

One thing I liked a lot is that, contrary to most brazilian documentaries, Justiça isn't blatantly biased, and in stead just depicts what's happening, allowing the viewers more space to draw their own conclusions. That said, the choice of narrative still pushed the viewer in a certain direction. If the theme was supposed to be Brazilian's Justice system, why was there no investigation or discussion on how the laws were conceived the way they were, and if they are in fact ultimately fair. The picture was mostly background stories of some poor folk who got in trouble with the law, and thus making the filmmaker's point: the supposed inequality. Nothing against this point of view, except maybe call the picture "Inequality in the Justice System", because at no point did go into why things are the way they are.

Not an easy to see documentary about histories that happens on the criminal court of justice of Rio de Janeiro City. The documentary does not have and does not need a narrator. A guy that is caught with drugs in a stolen car, his public attorney, his wife, his pregnant girlfriend, the judge on the case, another drug-dealers with no future caught by policemen and sent to a public prison...the way he comes out...

It is for those who liked Bus 174, Carandiru, prison stories, very sad stories, inequality, poor justice system, etc... For me is a must see to everyone, but be aware that when one come out, one does not look the world in the same way...

8/10