Review by guisreis

A very good biographic film about rappers Marcelo D2 and Skunk and the creation of their band Planet Hemp, an icon in the defense of legalizing marijuana in Brazil. Nearly black and white cinematograhy (as a matter of fact, it is a color one, but with almost 0% saturation) is beautiful. The script brings a consistent development of both main characters, very well played by Renato Góes and Ícaro Silva. It is also a good film about the constraints and disrespects young poor guys, particularly if they are back, face in Brazil and in Rio de Janeiro. The story is held in the 90's (what is referenced in TV shows and, ironically, in bad mainstream songs that were playing everywhere and the two rapper friends hated so much). However, both racist police aggression against and the robbery by policemen of the goods street traders are selling for making a living are cruelties which did not belong only to those years, but that continued in following decades. It is a good film about friendship, about labour, about vulnerable households, about HIV epidemic, about music. Worth watching (and I was surprised, as I did not hear about it previously).