Just released from prison, Léa returns home to the Brasilia favela of Sol Nascente and joins up with her half-sister Chitara, the fearless leader of an all-female gang that steals and refines oil from underground pipes and sells gasoline to a clandestine network of motorcyclists. Living in constant opposition to Jair Bolsonaro’s fiercely authoritarian and militarized government, Chitara’s women claim the streets for themselves as a declaration of radical political resistance on behalf of ex-cons and the oppressed.
Director:
Writer:
Léa Alves da Silva
Léa
Joana Darc Furtado
Chitara
Andreia Vieira
Gleide Firmino
Mara Alves
Débora Alencar
Official Trailer [Subtitled]
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