Life is lived on the edge in Walter Salles's gritty take on the realities of life for Brazil's down-at-heel. Linha de Passe tells the story of Cleuza, a poor-but-proud working class woman with four children from different fathers. One dreams of playing for Corinthians, Carlos Tevez's old club. Another is a motorcycle courier. The third has found Jesus. And the little one hopes to find his dad.
The film draws you into the lives of the four. The gulf between the haves and the never-will-haves. And how each member of the family is just an argument, a sacking or a pregnancy away from falling into the abyss of crime and poverty even more grinding than the one they're already stuck in.
Perhaps surprisingly the violence portrayed so vividly in City of god is only glossed over here. This is not a tale of drugs and Uzis in Rio's favelas. These are normal Brazilians just trying to make their way in the world, and earn an honest wage. It's not easy. Brazil may finally be realising its potential on the economic stage. But not everyone is feeling it.
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