What does it mean to own a penthouse apartment in poverty-plagued Brazil? “High-Rise” examines this topic in a hypnotic and revealing examination, blending interviews with nine penthouse residents, owners of enviable killer views of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Recife, and a look from below, an overcrowded world that seems to be building on every square inch of land, with nowhere to go but up.
Um Lugar ao Sol
Gabriel Mascaro
IndieLisboa 2010 •
Brazil, Documentary, 72′