High-Rise
Director Gabriel Mascaro
Countries
Duration 71 min
Synopsis
High-rise presents an analysis of the dominant Brazilian classes through a dialogue with the inhabitants of eight penthouse apartments in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Recife. During the film, penthouse residents open up their homes to reveal their thoughts on social inequality, politics, and the world that surrounds them, as well as discussing more intimate subjects such as their desires, dreams, conflicts, insecurities, prejudices and personal histories. Through these dialogues and a poetic visual and sound narrative, the film explores the social and cultural mindset of the elite, and the phenomenon of the ‘verticalization’ of the Brazilian cityscape.
High-rise presents an analysis of the dominant Brazilian classes through a dialogue with the inhabitants of eight penthouse apartments in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Recife. During the film, penthouse residents open up their homes to reveal their thoughts on social inequality, politics, and the world that surrounds them, as well as discussing more intimate subjects such as their desires, dreams, conflicts, insecurities, prejudices and personal histories. Through these dialogues and a poetic visual and sound narrative, the film explores the social and cultural mindset of the elite, and the phenomenon of the ‘verticalization’ of the Brazilian cityscape.