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The 12 Labours

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Original title

Os 12 Trabalhos

Year

2006

Running time

90 min.

Country

Brazil

Director

Ricardo Elias

Screenwriter

Ricardo Elias. Story: Ricardo Elias, Claudio Yosida, Hilton Lacerda, Arthur Autran

Cast

Music

André Abujamra

Cinematography

Carlos Jay Yamashita

Producer

Politheama Produções Cinematográficas

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

Heracles is a poor young black boy from São Paulo recently released from the remand home in which he was doing time who's attempt to turn a new leaf in life lands him a job as a motorcycle courier. On his first day at work, still on trial, he is given twelve tasks to do, bringing him into contact with a motley crew of big city inhabitants: civil servants, cops, lawyers, teachers, drug dealers, etc. The tension between Heracles' apparent fragility in the face of the problems set before him and his endeavour to find a new life far from the world of crime draws a realistic portrait of one of the biggest social issues in today's Brazil: that of youngsters with no perspectives.

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The 12 Labours

2006

Ricardo Elias

6.6

(69)