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Lucio Flavio
BRAZIL · 1977

Lucio Flavio

Héctor Babenco
police corruption organized crime Brazilian underworld death squads criminal justice system
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Synopsis

Story of Brazilian bank-robber Lúcio Flávio, who fascinated some people in Rio de Janeiro during the 1970s for his bold robberies and spectacular escapes, and also because he was thought to be intelligent and "politically aware". Before dying, he disclosed a network of corruption in Brazilian Police, and its involvement with the infamous "Death Squad" of the time, a group of policemen who went about killing criminals without giving them a fair trial.

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