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  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run/Icarus Films
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run/Icarus Films
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary This fascinating feature documentary offers an intimate look inside the Brazilian justice system, closely observing the everyday work of attorneys, judges, prosecutors and other legal professionals, as well as the defendants passing through the system-a young man caught with a stolen car, another charged with complicity in petty theft, a...

Directed By: Maria Ramos

Written By: Maria Ramos

  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run/Icarus Films
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run/Icarus Films
  • 1 h 40 m

Justice

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Summary This fascinating feature documentary offers an intimate look inside the Brazilian justice system, closely observing the everyday work of attorneys, judges, prosecutors and other legal professionals, as well as the defendants passing through the system-a young man caught with a stolen car, another charged with complicity in petty theft, a...

Directed By: Maria Ramos

Written By: Maria Ramos

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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Already a master of the objective eye, Ramos uses her unobtrusive camera to uncover the frustrations inherent in a vastly imbalanced society where hope is scarce and the future is dim.
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Because Justice is from the Wiseman school of documentaries, there's no narration and people don't share their thoughts with the camera, which means the movie can come off as a little hollow.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
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With its unobtrusive visual style, Justice plays like a near-parody of documentary objectivity, subtly suggesting the malleable nature of "truth," both in the courtroom and the movie theater.
By Joshua Land FULL REVIEW
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Over all, though, the hands-off approach leaves the viewer to draw his own conclusions, but without providing enough information.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Limite Produções, Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS), Selfmade Films
Release Date Oct 18, 2006
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.justicaofilme.com
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Awards

Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
CPH:DOX
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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