An imprisoned teen tries to escape in 7 Prisoners, Netflix’s powerful addition to the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons Extra category.
But 18-year-old Mateus (Christian Malheiros) isn’t in a conventional prison: he’s working at a junkyard in Brazil’s São Paulo when his new boss, Luca (Rodrigo Santoro), locks him and his co-workers into the complex, playing mind games and demanding long hours.
While some try to run for it, Mateus develops a strategy which involves impressing the boss and becoming his right hand man.
But will the plan work, or will he be sucked into the other side of human trafficking?It’s a gripping premise from director Alexandre Moratto, who co-wrote the screenplay with Thayná Mantesso.
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