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Brésil : le clown de Cracolandia
Brazil : the clown of Cracolandia
Au Brésil, São Paulo, la plus grande métropole sud-américaine, où vivent 12 millions d'habitants, abrite en son centre un territoire habité par des milliers de sans-abris et de toxicomanes : Cracolandia. Un enfer à ciel ouvert, le plus grand marché de drogues au monde où viennent s'abandonner des milliers de dépendants chaque jour, sous l'œil passif de la police.
Au-delà des échecs répétés des politiques publiques, souvent répressives, le psychiatre brésilien Flavio Falcone, grimé et déguisé en clown, repère et approche ses patients en offrant son soutien avec une détermination inébranlable.
Suivre Flavio, c’est accéder à un monde obscur, contrôlé par les gangs les plus influents du Brésil. Lui seul, affublé de son nez rouge, a obtenu un accès à cet univers âpre et impitoyable...
In Brazil, São Paulo, the largest South American metropolis, home to 12 million inhabitants, is a territory inhabited by thousands of homeless people and drug addicts : Cracolandia. An open-air hell, the largest drug market in the world where thousands of addicts come to abandon themselves every day, under the passive eye of the police.
Beyond the repeated failures of public policies, often repressive, the Brazilian psychiatrist Flavio Falcone, made up and disguised as a clown, identifies and approaches his patients by offering his support with unwavering determination.
Following Flavio means accessing a dark world, controlled by the most influential gangs in Brazil. He alone, adorned with his red nose, has obtained access to this harsh and merciless environment...
Beyond the repeated failures of public policies, often repressive, the Brazilian psychiatrist Flavio Falcone, made up and disguised as a clown, identifies and approaches his patients by offering his support with unwavering determination.
Following Flavio means accessing a dark world, controlled by the most influential gangs in Brazil. He alone, adorned with his red nose, has obtained access to this harsh and merciless environment...