Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ln the heart of one of the 480 shantytowns Surounding Carioca city three characters, in the midst of the most destitute of people, take a chance at life : Mario the priest, Eunice the hooker, Israël the chairman of a comitte of inhabitants.
They are caught up in a web of hardship, drug trafficking and police brutality, but also by the vitality of the popular Afro-Brazilian culture with its rites, ils music and by Carnival which constantly gives ils beat and sweeps them along in its wake.
A Fleur de terre is a documentary full of humour and of a incredible density which, through the portraits of three very colourful personalities, allows us to penetrate into the life of the favelas, a mirror of Brazilian society.