Based on the book Canto dos Malditos that speaks about author’s own experiences in Brasilian mental institution, movie follows the story of Neto, middle-class teenager who avoids the company of proper dysfunctional family hanging out with his friends, enjoying pot and rock music. After his father founds a joint in his pocket, he tricks him into entering a mental asylum, where he is being put under the strict supervision together with “real drug addicts” and subjected to horrific treatment including strong medicines and electroshocks. |
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