Edifício Master (2002) poster
2002 · documentary

Edifício Master

Directed by Eduardo Coutinho1h 50m2002
ElsewhereIMDb8.32kTMDB8.154
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  • intimate
Movie DNA

Neutral, measured, gentle documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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The daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: their drama, aspirations, intimate revelations, loneliness, dreams...

Our read · Edifício Master (2002) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded documentary entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want an observational documentary of real lives inside one bustling building.

ends warmit stays with youmeditativegrips by minute 15attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

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DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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