Justice

Director Maria RAMOS puts a camera where many Brazilians have never been : a criminal courtroom in Rio de Janeiro, following the daily routine of several characters. There are those at work there every day (public attorneys, judges, and prosecutors) and those that are merely passing through (the accused). The camera is used as an instrument that sees the social theater, the structure of power - that is to say, what is, in general, invisible to us. The documentary show the daily life in the Courts by observing hearings of relatively petty crimes. The filmmaker follows a little closer a public attorney, a judge and professor of law, and a person accused of a crime. The film shows an arena profoundly linked to the society of which it is a part, and with direct consequences on the lives of the people who move through the legal corridors.