In this despairing, yet enthralling view of the Brazilian justice system, Ramos’s fly-on-the-wall documentary covers all aspects of trial in Rio’s overcrowded judicial system; pristine courtrooms contrast dramatically with the vile and heaving remand conditions where prisoners chant songs on the many merits of justice.

Perceptively filmed, Ramos interviews a career-oriented judge, a sympathetic and frustrated public attorney and a young, powerless suspect. Highlighting both the social and financial discrepancies that exist, Ramos observes the plight of the ‘criminal’ as his future hangs in the balance. We meet his family -his disconsolate mother who loses herself in prayer, and the quiet girlfriend who gives birth to their second child before his trial. Placed under the spotlight, Brazil’s judicial process exposes an established order fuelled by the invidious whims, beatings, and corruption of the police.