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Metro

Name: Metro
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-01-01
Duration: 51 min

2011 · 0h 51m · Documentary

Watch it tonight if you're in the mood for intimate, unscripted human connection—this is a meditative portrait of urban life that trades narrative thrills for genuine curiosity about strangers. It's the kind of slow-burn documentary that rewards patient viewers looking for something unconventional and introspective, not a crowdpleaser.

Plot

The underground wanderings of a not-so-young Brazilian student who, without knowing what to look for in life, goes to the Paris subway to meet those he values most... the strangers. During two years, always with a camera on him, he observed and interacted with all kinds of metro 'inhabitants': passengers, bill posters, homeless persons, musicians, metro drivers, frequently conversing about life expectations. The result is a film that reveals this eclectic underground world from an unusual, irreverent and personal point of view.

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