5 Broken Cameras vs Welcome to São Paulo

5 Broken Cameras has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.6/10 for Welcome to São Paulo). 5 Broken Cameras is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 36m. Welcome to São Paulo is the older of the two (2004 against 2011). Both are documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

5 Broken Cameras poster5 Broken Cameras2011 VS Welcome to São Paulo posterWelcome to São Paulo2004
5 Broken CamerasWelcome to São Paulo
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 6.6/10
Year20112004
Length1h 30m1h 36m
GenresCrime, Documentary, Drama, WarDocumentary, Drama
CountryFrance–
DirectorEmad Burnat, Guy DavidiAmos Gitai, Caetano Veloso
Main castEmad Burnat, Soraya Burnat, Gibreel Burnat, Mohammed Burnat, Yasin BurnatCaetano Veloso

Synopsis

5 Broken Cameras

Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, which famously chose nonviolent resistance when the Israeli army encroached upon its land to make room for Jewish colonists. Emad buys his first camera in 2005 to document the birth of his fourth son, Gibreel. Over the course of the film, he…

Welcome to São Paulo

All the feature is given prestige to by the narration in Caetano Veloso's voice, that also signs one of the segments of the project. São Paulo is the largest city of the Southern Hemisphere, with an incessant dynamics of cultural mixtures, with immigrants of all the world and migrants of all parts of Brazil. The gathering of these peculiarities are seen through the 13 film directors's sensibilities and their segments.

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