
Master, a Building in Copacabana(2002)
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...
Three blind sisters, Regina, Maria and Conceição, earn their living by singing in front of churches, in Brazil... They tell their amazing stories, full of drama, heartache, rape, poverty, death and hope.

Regina Casé
Self (archive footage)

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Self

Naná Vasconcelos
Self (uncredited)

Gilberto Gil
Self (uncredited)

Pelé
Self (uncredited)
Roberto Berliner
Self (uncredited)
Born To Be Blind is a documentary film released in 2003. Directed by Roberto Berliner, it stars Regina Casé, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Naná Vasconcelos. Three blind sisters, Regina, Maria and Conceição, earn their living by singing in front of churches, in Brazil... They tell their amazing stories, full of drama, heartache, rape, poverty, death and hope.
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