简介：InJustica,MariaRamosputsacamerawheremanyBrazilianshaveneverbeen—acriminalcourtroominRiodeJaneiro,followingthedailyroutineofseveralcharacters.Therearethosethatworkthereeveryday(publicattorneys,judges,andprosecutors)andthosethataremerelypassingthrough(theaccused).Thecameraisusedasaninstrumentthatseesthesocialtheater,thestructuresofpower—thatistosay,whatis,ingeneral,invisibletous.ThecorridorsoftheCourtsofJustice,thedesignandlayoutofthecourtroom,thediscourse,thecodes,postures—allthelittlevisualdetailsandsoundsbecomerelevant.Thecameraisalwayspositionedforaspecificscenebutisnotmovedbrusquely,inanattempttoavoidunnecessarycommotion.Asignofrespect,ofnon-interventionandnotwishingtoexploit.Therearenointerviewsorstatements,thecameraregisterswhatgoesoninfrontofit. ThedocumentaryshowsthedailylifeintheCourtsbyobservinghearingsofrelativelypettycrimes:amancaughtwithastolencar,anotheraccusedofcomplicityintheft,oryoungpeoplecaughtcarryingdrugsandweapons.Thefilmmakerfollowsalittlecloserapublicattorney,ajudge/professorinlawandanaccused.Thesequenceswhenjudgesinterrogatetheaccusedinsidethecourtroonarealternatedwithimagesoutsideofthisuniverse(forexample,theDetentionCenterandevensomepeopleintheirhome),whichshows,therefore,thatitisnotclosedandcyclical,butprofoundlylinkedwiththesocietyofwitchitispart,andwithadirectconsequenceinthelifeofpeoplethatmovethroughthelegalcorridors. Withheroptionsclear,andunobscuredbyherchoiceforsobrietyandsimplicity,MariaRamosmakesitevidentthat,likedocumentarymaking,justiceisalongwayfrombeingimpartial.HowandforwhomthejudicialsystemworksforinBrazilisthefundamentalquestiondealtwithinthisfilm,withoutprovidinganydefiniteanswersormakingpreconceivedjudgements.…