Southland Samba
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Synopsis
Genre: Psychological Drama
Tagline: Alfred Hitchcock meets The Twilight Zone
Set in Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro, It traces the life of a man who
suffers a nervous breakdown and winds up in a mental institution.
Through narration and therapy sessions with a staff psychologist we
discover the strange circumstances that led to his incarceration.
One evening he goes to a Brazilian nightclub that specializes in Samba.
The next day he hears the sound of a Surdo drum and is unable to
escape it!
Everywhere he goes, the drumbeat follows him like a curse. He
eventually begins to unravel and this leads to his arrest. Family, friends,
and co-workers notice his unusual behavior. It causes him to lose his job
and leads to a slow process of disconnecting from reality. Hallucinations
that he is actually in Brazil begin to dominate his thoughts, further
complicating his ability to cope with everyday life. During the final
therapy session with the psychologist, an explosive interaction takes
place-then an unusual twist is revealed at the film’s completion!
WGAW # 2220784
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