An impoverished Brazilian teenager struggles for survival after the death of his mother in Alexandre Moratto's debut feature, 'Socrates.' By Frank Scheck Would that all student-affiliated projects ...

The harsh lessons here are no doubt true to life: the film was made by Alexandre Moratto with the co-operation of 16 to 20 year olds from the Baixada Santista district (to be precise, it is advertised ...

“Socrates” is the kind of downward-spiral narrative bound to sound relentlessly bleak in description. But small wonder Alex Moratto’s first feature won him the Independent Spirit “Someone to Watch” ...