<P> The film is set in a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, Brazil, where the exiled Americans Sinatra and his son Paul own a brothel . Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted to cocaine . Sinatra is married to a former prostitute named Angie, with whom he has a son . A Russian client is killed by his wife in their establishment, leaving behind a suitcase filled with drugs . On the night that they have scheduled a negotiation to sell the contents of the suitcase to African buyers, their go - between dies while having sex with a transvestite named Nazda . In desperation, Sinatra makes a deal with the Nigerian dishwasher of the brothel, Wemba . Wemba is to travel to the harbor of Santos, taking the place of the go - between, and make the sale to the drug dealers . In return Wemba would receive a large amount of money . Wemba accepts but while returning to his car in the harbor, he is attacked by two small - time thieves and is knocked unconscious . His lack of contact with Sinatra and Paul starts a chain - reaction of misunderstandings that lead to a tragic end . </P> <Ul> <Li> Brendan Fraser - Paul </Li> <Li> Mos Def - Wemba </Li> <Li> Scott Glenn - Sinatra </Li> <Li> Alice Braga - Monique </Li> <Li> Catalina Sandino Moreno - Angie </Li> <Li> Ruy Polanah - The Soothsayer </Li> <Li> Matheus Nachtergaele - Nazda </Li> <Li> Gilson Adalberto Gomes - Samy </Li> <Li> Milhem Cortaz - Rodrigo </Li> <Li> Luke Denis Nolan - Lazare </Li> </Ul> <Li> Brendan Fraser - Paul </Li> <Li> Mos Def - Wemba </Li>

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