7 Prisoners

Mateus, an 18-year-old from a poor rural family, takes a job at a scrapyard in São Paulo to earn money for his relatives. His new employer, Luca, soon reveals the true nature of the work: Mateus and the other young men are held there against their will and forced to labor under threats and weapons. Trapped in a human trafficking network, Mateus must decide whether to keep his moral principles or do whatever it takes to survive. He proposes a deal to Luca, promising to raise the yard's productivity in exchange for freedom for himself and the others, though the path this opens puts his family's future and his own character at risk.

Alexandre Moratto directed the film, his second feature, and wrote the screenplay with Thayná Mantesso. Christian Malheiros plays Mateus and Rodrigo Santoro plays Luca, with Bruno Rocha, Lucas Oranmian, Vitor Julian and Cecília Homem de Mello in supporting roles. Fernando Meirelles, Andrea Barata Ribeiro and Ramin Bahrani produced the Brazilian-American production.

Released in October 2021 and running 93 minutes, the crime drama drew solid notices, with a critics' rating of 7.5/10 from 47 reviews, slightly above its audience scores of 7.1/10 on IMDb from around 10,000 votes and 7.1/10 on TMDB.