Boca do Lixo

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Boca do Lixo ("Garbage Mouth"), also Boca, is the popular name given to Santa Efigênia area between the streets Rua do Triumpho and Rua da Vitória, in Luz neighbourhod (bairro) located in Bom Retiro district (distrito) of São Paulo. Boca was usually characterised by its night clubs and sexual services establishments. The area was also home to a flourishing cinema industry known as Mouth of Garbage Cinema, especially in the 1970s. It became to be known as Cracolândia ("Crack Land") in the 1990s, a surrounding identified with drugs, organised crime and violence. Today, Boca is a constantly policed area and crime rate has dramatically fallen.