Retrato falado, Criminoso e Cinema.

Abstract

This text sought to approximate the Law, Art and Visual Culture through the spoken portrait instrument of art and police expertise that underwent transformations throughout its existence, but did not lose its essence of collabo-rative work. The purpose of this text will be to present the historical process of the spoken picture, the constitutive elements of its language and the image of the other in the cinema through the spoken picture. The methodology used was based on a bibliographical review.