The animal is in motion, it is impossible to hold it. The bodies vibrate, dance and desire.
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The animal is in motion, it is impossible to hold it. The bodies vibrate, dance and desire.
A man has his routine reduced to his monotonous work and the suspicious relationship with his wife, until objects, places and people mysteriously disappear, making his life more interesting and, at the same time, dangerous.
Ruan follows a strange man through the streets of downtown São Paulo into a public bathroom, where he begins an oniric journey of pleasure and discovery.
On the eve of the Feast of St. John, Francisca, who is a widow about to turn 75, is on the verge of exploding like fireworks.
During a flight, passengers confront their aspirations, frustrations, fears, wishes and fears, mixing up reality and fiction.
A travel agency employee is tasked with providing a new and unusual service to his boss. It is the delivery of a document that seems to be essential for the company to run. In this context, the precarious working conditions are contrasted with the obscurity and magnitude of the final product offered.
Five looks from the same man deal with the love, betrayal, fear, anguish, terror and justice that happen every day in the lives of all of us. Urban Chronicles shows that real life in the city can be much wilder than the existence of beasts in the wild.
A boy dreams of being a man like the ones he lusts for. Does the man he becomes live as he imagined?
Hebe Camargo is one of the most emblematic entertainments in Brazil. At her 60s, she went on to control her own career and, despite the criticism, the dreadful husband and the powerful and sexist bosses, she revealed herself to the public as an extraordinary woman, capable of overcoming any personal or professional crisis.
In Fortaleza, Brazil, Eugenio, Joaquim and João use a clandestine radio to scream their hunger for freedom and revolution. They hack the traditional radio stations, overwhelming them with poetry, rebel music, quotes, sound archives and provocations, attacking the bourgeois and capitalistic society. But one day, Salomé, a mysterious and beautiful listener, crashes into their lives, transforming their destiny.
Epaminondas is a low-income middle-class civil servant in the early 1970s. He is an ordinary man, a family man, whose day-to-day life is surrounded by bureaucratic commitments and can no longer stand the banal routine he is subjected to.
Maya is accompanied by Glória, her best friend, who promises that she will always be with her, into a clandestine appointment. Both trans women, Maya wants silicone, but a timely intervention leads her to change her mind. When they leave, it’s Christmas night and it’s pouring rain. They take refuge in a bar, owned by a Nigerian refugee named Kakule. Bia also takes refuge there, fed up with constant fights with her boyfriend. And so their paths cross.
Gregório is a rustic and idealistic peasant who lives frustrated in the village of Rosillas. Arrogant and bold, he wants to recover the waters of the family's old dam, which were diverted by Colonel Igrejas, an Argentinean farmer who acts in collusion with the town's mayor to benefit the cultivation of his own vines. In the midst of all this, Gregório will have to face the contempt of the residents, the corruption and the socioeconomic power of the elite, leaving aside the love for his little son Olegário, the care for his elderly parents and the love of Paula, the teacher at the school who insists that he go live in the city. How does the one who stays on the land that everyone has decided to leave survives.
The naïve young Renato arrives in Rio de Janeiro from Cachoeiro de Itapemirim with the dream of becoming a doctor. Without knowing anyone, he goes to a nightclub where he is mistaken for a male prostitute by Pedro, a homosexual nurse obsessed with Greta Garbo. That same night the two go to Pedro's apartment and after several arguments, they decide to move in together. Three months later, Renato introduces his girlfriend Gracinha to his friend, who doesn't know it, but Pedro soon realizes she is a prostitute.
The story of Pelé, from his birth to his rise as one of the most prominent players in both Brazilian and worldwide soccer.
Based on Érico Verissimo's literary trilogy, Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the Amaral family. The struggles between the two families begin in the missions and lasts until the end of the 19th century. The film also features the period of formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the dispute of territory between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.
Based in the poem 'The Angel' by William Blake, the film is about the innocence of the childhood and how to grow up losing it and leaving some dreams back. The film has a magic atmosphere, that way we can dive into Lia's world and share her feelings through the fantastic realism.
The story of Maria, a woman betrayed by his companion, David, when he steals a sack of money and flees, taking refuge in the island of Pico. Furious and determined to avenge herself, she proposes to an Police Inspector, Lucas, to chase and to find David. However, David, on a visit to the island of Faial, falls in love with a local, Marina. Maria and Lucas look for David in the Azores, they cross with Mariana in Faial and the three will discover David in his house of the mountain, at the top of the Peak. In a final confrontation, as in a Greek tragedy, Mary and David adjust the accounts that fate has traced to them.
After years away from his family, Eduardo returns to decide his mother’s future but ends up having to confront his father and brother about issues from his past.
Rosa is in her late 30s, a child of the 1970s with divorced parents. She lives with her own family in São Paulo. Overwhelmed by an eruption of individual passions, lies and the expectations of three generations, she tries to discover who she really is.
Fernanda Giannasi, dubbed the “Brazilian Erin Brockovich” for her courageous fight for the rights of workers, leads a movement that helped lead to asbestos being banned in the country.
The film tells the story of a 30-year-old adult who, after a frustrated stay abroad, decides to return to Brazil, his old work and friendships.
Sérgio is a man who finds himself in a worn-out marriage, with a job and a home, but his seemingly quiet life shudders when he finds out that an old passion from the past, Cláudio, attempted suicide; all of his repressed desires pulsate in a society in which he decided to try to shape himself.
Forced to confront each other and consumed by deep-seated feelings, two people struggle to figure out what should stay alive: the chaotic present or the unknown future. Based on the short story 'Hoje Quero Partir Sem Você', written by Bianca Souza.
To escape her abusive husband, garbage collector Gal packs her two young children, Rihanna and Benin, onto the top of her cart and heads across São Paulo to her cousin’s house. As she struggles to avoid the dangers of the streets along the way, she convinces the children that they are on a big and exciting adventure. When they arrive at her cousin’s house, they are warmly welcomed and fed. However, what initially seems like a safe haven soon turns out to be a trap. Gal realises that not only her own safety is at risk, but also the future of her children.
After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde.
Mateus, a trans man around 25 years old, is confronted by his past when he finds a box of childhood items while moving. His things. He finds himself lost in his memories, and his personified childhood helps him reconnect with himself.
At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the clown Nanaca and his team of circus performers find themselves trapped inside the circus, unable to do what they love most, which is bringing joy to people. As time goes by, hunger begins to plague the circus family, who are looking for a way to survive in the midst of the pandemic, but they have to face the fury and brutality of the police chief of the city where the circus is closed.
A young woman gets ready for a midnight party while remembering the past and pondering her life.
Empty was the only feeling she hoped not to have at the night full of emotions.
After a classroom speech sparks a turning point, Washington, a young black man from the outskirts, abandons everything to chase his dreams—only to face an unforeseen twist.
Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.
The young model Karen works in isolation when she receives an unexpected visit from Anna, a love from the past.
To whom does love belong? I, the petulant creature who dwells through the streets of a flesh laden city, cannot imagine it in my life as well? At times I breathe, at times I shout, I can even grunt. Everything is mud, everything is pasture, and, amidst sighs of depravation, I've found her...
"Mirror of Memory" documents the story of Guinho, a young man whose life was captured in various moments through the home videos recorded by his grandmother, Cida. Weaving these images together with audiovisual references Guinho narrates how Cida’s gaze helped him shape his own subjectivity and artistic sensibility.
After her husband loses his job, Helena opens her own grocery store. Soon, increasingly strange events begin to plague her store, making her question her sanity.
Fictional documentary about Rubs, one of Brazil's greatest film stars.
Henry Czerny plays American journalist Michael Coleman, a strung-out expatriate writing for a Brazilian newspaper. His professional obsession is Father Stephen Louis, a mildly popular and charismatic priest who has been the major political opponent of the greedy and ruthless landowners of the Bahia region. Mysteriously, the usually outspoken Father Louis has been silent for three months. With the Brazilian Congress about to vote on a major land-redistribution bill that could potentially tip the balance of power even further, Father Louis’s support of the peasants and his condemnation of the landowners is more important than ever. Coleman sets out alone for the politically unstable Bahia region to capture a highly anticipated interview with the elusive priest.
Three mothers see their reality become completely, they are: Ruth, whose teenage son, Raul, faces problems with drugs; Elisa, trying to make up for the absence of her husband giving full attention to the child, the little Theo, and Lara, teacher who faces the dilemma of an unplanned pregnancy. These three women, living in different times of their lives, seeking comfort next to Chico Xavier. And Karl reporter remains insisting on interviewing the medium, even without being prepared for it.
At 45 years old, architect Ulisses—feeling lost in his career and unconvinced of his talents—visits a "vocational coach" who promises to find his true vocation. After drinking a suspicious tea in the coach’s crazy ritual, Ulisses blacks out and awakes to find his belongings stolen. Mysteriously, Ulisses also comes away with a strange power: the ability to see people's true vocations by just touching them. Will Ulisses be able to handle his new gift?
A retired carpenter waits for his family's visit, but they don't show up. The gardener of the home he lives in, offers him a lift home; but when he gets there, a surprise puts his memories in check.
Alone, brother and sister wait for those who may never return.
Vicente, a tax collector, is sent to a distant region to defy the dominion of Melo, a powerful landowner. When Melo's henchmen burn down the collector's office building, the government retaliates by deploying soldiers, overseen by Carvalho, a hard-headed judge. Carvalho orders the soldiers to invade Melo's land, which prompts the start of a full-blown war.
On a moonless night, Tiana finds herself at a dead end as she struggles to come to terms with her sister's death.