Young guy from the poor Northeast region of Brazil comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. Naturally, he is faced with many adversities along the way.
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Young guy from the poor Northeast region of Brazil comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. Naturally, he is faced with many adversities along the way.
At a movie screening, two women meet. But the film has ended, and what remains now is what was never written into the script: the truth between them.
Raimundo is an amateur wrestler who finds himself unemployed and without a fixed income when faced with a proposal to give up the fight, entering a dilemma that divides him between the glory of a possible career or the love of his son.
A German governess is hired to give German and piano lessons to the teenager son of a rich traditional family, in the 20s. But soon they get involved, and she teaches him love lessons instead.
On the first year of a far right government in Brazil, Joder decides to investigate his health after moving to Brasilia for work.
"Prelude to an Announced Death" (5', 1991) is the artist's final work, completed shortly before his demise. It is one of the rare moments in which França's work in video assumes a quasi-documentary character. Set against a dramatic rendition of "La Traviata" by Brazilian singer Bidu Sayão, the artist's body touches that of his partner, Geraldo Rivello, as the names of all their friends killed by AIDS scroll across the screen above them.
This feature film produced during the Brazilian dictatorship had a whole context of student uprisings that — when subjected to the censor board in 1969 — went through cuts that made its commercial release unfeasible.
Addresses the relationship of Fernando and Caio, starting with a strong physical attraction but ends up bumping into in the absence of dialogue.
Mr. Mario can't distinguish anymore the past from the present. He lives again, inside his own mind, a period of his life when he was a salesman going door to door selling travel guides. However, Mr. Mario has never traveled, but now, an opportunity to see the world arises. Felipe, his grandson, will be his loyal partner on this great journey.
Ângela Carne e Osso (Angela Meat and Bone), a young nymphomaniac, lives surrounded by delinquents, and exerts intense allure on them, dominating them all with her erotic power.
Meu Nome é Dindi shows the movement of time over a young woman who owns a small marketplace near bankruptcy and fights for survival.
In this short film made of a single sequence shot, a man drives through the city streets, talking on the phone while trying to find a way to move forward, but the past is a restless passenger.
A fantastic biopic based on the life of actress and producer Regina Vogue, one of the leading figures in Brazilian theater. Today, at 81, she recounts her story. In a playful way, the film delves into various theatrical forms, such as shadow theater, puppet theater, and the use of masks. Thus, Regina reveals the resilient spirit of an artist in a delicate blend of reality and fiction, where everything is true.
Follows Marcos Vinicius during four stages of his life (childhood, adolescence, youth and adulthood) and all the difficulties he goes through due to his color and upbringing.
Jéssica is a teenager from Brazilian Northeast. After being abused by her stepfather, she runs away to Recife, where starts to work with sexual tourism. Then, she meets Mark, a German tourist, and falls in love with him.
Three days in the life of a young clarinetist (Fernando Alves Pinto), who is in love with a violinist (Vera Zimmerman), but can't get her attention. In the first day he feels alone and frail; in the second day what was supposed to be pleasant becomes a nightmare; in the third day he finally achieves fulfillment through music and helps a pianist (Vera Holtz) who is rehearsing for a concert. These three days correspond to a three movement sonata - the director (Lina Chamie) is a musician, so she imprinted a musical structure to her movie, with few dialogs and poetic images. It's a movie for music lovers. Written by CeciliaWolf
A lone stranger, travelling alongside a cattle drive, passes his knowledge down to his long-lost brother.
Based on the short story of the same name by writer Ezter Liu, the film "Geisiely with Y" tells the story of a woman who was physically and psychologically abused through the eyes of the police officer who assists her. Geisiely, like so many others, is a woman who seeks some dignity in the depths of the facts.
In 1961, father and son travel to Porto Alegre. Their severance leads both to unknown realities.
Love in a Brazilian town on the edge of the jungle: he loves her, and she says she loves him too. She deserves a gift, one that makes an impression. He wants to marry her and can’t wait any longer. So he heads out into the jungle armed with a pickaxe, since there is no app to find what he has in mind for her: gemstones. Gemstones are the path to freedom, his way out of the dreary small town – with her at his side.
The Mammoth Protocol is a mysterious book that enters the life of young scientist Pietro, and steals all good things from him and the ones around him. Little by little, the scientist's obsession for the book transforms him into a monster and only his friends can save him, before it's too late...
★ 01/02/1978 - ✟ 06/06/2021
just some pictures of a dog at the bar.
The lawyer Roberto leaves his career and his fiancée behind to chase the criminals who killed his entire family in a brutal massacre.
Ana is surrounded. In the apartment below, the ghosts of the past and on the terrace, the ghosts of the future.
Nora is filming a short film at college with her group until she argues with her friend and decides to take the stairs to meet them on the next floor. When she sees that the floors are not changing, she starts to go down the stairs in despair until a vision of her grandfather comforts her and directs her the way back.
O Pastor e o Guerrilheiro is a Brazilian feature film inspired by a true story, which takes place in the 1960s and 1970s and at the turn of the millennium - in the last days of 1999.
The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil.
Set in Brazil, this drama is based on a short story by Oscar Wilde about a fisherman who meets and falls in love with a mermaid, giving up his soul in the process.
Elias sees his world threatened when his ex-wife, one recovering junkie, asks for the guard of their son. Fito is in desperation for losing his father because of Elias. Isis, who hides in a vagabond hotel, can be the salvation for Fito and Elias.
Young people gather to have a party before going into lockdown because of Coronavirus. They talk about music, arts, work and the uncertain future, not knowing when they will be able to meet again.
The adventures of Pedro, a musician who is trying his luck in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1950's. He leaves his hometown Belo Horizonte to share a lodging with his brother Carlos in Rio. During one of his gigs, he meets Arlete, a singer in a vocal group and fall in love.
As Fanny deals with an upcoming medical checkup during her summer vacation, a moment of relaxation turns into an intense experience as four friends find unexpected ways to bond.
After a powerful outlaw dies, a reporter interviews his lover and gets three different stories about the legendary man.
A young woman is uncertain about motherhood.
When womanizer Paulo meets a friend’s fiancée, she changes the way he looks at the opposite sex. He falls in love, and believes she is in fact all women in one. Because of that, he has to face an important decision: to go on with his old life, or embrace this special relationship and become a monogamous man.