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Freud studies Lacan's head while Lacan dismembers Freud's ear and the philosophy of butchery takes shape in academic intellectual dementia. They both say in chorus: "The truth can only be told in the fabric of fiction. Those who want it don't go crazy. Love is giving what you don't have to someone who doesn't want it. I think where I am not; therefore, I am where I don't think myself."
On a rainy morning in Sao Paulo, a film camera records the last dinosaurs on Earth.
In 2014, Malian Toumani Kouyaté was urgently summoned to his native country to hear his grandfather tell his final story. Feeling death approaching, the experienced man decided to pass on the tradition.
Strange events involving children resurface in the past of religion teacher Miguel, bringing revelations that could change his life forever...
Wagner and Isis have known each other for a short time. To get to know each other better, they decide to spend Christmas together.
Faced with the advancement of eucalyptus plantations, a farmer and an indigenous community stand as resistance and reveal the impact of monoculture on the environment, in contrast to traditional ways of life. The enemy can also be green.
An elderly couple, Dona Lu and Seu Souza, live in the district of Paty do Alferes, in a simple little house where they raised their children. When the tenant dies, the landlord's heirs evicted the couple, and it is up to the four children to decide their future.
In 1910, Le Corbusier wrote in Germany his famous essay on the eyes that do not see the new forms of modern architecture. One hundred years later, in Recife, the immense modernist work of Portuguese architect Delfim Amorim remains unrecognized. What for Le Corbusier was a necessity and a projection, is now a debate about heritage, preservation, inheritance.
Psychiatrist helps young woman who's being chased by underworld people.
Through a hypnotic ritual, a group of frogs delve into their past traumas, forcing them to confront their deepest fears.
Terror Mandelão addresses sound, technology, and the job market in the universe of baile funk in São Paulo's favelas. The film follows the journey of DJ K, one of the main DJs of Baile do Helipa, the street party of Heliópolis favela, and his friend Zero K, who got his first hit after 10 years as MC. Combining documentary, fictional elements, and visual experimentation, it portrays the ups and downs faced by young artists on the outskirts.
Four love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. "Elephant's Stomp" : the story of a highway patrol officer who is infatuated with a mulatto dancer at a local nightclub. "Drao" : a publicity man and a boutique owner who face a crises in their marriage. "You Are Beautiful" : two homeless teenagers seek love amidst their personal misery. "Samba of the Great Passion" : a book maker who is charmed and captivated by the voice of a female singer coming from a building across the street. Characters in search of love in order to escape from the boredom, loneliness and helplessness of their lives.
The film tells the story of Tainá, a 5 years old orphan Indian girl who dreams of becoming a warrior and discovering her true origin. Along the way, she makes unexpected friends such as Laura, a lost city girl, and Gobi, a nerd Indian boy. They learn to overcome their mutual differences while going through their eventful journey. Taina confronts the ancestral enemy of her family, Jurupari, the incarnation of Evil, who wants to destroy the Forest.
Four actresses in their mid-forties get together in the afternoon to write a play about their own experiences. But the director isn't satisfied with the outcome.
They play football. They laugh, they cry, they swim. They love. They witnessed the discovery of Brazil and are present in the conquests of unknown planets. They are not just snakes, they are also slugs. As Cobras is based on these characters created by writer Luís Fernando Veríssimo, published daily in Brazilian newspapers and, between one joke and another, a vignette that satirizes a well-known film distributor.
Luisa faces her fears on every waning moon.
"One of the most curious and mysterious strengths of cinema is that it outlives us all. So sometimes, on camera, everything is a matter of life and death."
Roberto is a successful businessman. Persecuted by the police, he will have a dilemma: give a secret or keep on running.
Beautiful but arrogant Princes Iria, the King's only daughter, troubles to find suitors that live up to her high self image. Worried by her overly discerning attitude, the King frets about her future happiness and the prospect that she may lose her inheritance if she doesn't find a match by the prescribed time of crowning. Seeking clarity, Princess Iria confesses her dilemna to the night, and hears a voice in return! Will she magically find true love behind the illusion of vain reflections or will an arranged marriage be her fate? Everyone will be enchanted and amused at princess Iria's search to find prince charming in this highly entertaining animated feature of the classic tale, the princess and the frog.
In 1993, amid financial turmoil and the looming threat of extinction, Botafogo, one of Brazil's most historic football clubs, was going through one of the darkest chapters in its history. Deprived of financial resources and with a dismantled roster, the club had no choice but to field inexperienced young players from its youth ranks, many of whom had barely played for the professional team. Leading this discredited team was a prominent figure in Brazilian football: Carlos Alberto Torres, the legendary captain of the 1970 World Cup-winning Brazilian national team. More than just a coach, Torres took on the mission of restoring dignity and fighting spirit to a club on the brink of collapse. His presence became a symbol of leadership, resilience, and confidence in the face of overwhelming uncertainty.
In a small town in São Paulo State, everyone lives happily: Tinoco and his bride Joan, Lollipop and Nha Barbina. One day come the men in charge of opening a railway arrive bringing with them trouble. Paul, one of the engineers, Joan tries to alienate Tinoco, who is accused of stealing money. Workers go to jail. Tinoco is delegated to investigate the case, to prove that their innocence.
This short film is a story about a farmer who plants a seedling on his land, and tries his best to kill the ants, but something unexpected happens. Esse curta metragem e é uma história de um fazendeiro que planta uma mudinha em sua terra, e tenta ao máximo matar as formigas, mas algo inesperado acontece.
This film is part of a project that has listened to over 40,000 people on masculinity issues and has resulted in a documentary and a tool book based on this publicly available study through an agreement with the Social Information Consortium (CIS) of the University of São Paulo.
Registro ao vivo da turnê de Noites do Norte, este DVD traz o cantor e compostor baiano em sua melhor forma. Sucessos de carreira como Trem das Cores e Cajuína, as bossas Samba de Verão e Eu e a Brisa, músicas qua falam da realidade social como Haiti, a clássica Tropicália e hits pop como O Último Romântico e Como Uma Onda (ambas de Lulu Santos, que participa do álbum) fazem do Noites do Norte ao Vivo um lançamento imperfível para os fãs de MPB.
The nature of a man trying to transcend his religious choice of becoming a priest.
Claudio walks around the city without realizing that he is being followed.
A film about remarkable moments in the History of Brazilian Photography, built through the eyes of Lauro Escorel. It also reflects on the impact of digital photography on contemporary society.
Sisters Almira and Piedade are forced to abandon the famous restaurant where they sold drumsticks and return to their mother's house.
In São Paulo, the gang of the former pimp Marcus abducts another virgin woman late night. They trade the virgin girls with three wealthy sick old men that pay a little fortune to deflower the girls. Then the gang of sex maniacs kills the women and dumps their bodies in the backwoods. The police know that the gang has abducted sixteen women and they have already found ten bodies, but they do not have any lead to find the criminals...
A group of people from different backgrounds plays the characters and figures that inspired them to be who they are.
An unlucky woman checks in a hotel pretending to be a French baroness so she can have 24 hours of dream before comitting suicide.
Students at a municipal school in Porto Alegre face a challenge: is it possible to fictionalize a football match?
A Taste - short film
"Pureza" tells a story of a mother, Pureza, who goes in search of her son, Abel, disappeared after leaving for the mining in the Amazon.
A Brazilian student short-film about Viggo, a lonely vampire living in the shadows of Maristela's apartment, a pianist which he loves. Everything changes when she invites home her new boyfriend.
Maicon Douglas is in love with Silmara. One day her mother wakes up in bad health and Maicon needs to urgently take her to the hospital. Maicon calls his friends, everyone boards a Opala Azul Negão to try their luck in a city of contrasts.
A tender story, in which Santa Claus helps to preserve a family. Dudu (David Lucas), a very naughty boy, makes a wish full of hope on Christmas Eve, seeking the reconciliation of his parents, Luciana (Carolina Kasting) and Roberto (Daniel Boaventura), who are determined to separate. Dudu looks for a Santa Claus in a store and insists that his order be fulfilled. However, the good old man, who in fact is Jonas (Reginaldo Farias), who lives making beaks to survive, at first does not take the boy very seriously, as he does not have a past of family joy, much less on Christmas Eve.
At Lara's 13th birthday, her mother takes her to a picnic in the park. Everything goes well until the girl disappears, leaving the mother in complete despair.
"At nature nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed."
Meant principally for a sympathetic audience, whether Catholic or not, this routine story about a priest's receiving the call to the cloth may be a bit slow and theatrical for some viewers. Directed by Lima Barreto, the tale is told in a series of flashbacks as the priest remembers how he was transformed as a child into a person willing to give his life in service of the church and his God. Barreto also scripted the story, which in the end, may be too filled with religious platitudes and preachy overtones to effectively convey its message.
