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Minas Gerais in Southeastern Brazil, is a place whose identity, history and even topography has been greatly influenced by the mining industry. Taking a very personal approach, the filmmaker explores this legacy within the region she calls home. Weaving in and out of narrative, archival footage and documentation, The Silence of Iron challenges the way we look and think about landscape.
Suellen (Thalita Carauta) is a cook who works hard to keep her little son, her younger sister and her mother alone. One day, your dreams come true: she splits in two. Her copy, identical physically, has different personality, being much more extroverted and courageous. The idea would be to divide the tasks with the other one, but soon Suellen realizes that the look-alike has plans of its own, and decides to betray the original.
Rich and spoiled kid, frustrated for not being chosen to join the soccer lessons his idol Zico was going to give, asks his father to clone the player. But a small girl smells something fishy going on and asks her friends to help save the Brazilian soccer star.
A public appearance from international soccer player Marquinhos at Aurelio's bar launches a series of vignettes which spotlight Brazil's obsession with the round ball game
Two young women go to live in a boarding-house, and in their room there's a box with bones of a dwarf, which belonged to the former tenant. Each night, thousands of ants come to move the bones to their natural position.
Faced with extraordinary circumstances and on the verge of separation, Samuel and Emma say goodbye, reflecting on the past and trying to do their part to secure the future.
Ultimately, who are you?
Julia Katharine, a Japanese-Brazilian trans woman, opens her door to the filmmaker. Before day breaks, she evokes her relationship with her parents, a young love that never was, her sleepless nights and her passion for cinema.
A small town in Brazil is the background for this thriller about a murder, disclosing corruption among the leaders of the region.
Tugger is a little jeep. During World War II, his engine fan was replaced with a real airplane propeller. Since then, he's known that one day, he too will fly in the skies. While spending his time doing boring work towing airplanes around, he never let go of that dream, and who knows, it may just come true some day...
Three short stories about sex and sexual perversion.
From saved memories of a long journey, a letter is sent to the future. Alone, away from home and on the eve of her 30th birthday, a Brazilian is on a journey through Africa. In the letter to her daughter, she tells of encounters with women living in their cultures and times. A diary, a road movie and an invitation to all the people who lead their own paths.
A film about absence, narrated from the experiences of people who experience feelings of absence and distance, spread across Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde. The body, landscape, memory and time. Stories and places built with remembrance, oblivion and invention. A journey through the territories of memory, representation and belonging.
A film crew travels to inner Brazil in search of the best “piadeiro” —amateur comedian— of the region. We meet these characters on the streets, squares and inside bars, while they are displaying their sense of humor. Beyond being interesting characters, they have the knack of making people laugh. In this film, they each have their 15 minutes of fame —or maybe more.
Two pig farmers kill boys in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil. During a visit to the city, they meet a young paçoca seller and offer him a job at the pigsty.
In this haiku-film, Giordanno Bottezini recounts his experience with death from Rabies Lyssavirus and the split-second moment between the complete deterioration of the brain and death; a moment after existence but included in experience.
Dr. Marcus Vinícius and his employee, Trindade, benefit from their massage clinic to attend beautiful women.
Documentary about the great Brazilian photographers who helped develop Brazilian cinema and their opinions on their work, making movies in Brazil and in general, and other subjects. As a bonus, they all agreed to shoot the same scene following their individual concepts, and the result is shown for comparison.
Ana is surrounded. In the apartment below, the ghosts of the past and on the terrace, the ghosts of the future.
Silvia is an introspective young girl who is not interested in the daily routine between family and school. Everything abruptly changes when Artur arrives unexpectedly in her class, after being banned from several other schools. Silvia is amazed by the vitality of the boy, who actually suffers from a serious illness – hemophilia. The two immerse themselves in an intense and brief coexistence, interrupted by an accident in which Artur’s bleeds to death. Silvia gets sick and sees her life turn into a strange nightmare. The mourning gradually becomes an obsession, and obsession becomes a goal – Silvia will do anything to bring him back to life.
Sasha is a young man in search of a true connection and longs for the past, when things seemed better, especially when he used to play soccer with his friends. Although he has a girlfriend and a desire to be an actor, things are not well resolved, and he seeks to fix it.
Célia is a very dedicated health agent who works to prevent Dengue in homes in the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul. Committed to inspecting the entire neighborhood, the agent finds herself frustrated when she cannot get permission to complete the last house she lacks. Stubborn, Celia will try everything to do her job and annihilate any sign of the mosquito.
Check out the hilarious story of luck and misadventures of Tino, a family man whose life is transformed after he wins the lottery. Dazzled by wealth, this boaster spends all his money on a life of luxury and ostentation. But after finding out that he is bankrupt, he faces comical situations: besides not telling his wife he is broke because she is pregnant and cannot get upset, Tino must accept help from his neighbor who is an extremely thrifty financial adviser and the only one capable of getting him out of the rut.
Which song most represents this moment in your life? In six portraits, the protagonists meet a mirror camera, offering us a dance as intimate as the world around them.
Patients from different backgrounds and each telling their own story will spend one night full of thrills and dreams at the mysterious "Memory Hospital".
On the life and poetic works of AUGUSTO DOS ANJOS, based on research conducted and material gathered from Glória dos Anjos, his daughter. Screened at the 3rd Brazilian Short Film Festival (Rio de Janeiro, 1973).
The quick response of a body in social isolation. The dancer moves alone in the living room of her apartment and expresses her feelings in the face of quarantine. A solo choreography of the automatic desires of a body that needs movement.
The documentary seeks to record the opinion of a resident from one of Rio de Janeiro’s 157 low-income communities regarding the legalization of marijuana and the pacification of the city. It features a testimonial from Maurício Hora, a resident of Morro da Providência, a hillside community occupied by a UPP – Police Pacification Unit.
In a fictitious country, a civil servant receives the greatest inheritance in history (ten trillion dollars) and is confined by authorities to prevent a collapse of the world economy. But he manages to escape.
In Brazil, arson is the leading cause of deforestation and land grabbing. Alex Gomes, leader of a volunteer fire brigade, battles grueling and dangerous fires in an effort to save his community and the environment.
In this disarming and personal documentary, Gonçalves explores precisely what it is that is wrong with him. His physical disability is obvious, but doctors have never managed to provide a diagnosis. As he undergoes a series of tests, he paints a picture of his life today and looks back over his past, assisted by a vast collection of VHS videos, for which he sometimes provides commentary to explain the context.
An empty area is covered, in a few moments, by currents of water coming from all sides, suggesting the beginning of a flood. Gradually, the volume and rhythm of the tides become more aggressive, in a movement that seems to drag everything towards the center.
The loves and life of a beautiful Brazilian Indian woman.
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.
A deep dive into the life and work of Brazilian actress Maria Alice Vergueiro. The documentary explores her turbulent beginning in the theatrical world, highlighting her strength and courage during the Military dictatorship in Brazil, which culminated in the foundation of the Teatro do Ornitorrinco.
In search of better living conditions, two young Haitians immigrate with their families to the city of Contagem, in Minas Gerais, after the earthquake that devastated the Caribbean country in 2010. Their new reality brings many challenges, especially with the arrival of the pandemic in Brazil.
Inez receives a visit from Iansã.
Documentary included with the DVD Rush in Rio (2003). Provides an almost hour-long look at the band and its crew during the final dates of their 2002 Vapor Trails Tour, specifically their first-ever Brazilian shows in Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro. Behind the scenes footage shows the band weathering the rigors of a sometimes comically catastrophic tour, with their innate humor and grace. This documentary, by longtime Rush photographer Andrew MacNaughtan, shows the band and crew at their most light-hearted, though still thoughtful. We see the band's arrival in Brazil, to the unexpected onslaught of Brazillian fans boiled over in the culmination of a lifetime's anticipation. Following this are insights from the band and their crew, which provide a view into their longevity as well as ample evidence of the individual strengths and varied senses of humor that helped them achieve it.
An affective approach to the relationship between Mário Pedrosa, one of the greatest art critics of the 20th century, and some of the most important Brazilian artists takes the viewer on a journey through Brazilian art from the 1950s.