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In 1996, filmmaker André Luiz Oliveira started preproduction of Viva o Povo Brasileiro, a film adaptation of the novel by João Ubaldo Ribeiro. Principal photography went on for nine years, but the production was shut down after a series of unfortunate events. This documentary retells that story, repurposing the fictional footage and chronicling the work both in front and behind the scenes.
When a girl is tasked with taking a chicken to a nearby restaurant, a curious relationship between the bird and her younger brother comes to life.
Coronel Januário's goddaughter, Maria Fausta, is having a secret affair with João do Carmo. While her godfather is engaged in his political campaign for mayor of the city, the couple disappears. Galdino, an accordionist who is secretly in love with her, goes looking for them.
During one night, a woman walks through Rio de Janeiro, and hears the music around: jazz, rock, eletronica...
Between the silence and the pain of prejudice, Nilo finds a path of resistance in friendship and writing. My Blue-Lines reveals the intimate struggle of a young autistic man to exist in a world that insists.
Three short stories about abuses and the perversity of the human being.
Two crazy scientists invent a plan to help all men on Earth.
A Christmas story. The goat is the solution to the problems of a family in Recife, Brazil.
Love turns to hate and panic breeds suspicion as two parents deal with the kidnapping of their child.
Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to uphold the Allies.
A man tries to run away from the threat that follows him.
When a lady-killer announces his wedding, seven of his ex-girlfriends decide to kidnap him, keeping him in a sailing ship.
Luciana and her dog Rita Lee are best friends. After the dog becomes a celebrity, Luciana will have to confront bumbling criminals hired to steal her.
Professional wrestling is also known as lucha libre and puroresu. FILL - Federação Internacional de Luta Livre - is one of the most important academies in the Brazilian independent scene. Their shows usually take place in the court of an old sports club in Vicente de Carvalho, North of Rio de Janeiro. "Tatame" is an effective portrait of the biggest stars of FILL; from their daily routine to the transformations they go through to become the main characters of the show.
Apiyemiyekî? addresses the genocide of the Waimiri-Atroari people in 1970s, when during the Brazilian dictatorship indigenous lands in the mid-west were invaded for the construction of the national road BR-174 and the installation of a mining company. Illustrations about the period, created by the indigenous population, including children, reveal a traumatic history, referring us to the present day.
In the sports court of a school, dancers rehearse under the watchful eye of a choreographer. Tensions haunt personal desires as they are observed by a rival troupe.
In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Rosso and his son Paul own a brothel. Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted in cocaine and his father is married with the former prostitute Angie, and they have a little son. When a client is killed by his wife in their establishment, they find a suitcase with drugs.
Paulo works as a journalist for a print publication and is a man of many women. He has a long-standing affair with a wealthy married woman and also begins a new relationship with Luísa, a young call girl who is his client.
A group of bandits look for a treasure map.
Being sixteen it´s easy. Being sixteen and have to go to school every day, it´s not. It’s even harder being sixteen and have to go to school and fall in love with Fernando, the boy from the other class. It’s easy to be Jaqueline. But it sucks being Jaqueline and know Fernando doesn’t care at all.
Paulo (Pedro Brício), a publicist of Rio de Janeiro, moves to Brasília (capital of Brazil) to be the manager of the public image of a senator who wants reelection. Paulo is accompanied by his wife, Cris (Cintia Rosa), a journalist with whom he has a small daughter. But their relationship is not moved by love, they are only together for the girl, the result of an unwanted pregnancy.
Chris and his friends live ordinary days inside the Federal University of Paraná's Department of Social Communication — Professor Toni's class, lunch at the University Restaurant, photography practice in the studio... Until a terrifying discovery threatens Chris's permanency at the university. A reimagining of the classic "Everybody Hates Chris," and filled with references from "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" to "Mean Girls," this short film reflects on the experiences of black people within the university in a sharp and comical way.
The show brings together big names in Brazilian Popular Music (MPB) in a tribute to the samba musician from Vila Isabel.
Three young people witnessed a mysterious event in the skies over the city of Imperatriz (MA). After a year, they decided to return to the location, even with storm warnings approaching. During this journey, they discovered that families were being secretly evacuated from the city. Faced with this mystery, the friends were confronted with the question: how to wake a city forced to sleep?
Directed by Edu Felistoque and Erik de Castro, the film "Amado" was inspired by a real events. Blind to color, creed or sex, the police officer doesn't care if the individual is a thief or a policeman.
Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro
Aurora, a stage actress now withdrawn from the spotlight, lives in an old boarding house she has turned into her refuge. When the construction of a subway station threatens to swallow everything around her, echoes of the past and an uncertain future lead Aurora to face the choices that brought her here.
In Rome, in June 1979, the International Conference for Amnesty in Brazil is filmed, a major gathering of the Brazilian left in exile. Viewed in the present day, this archive revisits with rare vitality the question of political strategies in the face of state repressive apparatuses.
The film tells the real story of a public institution in São Paulo that, after being marked by violence, became a reference in education.
Still grieving over the loss of his wife, widowed lawyer Jim Crawford (Michael Flynn) discovers a pack of orphaned wolf cubs who face certain death unless he takes them in. Unprepared for the task, but unwilling to see them suffer, he takes them into his care and keeping...with the help of an offbeat angel. It is a daunting task with unintended...sometimes hilarious consequences. As the wolf cubs grow, so does Jim's love for them. But wolves are creatures of the wild, and Jim is faced with the excruciating decision to return his companions from whence they came. When a greedy real estate developer (David Nibley) plans threaten the wolves survival, Jim must protect them in their natural habitat...and in the courtroom. Friends For Life is a heartwarming 3D adventure appropriate for all ages
In the near future, the world is ruled by a totalitarist government. In this context, three stories meet themselves and end in the best place to be at the end of the world: the Besta Pop (Pop Beast) party.
2020, Brazil is ruled by a military crentecracy in alliance with the great agribusiness industry and the armament industry. Free thinking has become a major barrier to the Brazilian government. Anarchists, teachers, artists, small organic farmers, independent publishers and freethinkers have become the new Witches of the 21st Century and are the main targets of this crusade against wisdom. Thus, the Brazilian government created small groups of catechists who visit infidels who dare to think freely, with the mission of purifying their souls.
Erotic comedy in four episodes loosely inspired by the 'Black Book of Love' by Marquês de Sade, whose stories were merged and reassembled with different treatments in each episode.
Heleno and Claudia reverses the daily roles traditionally reserved for men and women: He dedicated himself to domestic tasks. She's a jerky business lady.
After leaving prison in 1992, Edir Macedo goes through a series of trials: the inappropriate conduct of other bishops of the Church, the attack of politicians and Catholics, his mother's illness and the tragedy of the collapse of the roof of a Church in São Paulo .
Tomatoes are expensive.
A young man’s final visit with his boyfriend to his now-empty childhood home before its scheduled demolition resurfaces his emotional connection to the house and to a childhood friend.
As soon as his boss discovers his betrayal, Luciano must flee, abandoning his life in the mafia and crime behind him. His options are limited, and the longer he waits, the greater the chances of being captured. However, when Luciano encounters a prostitute with a serious illness, he finds shelter in her home and begins to devise a plan to save his own life.
Elite Brazilian surfers go in search of the gnarliest waves on the planet's best beaches, opening up about their lives and experiences along the way.
Seu Gigio goes to the neighbourhood bar to see a soccer match and take a shot of liquor. There, he finds out that the bar is out of liquor and that the match has been postponed. Is he going to be able to get out of this nightmare?
At night, loving expectations are mixed with a simple flirtation. Two men meet at a mixed club. Dominated by desire, they go to the house of one of them for a crazy night of sex. But the night is just beginning.
A poetic vision of the city Brasília.
A complex children's fable about world domination with homage to classic black and white horror films and monsters.
A 2000-year-old woman has a pact with the devil to preserve her youth. She must extract the essence of life from the people she has sex with.
Down Quixote is a feature film adapted from the classic Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, written and directed by Leonardo Cortez, with a cast made up exclusively of actors with Down Syndrome. The actors are part of the ADID Theater Group which, in 2021, completes 23 years of existence, with 12 shows inspired by classics of world dramaturgy.
