Documentary about Humberto Mauro, his work and its importance.Read More »
Brazil
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David Neves – Mauro, Humberto (1975)
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Adirley Queirós – Era uma Vez Brasília AKA Once There Was Brazilia (2017)
2011-2020Adirley QueirósBrazilPoliticsSci-Fi
In 1959, the intergalactic agent WA4 is arrested for making an illegal allotment and launched into space. He receives a mission: to come to the Earth and kill the president, Juscelino Kubitschek, in the day of inauguration of Brasília. His ship is lost in time and lands in 2016 in Ceilândia.Read More »
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Antônio Moreno – Eclipse (1984)
1981-1990AnimationAntônio MorenoBrazilExperimental -
João Batista de Andrade – A Próxima Vítima (1983)
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Júlio Bressane – A Família do Barulho (1970)
1961-1970BrazilComedyJúlio Bressane
Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil@IMDb wrote:
A dysfunctional family, composed of a prostitute and two gays, one strong and the other fragile and stupid, lives a routine life in Rio de Janeiro. When the slut threatens the other two to stop supporting them, they decide to find an odalisque as an alternative to keep their easy life.Read More » -
Marcelo Motta & José Mojica Marins – A Estranha Hospedaria dos Prazeres AKA The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures (1976)
1971-1980BrazilExploitationHorrorJosé Mojica MarinsMarcelo Motta -
Júlio Bressane – Cara a Cara (1967)
1961-1970BrazilDramaJúlio Bressane
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A man, sort of penpusher living in the darkness of books or in a ruined house with his dying mother, watches out for of a radiant, rich young girl. Her father meanwhile seems to organize some political trick with accomplices.Read More » -
Eryk Rocha – Transeunte AKA Passerby (2010)
2001-2010ArthouseBrazilDramaEryk Rocha
Story of Expedito, a retired man who walks through or passes by the streets of Río de Janeiro, Brazil. His reality is shared among millions of Brazilians that gain an invisibility status in the metropolis. Expedito turned into an anonymous, witness of the random conflicts that happens everyday at the streets.Read More »
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Carlos Diegues – Quilombo (1984)
1981-1990BrazilCarlos DieguesDrama
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Palmares was a 17th-century quilombo, a settlement of escaped slaves in the mountains of northeast Brazil. The story follows a group of plantation slaves, among them Abiola (Tony Tornado), who revolt in 1650 during the Dutch-Portuguese War (1601-1661) and escape to the mountains and the city of Palmares, where they join other former slaves who have already been living there peacefully and autonomously. On arrival, Abiola suggests that Palmares trade with a friendly squatter. Read More »
