Brazil

Tati, an introspective 13 year old girl struggles to connect with her estranged father, Jaca, after he is released from prison in the turbulent wake of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016.Read More »

Driver who was left by his wife, who wanted to try a career in the movies, has to deal with their son’s revolt when the latter finds his mother, whom he thought dead, singing in a nightclub.Read More »

The lonely young woman Ariella feels among strangers in her upper-class family in her own house. Ariella is discovering her sexuality and her arrogant mother Helena, her father Rodrigo and her brothers Clécio and Alfonso do not give love or affection to her. When Ariella overhears a conversation of her brothers, she learns that he biological father was lured by Rodrigo that had stolen his fortune and raised her as a daughter. Now Ariella plots revenge against her family using her beautiful body to reach her goal.Read More »

In the fictitious country of Eldorado, taken by the internal struggle for political power, the idealist and journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. He is torn between the elite’s madness and the blind submission of the masses.Read More »

Married woman only feels well when she’s in love. In search of a ravishing love, she has many love affairs, with her husband’s consent.Read More »

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Our story begins with Macunaima’s miraculous birth to an old woman in a tiny jungle settlement. Born full grown, he discovers his life’s purpose which leads him and his family/followers on a journey to the Big City. On the way, more miracles occur, but Macunaima still has the heart and mind of a child. In the Big City, he is co-opted by terrorists who enlist him in their revolutionary schemes. In the Big City he learns that nuts are not always food and other hilarious lessons of life.Read More »

An older man consumed by jealousy over his much younger wife decides to venture into the jungle in search of riches without her. When he returns 4 years later, he finds that his mistrust in her may have been well-founded.

This directorial debut by George Sluizer is a major artistic achievement.
Official submission of Brazil to the 1974’s Oscars in the best foreign language film category. As of 2013, Brazil’s only submitted film directed by a non-Brazilian director.Read More »

Based on a book by Darcy Ribeiro, the film focuses on the trajectory of Uira, an Indian-Kaapor Urubu in his search for the “land without evil.” The adventure begins after the death of his firstborn, when he and his family decide to leave in search of Maíra, the Tupi creator-god. In this process, Uira goes through the interior of Maranhão and come to the capital, São Luiz.

The Argentine-born Gustavo Dahl was a key figure in Brazilian cinema. Coming at a time when government censorship and repression forced artists to seek outside funding, Uirá was coproduced with Italian television.Read More »

Synopsis
Fernando, an unemployed teacher, survives at the expense of his lifemate, textile worker Rita. One weekend, the couple, who lives in the region of São Paulo ABC, meets with computer technician Luiz Carlos and his girlfriend, inexperienced Lilita. Luiz Carlos, who was Fernando’s student, is reactionary and upstart. The two couples, amid the bucolic scenery of Billings Dam, find the corpse of a newly hanged man.Read More »