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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 »

Guinea-Bissau, 1969. A violent war between the Portuguese colonial army and the guerrillas of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. Nome leaves his village and joins the Maquis resistance group. After years, he will return as a hero, but joy will soon give way to bitterness and cynicism.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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Can a turtle, the most pacific animal on earth, start a range of significant events that are going to forever change a couple’s life? After dividing all their assets, Arnaldo e Barbara still have one decision to make before they formalize their separation: what to do with the turtle? Amongst hesitation and failed solutions, unintended burglaries, police stations, plastic natures and misunderstandings, a single turtle fate is postponing this couple’s separation. Because they know that, when they give the turtle back to its natural habitat, their relationship will be over. Are they ready for that last step?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 »