Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.
"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever.
A man falls in love with a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money.
Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with as she thwarts the builders plans to kick her out of the apartment.
Pedro is given leave from jail to visit his family in Patos. During his visit, he confronts old ghosts and plans a new direction for his life, while discovering in Pamela, his teenage cousin, the same flame that burned in his heart.
Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and expose them to a series of humiliating situations. Blinded by prejudice, Marshall ends up by causing the death of a young Brazilian. After a period in prison, Marshall goes to Brazil, deadly ill and in a desperate search in order to purge his guilt. In his quest, he is guided by Bia, a young prostitute.
A film on childhood in Brazilian countryside. The boy faces changes which leave no alternative than maturity.
Among the hardships that Jorge experiences with his best friend, in the countryside of Paraíba, it is right in the middle of the world that he will get closer to his dream of being a reporter.
The memories of Guiga, from early childhood to young adulthood: his family, relatives, friends, fears, dreams and reality in a still provincial city of Salvador, Bahia, from the 50s to the 70s.
This is the story of Vicente, a successful, married, economist with a nine-year-old son. It also tells the story of Antônio, the same man, living as a hugadores—one of the homeless, trash scavengers who live and work in Brazil’s enormous garbage dumps. Vicente seems to have it all, but as we watch his life begins to crumble little by little. Meanwhile, Antônio, already at rock bottom, struggles to rebuild his life.
Sérgio is determined to take over his family's construction company to pursue a long-buried dream. But when he uncovers a hidden chapter from his father's past, his ambitions are shaken, forcing him to confront the man he has truly become.
A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face ideological and ethical questions, brought back by a left-wing former boyfriend and her own colleagues. At the same time, a free-lancer spy is sent by an obscure figure in politics to manipulate the elections and its media coverage.
As the youngest son of a humble family, Charles finds himself at a crossroads when his father puts on his shoulders the burden of getting the family out of poverty, putting in check his big dream: Photography. Black and poor, Charles ends up being pressured to engage in activities such as playing samba or engaging in soccer, in addition to having to deal with the prejudice that someone of his ethnicity is not compatible with the camera he carries.
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As bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie decides it is time to kill off her most famous creation.
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Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.
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Augusto moves with his family to an abandoned farm, inherited from his grandfather, hoping to put his life back on track. The property, however, carries the karma of the betrayal of the slave Couraça who seeks revenge against Augusto's family.
Brazil, 1940. Maria, a young outlaw, discovers she is pregnant; after her band is wiped out, she flees to the Center-West to give birth and start life anew. She joins Getúlio Vargas’s "March to the West" government program, which promised land to small farmers. In the first half of the story, Maria confronts untamed nature—discovering that farming is an art. In the second, her past comes back to haunt her, and she must summon her fiercest, most indomitable courage.
All that existed was eternity. Then, the restless will of things gave rise to metamorphosis.
Short about Casimiro de Abreu, one of the most important Brazilian poets. It was made to be shown in schools, but today it can be watched at the museum which was one day Casimiro’s house.
During the slavery period in Brazil, a sugar cane farm was the stage for the darkest kinds of horrors. Years later, the place's cruel past is still stained in its walls, even if unnoticed, until a series of strange events starts happening and death returns to the farm. The film is divided in five short horror stories.
A marginal version of Brecht’s piece, “Baal”.
A family separated by affective conflicts and lost in the world by the illusion of multiplying money, is reencontrase through the body of the matriarch who is prepared for the burial. This reunion is the opportunity to settle accounts with the past and recall a happy time that has passed.
As the youngest son of a humble family, Charles finds himself at a crossroads when his father puts on his shoulders the burden of getting the family out of poverty, putting in check his big dream: Photography. Black and poor, Charles ends up being pressured to engage in activities such as playing samba or engaging in soccer, in addition to having to deal with the prejudice that someone of his ethnicity is not compatible with the camera he carries.
Wrapped by the obscure and overwhelming atmosphere of the last episode of a radio soap opera, Alberto Limonta attempts to discover the mystery behind the death of his wife. Soon he will end up finding out that reality can be crueler than the worst headaches.
When 76-year-old Amélia realizes she has never had an orgasm in her life, she becomes determined to have one at any cost.
An adventurous young man will have his courage and benevolence tested while saving the population of a kingdom - which is inserted in the middle of a brazilian countryside - from an imminent threat - a dragon - to win the heart of the girl he falls in love with.
In a small town, serial murders of women are happening, investigator Hélio, from the capital, is called to unravel the mysterious crimes and has the help of the beautiful local investigator, Sara. Hélio and Sara discover that behind the crimes there is a sick, intelligent and surprising mind.
