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Tag Archives: Brazil
O futebol AKA On Football (2015) Sergio Oksman
Sergio and his father, Simão, haven’t seen each other for over 20 years. Read More »
The Secret of the Mummy (1983) Ivan Cardoso, Joel Barcellos, Rubem Barra, Carla Bayton
Laughed at when he announced the discovery of the elixer of life, a scientist Professor Expedito Vitus devotes himself to the reconstitution Read More »
The Sign of the City (2007) Carlos Alberto Riccelli, Bruna Lombardi, Malvino Salvador, Juca de Oliveira
While stars and planets move through the sky of São Paulo, randomly shooting their magic, men and women ask what will become of their dreams and desires. Read More »
Cuidado, Madame (1970) Júlio Bressane, Maria Gladys, Helena Ignez, Suzana de Moraes
Three maids decide to rebel against the society that oppresses them and start murdering their own mistresses. Read More »
Red Carpet (2005) Luís Alberto Pereira, Jackson Antunes, Paulo Betti, Rosi Campos
Quinzinho (Matheus Nachtergaele) has a promise to keep: take your child, Neco (Vinicius Miranda), to the city to watch a movie Mazzaropi. Read More »
Memories of Prison (1984) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Carlos Vereza, Glória Pires, Nildo Parente
Graciliano Ramos’ period he spent in prison after being considered a subversive element by the government. Read More »
Jango (1984) Silvio Tendler, Leonel Brizola, Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, João Goulart
The film depicts the life and career of João Belchior Marques Goulart, known as “Jango” Read More »
Escola Penal de Meninas Violentadas (1977) Antonio Meliande, Meiry Vieira, Sérgio Hingst, Zilda Mayo
Young female delinquents are sent to a correctional facility run by a lesbian, depraved nun. Read More »
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2009) Anna Muylaert, Glória Pires, Paulo Miklos, Alessandra Colassanti
In São Paulo, the lonely forty and something year-old guitar teacher Baby lives a tedious life in a low middle-class apartment Read More »
Brainstorm (2000) Laís Bodanzky, Rodrigo Santoro, Othon Bastos, Cássia Kis
A trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager Read More »
The Woman of Everyone (1969) Rogério Sganzerla, Helena Ignez, Jô Soares, Stênio Garcia
Ângela Carne e Osso (Angela Meat and Bone), a young nymphomaniac, lives surrounded by delinquents Read More »
The Dead Girl’s Feast (2008) Matheus Nachtergaele, Daniel de Oliveira, Juliano Cazarré, Jackson Antunes
For every one of the last 20 years, The Dead Girl’s Feast has been celebrated in a small riverside community in the upper part of the Negro River. Read More »
A Dog’s Will (2000) Guel Arraes, Matheus Nachtergaele, Selton Mello, Rogério Cardoso
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small Northeast Brazil town. Read More »
Quilas, the Bad of the Picture (1980) José Fonseca e Costa, Mário Viegas, Lia Gama, Luís Lello
Kilas is a pimp who lives happy with Pepsi-Rita, fading sex variety starlet, and both lives at the expense of his God-mother. Read More »