A beautiful, intelligent and flirtatious young girl, Yonta, is secretly in love with a friend of her parents Read More »
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The Golden Mouth AKA Boca de Ouro (1963) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Jece Valadão, Odete Lara, Daniel Filho
When powerful outlaw “Boca de Ouro” dies, a reporter interviews his former lover Guigui, to try to outline his personality. Read More »
The Xango from Baker Street AKA O Xangô de Baker Street (2001) Miguel Faria Jr., Joaquim de Almeida, Anthony O’Donnell, Maria de Medeiros
Rio de Janeiro, 1886. Actress Sarah Bernhardt performs at the city’s Municipal Theater Read More »
The Trespasser AKA O Invasor (2002) Beto Brant, Marco Ricca, Alexandre Borges, Paulo Miklos
Two businessmen, Ivan and Gilberto, have their partner killed by a hitman who then blackmails them to gain control of their company. Read More »
Glória (1999) Manuela Viegas, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Raquel Marques, Francisco Relvas
Ivan goes to live with his father, Vicente, the stationmaster, in a small remote village inland Portugal. Read More »
Hour of the Star AKA A Hora da Estrela (1985) Suzana Amaral, Marcelia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman
Macabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. Read More »
(Be)longing AKA Volta à Terra (2014) Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, João Pedro Plácido
Volta à Terra tells the story of an endangered community: farmers who practice subsistence farming in a mountainous Read More »
Coming and Going AKA Vai E Vem (2003) João César Monteiro, Rita Pereira Marques, Joaquina Chicau
Driven by his struggle against the illness that would ultimately prove fatal, Monteiro fervently devoted himself to his deeply personal last work Read More »
The Other One AKA Conversa Acabada (1981) João Botelho, Fernando Cabral Martins, André Gomes, Juliet Berto, Jorge Silva Melo
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. Read More »
The Discovery of Brazil AKA O Descobrimento do Brasil (1936) Humberto Mauro, Alvaro Costa, João de Deus, Manoel Rocha
O Descobrimento do Brasil (The Discovery of Brazil) is an impressive historical epic recreating Álvares Cabral’s Read More »
Lent AKA Quaresma (2003) José Álvaro Morais, Beatriz Batarda, Filipe Cary, Rita Durão, Ricardo Aibéo
David is married, has a daughter, and is about to leave Portugal with his family. Read More »
Barren Lives AKA Vidas Secas (1963) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro, Orlando Macedo
A poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) Read More »
O Crime da Aldeia Velha (1964) Manuel Guimarães, Clara D’Ovar, Alma Flora, Lídia Franco
Set in a little remote village, where everyone is very religious and primitive Read More »
Paranóia (1976) Antônio Calmon, Kleber Afonso, Rubens Araújo, Bruno Barroso
Four thieves enter a house and terrorize a family. Read More »
Black Orpheus AKA Orfeu Negro (1959) Marcel Camus, Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira
In the heady atmosphere of Rio’s carnival, two people meet and fall in love. Read More »