His father has died, he doesn’t speak for his brother for about 10 years and he has a serious cancer. Read More »
Tag Archives: Brazil
The Deceased (1965) Leon Hirszman, Fernanda Montenegro, Paulo Gracindo, Ivan Cândido
In the suburb of Sampaio, Zulmira visits a fortune teller (Madame Crisálida) who advises her to be careful with a ‘blonde woman’. Read More »
Mango Yellow (2002) Cláudio Assis, Matheus Nachtergaele, Jonas Bloch, Leona Cavalli
Short stories revolving around a bar and a hotel in Recife, unveil a mosaic of exotic characters Read More »
River of Gold (1998) Paulo Rocha, Isabel Ruth, Lima Duarte, Joana Bárcia
Carolina (Isabel Ruth), an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river Read More »
Two Sons of Francisco (2005) Breno Silveira, Ângelo Antônio, Dira Paes, Márcio Kieling
The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children Read More »
Unicorn (2017) Eduardo Nunes, Bárbara Luz, Patricia Pillar, Zécarlos Machado
A young girl of 13 lives with her mother on an isolated property. Read More »
Alice’s House (2007) Chico Teixeira, Carla Ribas, Berta Zemel, Vinicius Zinn
Alice, married for the last 20 years to a taxi driver, works in a beauty parlour, has three children Read More »
Baron Olavo, the Horrible (1970) Júlio Bressane, Rodolfo Arena, Helena Ignez, Isabella
Bressane’s first color film, shot in the home of the artist Elyseu Visconti. Read More »
Hopefuls (2015) Ives Rosenfeld, Ariclenes Barroso, Sergio Malheiros, Julia Bernat
Junior, as he’s known since he’s essentially still a child, seems to be having a tough time getting on in life. Read More »
The Priest and the Girl (1966) Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Helena Ignez, Paulo José, Mário Lago
In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place Read More »