Real estate broker and former boxer enters an old cinema in the decadent downtown São Paulo and meets an intriguing and mysterious woman, very much alike the leading lady of the film. He gets involved with her and her problems and in no time is being accused of a crime.
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Tag Archives: Brazil
O Bandido da Luz Vermelha / The Red Light Bandit (1968) Rogério Sganzerla, Helena Ignez, Paulo Villaça, Pagano Sobrinho, Crime, Thriller
The story a famous Brazilian criminal, called The Red Light Bandit because he always used a red flashlight to break in the houses during the night. Working alone, he also used to rape his female victims.
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Os Violentadores de Meninas Virgens / Rapists of Virgin Girls (1983) Salvador Amaral, Francisco Cavalcanti, Suely Conti, Crime, Erotic
A group of wealthy men hire pimp to provide them with virgin girls to rape. they proceed to kill them. One innocent man gets involved when he identifies one of the kidnapers and all hell breaks loose!
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Abril Despedaçado / Behind the Sun (2001) Walter Salles, José Dumont, Rodrigo Santoro, Rita Assemany, Drama
The Brazilian badlands, April 1910. Tonho is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother. The young man knows that if he commits this crime, his life will be divided in two: the 20 years he has already lived and the few days he has left to live, before the other family avenges their son’s death. He is torn between fulfilling his ancestral duty and rebelling against it, urged by his younger brother Pacu. That’s when a tiny traveling circus passes through the vast badlands where Tonho’s family lives.
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Árido Movie (2005) Lírio Ferreira, Guilherme Weber, Giulia Gam, José Dumont
Weatherman from a TV network goes back to his hometown, Vale da Rocha, a place in Northeast Brazil, devastated by the drought. He is forced to face the geographic elements and his own memories.
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