
In Brazil in the 1920s, boy is sent to live with some parents in a sugarcane plantation, after losing his mother. Read More »
Tag Archives: Brazil
Assault on the Pay Train (1962)

The gang composed by small-time thieves from the slum and leaded by the criminal Tião Medonho (Eliezer Gomes) Read More »
São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima (1965) Luís Sérgio Person

In São Paulo, Carlos leaves his wife Luciana and his son seeking a new beginning of his life. Read More »
Bacurau (2019) Juliano Dornelles, Bárbara Colen

After the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village Read More »
How Do You See Me? (2017) Felipe Bond, Matheus Nachtergaele, José Celso Martinez Corrêa, Cássia Kis

How Do You See Me? is a Brazilian documentary feature that entwines both experienced Read More »
Pass Line (2008) Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas, Sandra Corveloni, João Baldasserini, Vinícius de Oliveira

In the periphery of São Paulo, the pregnant single mother Cleuza works as maid in the apartment of a middle-class family. Read More »
The Sex of the Angels (2012) Xavier Villaverde, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Álvaro Cervantes, Llorenç González

Struggling martial artist and dancer Bruno loves his girlfriend Carla, but when he meets fellow dancer Rai Read More »
The Margin / A Margem (1967) Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias, Mário Benvenutti, Valeria Vidal, Bentinho

At the riverside of Rio Tiete, in São Paulo, prostitutes, a pimp, a retarded man Read More »
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni / Die goldene Göttin vom Rio Beni (1964) Eugenio Martín, Franz Eichhorn, Pierre Brice, René Deltgen, Harald Juhnke

In search of Harry, a lost aviation colleague, Jim and Tom, both pilots of an international Read More »
Noites de Iemanjá (1971) Maurice Capovilla, Joana Fomm, Newton Prado, Roberto Maya

Neglected wife tells husband about mysterious deaths occurred by the influence of Iemanjá, Afro-Brazilian deity, goddess of the waters. Read More »