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Tag Archives: Brazil
The Trial / O Processo (2018) Maria Ramos, Dilma Rousseff, Jair Bolsonaro, José Eduardo Cardozo
The Trial portrays the trial of Dilma Rousseff, focusing on the defense team Read More »
Beatriz: Between Pain and Nothingness / Beatriz: Entre a Dor e o Nada (2015) Alberto Graça, Marjorie Estiano, Sergio Guizé, Beatriz Batarda
In Lisbon, Marcelo writes a novel, using the life of his own wife, Beatriz Read More »
The Fifth Power / O 5º Poder (1962) Alberto Pieralisi
Foreign agents from an unidentified nation clandestinely install on radio Read More »
Hour of the Star / 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 »
The Boy and the World / O Menino e o Mundo (2013) Alê Abreu, Vinicius Garcia, Marco Aurélio Campos, Lu Horta
An amazing Brazilian animation that truly exemplifies the power of imagery and music Read More »
Runnin’ After Love (1978) Carlos Hugo Christensen
Beto, a young gigolo playboy, convinces his friends to break into a house Read More »
John, the Knife and the River / João en het mes (1972) George Sluizer, Joffre Soares, Ana Maria Miranda, Joao-Augusto Azevedo
An older man consumed by jealousy over his much younger wife decides Read More »
That World and Mine (1964) Êsse Mundo é Meu
The film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill worker. Read More »
House of Sand / Casa de Areia (2005) Andrucha Waddington, Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra
Áurea arrives at a town in the dunes of State of Maranhão, Brazil, in 1910, having Read More »