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Christopher Columbus, The Enigma / Cristóvão Colombo – O Enigma (2007) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Baldaque
From the 1940’s to today, Manuel Luciano has tried to discover the true identity of Christopher Columbus. Read More »
Just Peter / Pedro Só (1972) Alfredo Tropa, António Montez, Ermelinda Duarte, Jorge Ramalho
Pedro is a young agricultural worker who gets caught in the middle of a fight between Read More »
Master, a Building in Copacabana / Edifício Master (2002) Eduardo Coutinho, Fernando José
The daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana Read More »
Cinco vezes Favela – Pedreira de São Diogo (1962) Leon Hirszman, Flávio Migliaccio
The short is part of the feature film Cinco Vezes Favela, one of the first films of Cinema Novo. Read More »
Brazilian Planet of the Apes / O Trapalhão no Planalto dos Macacos (1976) J.B. Tanko, Renato Aragão, Baiaco, Renato Bastos
This movie is a spoof of “Planet of the Apes” (1968) and follows the storyline Read More »
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006)
In 1970, near the World Cup, Daniel Stern and his wife Miriam leaves Belo Horizonte in a hurry Read More »
Operation Autumn / Operação Outono (2012) Bruno de Almeida, John Ventimiglia, Diogo Dória, Nuno Lopes
Operation Autumn is a political “thriller” about the covert operation of the assassination Read More »
Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures / Cinema Aspirinas e Urubus (2005) Marcelo Gomes, João Miguel, Peter Ketnath, Madalena Accioly
A road movie about a German man who went to the Northeast of Brazil in 1942 to sell Aspirin. Read More »
The Dauphin / O Delfim (2002) Fernando Lopes, Rogério Samora, Alexandra Lencastre, Rui Morisson
Portugal, late sixties. Tomás Palma Bravo, the Dauphin, is the heir to a world in decay. Read More »