There are many concurrent plots in this film. The main one being the one in which a desperate guy kills his parents Read More »
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The Age of the Earth AKA A Idade da Terra (1980) Glauber Rocha, Maurício do Valle, Jece Valadão, Antonio Pitanga
The day that Pier Paolo Pasolini was killed, Glauber Rocha decided to make this film about the life of Christ in the Third World. Read More »
Hero on the Front AKA Soldado Milhões (2018) Gonçalo Galvão Teles, Jorge Paixão da Costa, João Arrais, Miguel Borges, Raimundo Cosme
A Portuguese soldier, who got stranded from his team during the La Lys battle Read More »
Sambizanga (1972) Sarah Maldoror, Domingos de Oliveira, Elisa Andrade, Jean M’Vondo
Domingos is a member of an African liberation movement, arrested by the Portuguese secret police, after bloody events in Angola. Read More »
The Alienist AKA Azyllo Muito Louco (1970) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Nildo Parente, Isabel Ribeiro, Arduíno Colassanti
Based on 19th century story “O Alienista” by great Brazilian writer Machado de Assis, the film is a free adaptation Read More »
Palace of Venus AKA Palácio de Vênus (1980) Ody Fraga, Arlindo Barreto, Sérgio Boldrin, Wilson Bonifácio
A prostitute’s daughter runs away from home in the countryside to meet her mother who lives in a luxury brothel. Read More »
The Abyss AKA O Abismo (1977) Rogério Sganzerla, Norma Bengell, José Mojica Marins, Wilson Grey
Man tries to decipher a manuscript about an ancient civilization and gets involved in strange situations. Read More »
The Blood AKA O Sangue (1989) Pedro Costa, Pedro Hestnes, Nuno Ferreira, Inês de Medeiros
Vicente, seventeen, lives with brother Nino, ten-years-old, and his ailing father in a derelict house on the outskirts of the capital. Read More »
A Dog’s Will AKA O Auto da Compadecida (2000) Guel Arraes, Matheus Nachtergaele, Selton Mello, Rogério Cardoso
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small Northeast Brazil town. Read More »
O Signo do Caos (2005) Rogério Sganzerla, Eduardo Cabús, Sálvio do Prado, Giovanna Gold
In the B&W first part, a customs agent, Dr. Amnésio, examines some reels of film Read More »