After the death of his mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to his mother’s native land. Read More »
Tag Archives: Walter Salles
Ainda Estou Aqui / I’m Still Here (2024) Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello
A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary 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 »
Central Station AKA Central do Brasil (1998) Walter Salles, Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra
Dora, a dour old woman, works at a Rio de Janeiro central station, writing letters for customers and mailing them. Read More »
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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