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- DirectorMarcos JorgeStarsJoão MiguelFabiula NascimentoBabu SantanaIn the great restaurant of life, there are those who eat and those who get eaten. Raimundo Nonato finds an alternative way, a life of his own: he cooks in order to survive and find a place in society. He arrives in town without a penny in his pockets and starts working as help in a decadent bar, a nasty place, lost amid the urban desert. He sleeps in the storage room on the back, and under a cold neon light learns how to fry "pastel" and "coxinhas", outdoing his "master", Zulmiro, the owner of the bar. Nonato is ignorant, but talented. He knows how to work the kitchen, soon others realize it too. The first one to notice him, is Iria, a prostitute, who doesn't know how to cook but loves to eat and starts an affair with him. Then, Giovanni, the owner of the Boccaccio (an Italian restaurant in the neighborhood), offers Nonato a job as his apprentice. A turn of events results in Nonato spending time in prison. For the prisoners and their boss, the violent Bujiù, Nonato is a savior; in fact soon their meager meals turn to a feast of exotic dishes orchestrated by Nonato's magic. As a consequence of this, Nonato is given the following the nickname, a well suited one indeed: Rosemary.
- DirectorVicente AmorimStarsSamir AbujamraJoyce AlvesGisela AndradeIn the 90s, Rio de Janeiro was shaken by a wave of kidnappings. Security forces call controversial agents to help save the city from thugs and also from the police itself.
- DirectorJorge FurtadoStarsLázaro RamosLeandra LealLuana PiovaniA Brazilian photocopier operator falls in love with a girl who lives in an opposite house and spends his evenings looking at her through his binoculars.
- DirectorJorge FurtadoStarsDarlan CunhaSophia ReisLázaro RamosÉder is arrested when he confesses to killing a man. Duca, Éder's nephew, is only 15, but decides to prove his uncle's innocence, since he is sure that his uncle is assuming the crime in order to get his girlfriend out of prison.
- DirectorMauro LimaStarsSelton MelloGiulio LopesJúlia LemmertzThe true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyStarsRodrigo SantoroOthon BastosCássia KisA trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The marijuana cigarette is just the final drop that exposes the family tragedy. Send to a mental institution, Neto gets to know a completely absurd, inhumane reality in which the people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel institution system. The documentary type language used by the director give this movie a sensation of realty that increases even more the impact of the emotions Neto goes through. In the mental institution, Neto is forced to mature. The transformations that he goes through change this relations with his father.
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsEnrique DiazWagner MouraCaio BlatStories of crime, revenge, love, and friendship at the Carandiru Penitentiary, the largest prison in Latin America.
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsEnrique DiazWagner MouraCaio BlatStories of crime, revenge, love, and friendship at the Carandiru Penitentiary, the largest prison in Latin America.
- DirectorJuliano DornellesKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsBárbara ColenThomas AquinoSilvero PereiraAfter the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.
- StarsHugo BonemerThaíssa CarvalhoLeonardo FrancoMr. Velasco is a successful businessman who, after a risky transaction, loses everything and ends up bankrupt. The former executive will discover the profitable world of the informal economy on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorHeitor DhaliaStarsSelton MelloPaula BraunPaulo AlvesA pawn shop proprietor buys used goods from desperate locals--as much to play perverse power games as for his own livelihood, but when the perfect rump and a backed-up toilet enter his life, he loses all control.
- DirectorJorge FurtadoStarsFernanda TorresWagner MouraCamila PitangaA small community of descendants of Italian immigrants in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Sul resorts to making a video to try to solve the problems of basic sanitation that plague their village.
- DirectorMarcelo GomesStarsJoão MiguelPeter KetnathMadalena AcciolyA road movie about a German man who went to the Northeast of Brazil in 1942 to sell Aspirin.
- DirectorSelton MelloStarsSelton MelloPaulo JoséLarissa ManoelaFather and son work as clowns Puro Sangue/Valdemar and Pangare/Benjamin in a circus in the Brazilian countryside. Benjamin decides to follow a different path and meets several people on the way.
- DirectorGuel ArraesStarsMatheus NachtergaeleSelton MelloRogério CardosoFollows the lives of 2 poor Brazilians and their schemes to get money and the consequences of their actions.
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsFernanda MontenegroVinícius de OliveiraMarília PêraThe emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
- DirectorAnna MuylaertStarsRegina CaséHelena AlbergariaMichel JoelsasWhen the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsJulia StocklerCarol DuarteFlávia GusmãoKept apart by a terrible lie and a conservative society, two sisters born in Rio de Janeiro make their way through life each believing the other is living out her dreams half a world away.
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyStarsMaria RibeiroClarisse AbujamraPaulo VilhenaWhen Rosa's mother makes a surprising disclosure to her one day, Rosa decides to break out of her usual obligations. In so doing she discovers that life holds many surprises in store for her.
- DirectorFernando CoimbraStarsLeandra LealMilhem CortazFabiula NascimentoA journey to the dark cutting edge of desires, lies and wickedness of a love triangle, from the moment a child is mysteriously kidnapped.
- DirectorCao HamburgerStarsMichel JoelsasGermano HaiutDaniela PiepszykA boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in 1970, when the World Cup coincides with political crackdowns by the military dictatorship.
- DirectorMarcelo GomesA small village in the Brazilian outback is considered the nation's capital of jeans. It's also a microcosm that depicts modern day capitalism and its transgressions.
- DirectorLui FariasStarsChay SuedeGabriel LeoneMalu RodriguesIn Tijuca, during the seventies the young Erasmo Carlos is feeding a passion: Rock and Roll. As a fan of Elvis, Bill Haley and Chuck Berry, he learns how to play the guitar while he lives his dreams, gigs and small misdemeanors. His fame as a rocker attracts Roberto Carlos and they soon become partners and friends. Huge success came with the TV show Jovem Guarda, that starred Roberto, Erasmo and Wanderlea. "Minha Fama de Mau" is an emotional dive into the music and life of Erasmo Carlos, with the mind of a man and heart of a boy that turned into the Tremendão, a symbol of Brazilian national rock.
- DirectorJulia RezendeStarsOtávio AugustoZezeh BarbosaPaulo CarvalhoBest known in Brazil for her romantic comedies, Julia Rezende shifts gears in her fifth feature film with this dark Coen Brothers-like drama about four friends -Vladimir, his wife Clivia, Regina and Primo- who concoct an outrageous plan to get out of their financial doldrums: to kidnap a millionaire ,Regina's former boss. The only problem? They lack experience and the proper "criminal" element in their individual souls. As the plan moves forward, their frustrations, ambitions and fears emerge, often hilariously.
- DirectorFlavio FredericoStarsDaniel de OliveiraHermila GuedesJefferson BrasilAdapted from his autobiography, the film recounts the story of Hiroito, The King of Boca do Lixo (a region in downtown São Paulo of the fifties where various nightclubs, strip joints, prostitution, bars, and drugs can be found). Hiroito was a well born bohemian and at the age of 21 was accused for the murder of his father, who was violently stabbed over 40 times with a razor. Hiroito was not charged, however two months after the death of his father, Hiroito bought two guns and moved to Boca do Lixo and became one of the most dangerous criminals of the region.
- DirectorJoão FonsecaStarsFlavio BauraquiFernando CarusoCrioloAntônia (Samantha Schmütz) is unemployed and struggling to make ends meet. When she goes to the market and finds that prices have increased, she makes a real revolution and everyone takes the products without paying. Now, she needs to hide the crime from her husband (Edmilson Filho) and the police (Fernando Caruso and Flávio Bauraqui), with help from her best friend (Flavia Reis) to make things right.
- DirectorGuilherme FontesStarsMarco RiccaAndrea BeltrãoPaulo BettiThe story of Assis Chateaubriand, the first magnate of communication in Brazil. Due to his influence during the late 1930s up to the early 1960s, he has come to be called The Brazilian Citizen Kane.
- DirectorCarlos GerbaseStarsFelipe KannenbergRosanne MulhollandMaria ManoellaIn Rio Grande do Sul, the newcomer intern Paula sees the schizophrenic Dante Becker and she decides to study his case for her graduation work in the university. She learns that Dante was left in the institution ten years ago and has been abandoned by his family, friends and even the doctors and his files are lost. Her supervisor retrieves the name of Dante's father Gregório and the women Renê Heller and Berenice that had visited him in the past and she interviews them to discover what happened with Dante. Like in a puzzle, she learns that Dante worked researching lands to see whether they have archeological value. Berenice is a childhood friend that glances at him on television and seeks him out to investigate her real estate that her brutal husband Ciro wants to transform in a camping area. Dante finds an ancient bone in the location but he is forced by the violent Ciro to stop his research. Berenice asks him to forget his findings and they have one night stand. However, Dante shows his discovery to the archeologist Renê on whom Dante has a crush, and she seduces him and convinces him to show the site. Dante fells like a dummy in this triangle of love, triggering his schizophrenia.
- DirectorLuciano MouraStarsWagner MouraLima DuarteMariana LimaA man who has put his career ahead of everything else in life learns the value of family when his son goes missing.
- DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsAna Rita GurgelCaio AlmeidaMaeve JinkingsThe lives of the residents of a Brazilian apartment building and the security guards who get the job guarding the surrounding streets.
- DirectorSelton MelloStarsVincent CasselSelton MelloJohnny MassaroYoung Tony decides to return to his hometown. There, he discovers his father has returned to France claiming to miss his friends and country of origin. Tony ends up becoming a teacher, and finds himself amid conflicts and inexperience.
- DirectorLuiz BolognesiStarsPerpera SuruíEver since their first contact with the Western world in 1969 the Paiter Suruí, an indigenous people living in the Amazon basin, have been exposed to sweeping social changes. Smartphones, gas, electricity, medicines, weapons and social media have now replaced their traditional way of life. Illness is a risk for a community increasingly unable to isolate itself from the modernization brought by white people or the power of the church. Ethnocide threatens to destroy their soul. With dogged persistence, Perpera, a former shaman, is searching for a way to restore the old vitality to his village.
- DirectorTabajara RuasStarsSirmar AntunesZé Adão BarbosaRogério BerettaThe story of THE HEAD OF GUMERCINDO SARAIVA is fiction based on true events, which happened at the end of the Federalist Revolution in 1895, in the south of Brazil. When Gumercindo Saraiva was killed in an ambush and buried at graveyard at some roadside, the legalists discovered it, unburied the body, and cut its head off so it would be taken to the Governor as a war trophy. Major Ramiro de Oliveira and two men were chosen for the unusual task. The film tells the saga of the Capitan Franciso Saraiva, son of Gumercindo, and his team of five riders in the attempt to recover his father's head. The moments of approximation and distancing between the pursued and the pursuers, the confrontation and the conflicts, the duels that happened on both sides until the final encounter, when there are only Ramiro and Francisco left standing; all these events are thoroughly narrated in the film. The lessons learned in the journey blossom at end and both men, due to everything they went through, decide for an honorable outcome for them both.
- DirectorWagner MouraStarsSeu JorgeBruno GagliassoLuiz Carlos VasconcelosFacing a violent military dictatorship and an intimidated opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella articulates a resistance all the while ousting heinous crimes of torture and the infamous censorship instituted by the regime.
- DirectorPedro de Lima MarquesStarsBruno BarcelosDuda AndreazzaBruno KriegerIn 2165, Michele's kidnapping puts the city-state of Porto 01, the last stronghold of human civilization, under a state of war. To save the city it will be necessary to count on the help of Jefferson, a high school student who lives in 1999.
- DirectorAllan DebertonStarsMarcelia CartaxoJoão MiguelZezita MatosPacarrete, an old, crazy ballet dancer from Russas, Brazil, just wants to keep her dreams alive.
- DirectorDaniel RezendeStarsVladimir BrichtaLeandra LealTainá MüllerBased on a true story, "Bingo" is a film about the man behind the mask. Augusto is an actor hungry for a place in the spotlight, following the footsteps of his mother, a stage artist in the 50's. While starring in soft porn and soap operas he finally gets the chance to conquer the crowds when he is cast as "BINGO", a television host clown. With his irreverent humor and natural talent, the show is a big hit, but a clause on his contract forbids him to reveal his true identity. Augusto becomes an anonymous celebrity. With makeup on, he brings happiness to children across the country but not to his own son Gabriel, that sees his father distancing himself in search of recognition. Filled with irony and humor and an exaggerated pop look from the backstage universe of the Brazilian 80's television, the film tells the incredible and surreal story of a man that whilst looking for his artistic value, finds his personal decay.
- DirectorAndré KlotzelStarsAna Lúcia TorreGermano HaiutSelton MelloElvira's blender tells her story with her husband, Onofre, who's gone missing, and makes reflections about life.
- DirectorLuciano MouraStarsWagner MouraLima DuarteMariana LimaA man who has put his career ahead of everything else in life learns the value of family when his son goes missing.
- DirectorLicínio AzevedoStarsMatamba JoaquimMelanie de Vales RafaelThiago JustinoA very dangerous train journey through war torn Mozambique. Civilian passengers are both protected and harassed by a troop of ill-disciplined soldiers on board to fight off a rebel army in the bush. All must work together to repair sabotaged track and reach safety.
- DirectorAndré MarouçoStarsMatheus PrestesLuis SerraRosi CamposThe police officer Paulo (Matheus Prestes) faces a trauma after losing his wife and son in a car accident. He does not accept the fact that the person responsible for the crime has not been punished, and decides to take justice with his own hands.
- DirectorGustavo GalvãoStarsVinícius FerreiraMarat DescartesLeonardo MedeirosPedro has taken the road and he does not know where he is going. Lucas does not know it either. After meeting at a roadside café, they travel through the Brazilian Savannah seeking for a violent dose of anything.
- DirectorMarcos PradoStarsRenato GóesAmanda GrimaldiGuilherme FerrazA police officer is tasked to find two brothers accused of brutalizing women and terrorizing a small city in Rio de Janeiro. Based on a real life story.
- DirectorHenrique GoldmanStarsMarco PigossiFabiula NascimentoAndré MattosBased of the true story of Júlio Santana, a gunman responsible for 492 murders throughout the country. A Christian, charitable man and a good son, Júlio is always tormented by his conscience every time he pulls the trigger.
- DirectorGlauber RochaStarsJardel FilhoPaulo AutranJosé LewgoyIn the fictional Latin American country Eldorado, a poet tries to effect political change by influencing powerful men.
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsJosé DumontRodrigo SantoroRita AssemanyWhen ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother, a young man questions the tradition of violence between two rival families.
- DirectorHomero OlivettoStarsCauã ReymondHumberto MartinsSophie CharlotteIn an arid and poor region of Brazil, bikers search for a miracle to make it rain and save the land, risking their lives.
- DirectorBeto BrantStarsMarco RiccaAlexandre BorgesPaulo MiklosTwo businessmen hire a hitman to kill their third partner and are then blackmailed by the hitman as he takes over their company.