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Through Ernesto′s Eyes
Editor
Ernesto, a seventy-eight-year-old Uruguayan photographer living in Brazil, faces the limitations of old age. One day, Bia storms into his life. And Ernesto realizes that aging can be about rejuvenating with the company of a girl.
Na Ilha
himself
Rend Your Heart
Editor
40 years after fighting for what he thought was new and revolutionary, a former anonymous militant against the now fallen Brazilian dictatorship is accused of being conservative, antiquated and anachronistic by his own son.
Anauê
Editor
Quem É Primavera das Neves
Editor
Filme Sobre um Bom Fim
Bom Fim, in Porto Alegre, was a stronghold of the youth movement that took place between the 1970s and 1980s. The trajectory of the place is revisited through interviews with musicians and artists who lived those golden years.
Real Beleza
Editor
Photographer gets involved with a family as he seeks for a new model in a small town.
The Staple of News
Editor
Written in 1625 by the British playwright Ben Jonson, the play “The Staple of News” provides a historic root for this discussion about the role of the press in modern day Brazil. Journalists of several generations discuss the dilemmas of the selection and focus of their subjects, the resistance of the media in accepting itself as a political agent, the inevitability of interpretation as there are no hard facts in nature, and above all the search for an always complex balance between credibility and the public’s growing demand for news.
El padre de Gardel
Editor
For thirty years, Carlos Escayola was the main politician of the small town of Tacuarembó, Uruguay. This farmer was known both for his political and cultural achievements (including the construction of a theater), and for the reputation of seducer, which earned him one of the greatest family polemics in the history of the region.
Sweet Mother
Editor
Picucha may seem old-fashioned, but she has modern ideas and a great sense of humor. As the matriarch of a big family, she is involved in the daily lives of her children, grandchildren and other relatives. Undeterred by the typical problems of old age, she uses her many years of experience to solve problems in the best way possible.
Homens de Bem
Editor
Ciba (Rodrigo Santoro) is an independent investigator who works together with the police. A typical fallible hero who struggles with strong personal issues, while preventing crime and injustice. His partner, Deputy Ulisses (Luis Miranda), is a well-meaning professional who recognizes the difficulty in securing his function using only common artifacts, and Ciba's unofficial contact is of utmost importance for the progress of his investigations.
Before the World Ends
Editor
The countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, and high-school student, Daniel, spends a normal adolescence life with his family, studying, riding his bicycle, playing games on the Internet and expecting one day to move to the big city of Porto Alegre. Daniel has a crush on his girlfriend Mim, who has just broken up with him but is still his friend, and his best friend, Lucas, is one of the best students in São Lucas High-School. Daniel is the son of Elaine and the photographer Daniel, who left Elaine when she was pregnant and moved alone to Thailand. Daniel is raised by Elaine and his stepfather Antônio, and shares a house with his half-sister, Maria Clara. One day, Daniel receives a letter from his biological father, who has malaria, and he is reluctant to open the envelope.
Before the World Ends
Writer
The countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, and high-school student, Daniel, spends a normal adolescence life with his family, studying, riding his bicycle, playing games on the Internet and expecting one day to move to the big city of Porto Alegre. Daniel has a crush on his girlfriend Mim, who has just broken up with him but is still his friend, and his best friend, Lucas, is one of the best students in São Lucas High-School. Daniel is the son of Elaine and the photographer Daniel, who left Elaine when she was pregnant and moved alone to Thailand. Daniel is raised by Elaine and his stepfather Antônio, and shares a house with his half-sister, Maria Clara. One day, Daniel receives a letter from his biological father, who has malaria, and he is reluctant to open the envelope.
Ó Paí, Ó: O Filme
Editor
During Carnival at the historic site of Pelourinho, we follow the lives of tenants in a run-down rental house who try to survive using creativity, irony, humor and music. This is an adaptation of the TV show, not the 2007 movie which inspired the TV show.
Gigantes do Deserto
Editorial Manager
Mandatory article in the home of any Colorado fan, DVD Internacional Gigantes do Deserto recalls the epic Dubai Cup conquest by Internacional in 2008. Review as many times as you want the historic goals of Fernandão and Nilmar, in the final against Internazionale in Milan. Watch testimonials, plays and interviews that tell another achievement of Inter de Porto Alegre
Basic Sanitation: The Movie
Editor
When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.
Ó Paí Ó: Look at This
Editor
During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.
Rummikub
Editor
To whom does the poison belongs? to the young lovers? or to their parents, whom in old hands "behold rusted hatred"?
Sal de Prata
Editor
After her boyfriend's death, a successful executive finds some unfinished scripts in the dead man's computer, and decides to make a film of them. Her relationship with the world of movie-making is going to change her life.
O Resto é Silêncio
Editor
A reporter goes out to investigate a suicide.
My Uncle Killed a Guy
Editor
Eder (Lázaro Ramos) is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca (Darlan Cunha), a 15 years old boy who is Eder's nephew, wants to prove the innocence of his uncle, he's sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya (Deborah Secco), ex-wife of the deceased. Duca also wants to win the heart of Isa (Sophia Reis), a classmate who seems more interested in his best friend, Kid (Renan Gioelli). To be able to prove his theory, Duca gets help from Isa and Kid.
The Man Who Copied
Editor
André, 19, lives in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and works as a photocopier operator. He likes to see his neighbor Sílvia with a pair of binoculars. She works selling clothes. Becoming attracted to her, he tries to get nearer, and goes to her shop to buy something, but finds out that he can't afford it. So he puts the photocopier to other uses, and begins to envisage fishy schemes to earn some money.
Houve uma Vez Dois Verões
Editor
A coming of age dramatic comedy dealing with the effect that two "summers" have on the lives of several teenagers. The main story involves an innocent teenage boy and a conniving teenage girl who meet on a beach one summer in Southern Brazil. They meet up again the following summer
Tolerância
Writer
Julius is a photographer working as a men's magazine photo retoucher. His wife, Marcia, is a criminal lawyer who defends Teodoro, a squatter accused of murder. For years they had a quiet wedlock. However, Marcia gets involved with her client, and as revenge, Julius sleeps with Ana Maria, a friend of their daughter Guida. From this episode on, their lives are no longer the same.
O Sanduíche
Editor
A couple's last moments: their meetings, separations and a sandwich.
Super Colosso
Writer
Movie version of Brazillian children's television series TV Colosso.
Deus Ex-Machina
Editor
Dolores, a beautiful, wealthy and paralyzed woman, hires detective Otávio to follow her husband Inácio and find out what his real relationship is with a young woman named Alice. A story of lies, false leads and obscure motivations, in which four characters of dubious morals try to appear honest to each other.
Veja Bem
Editor
A Matadeira
Editor
Ventre Livre
Script
A 1994 documentary about reproduction rights in Brazil, highlighting the cases of politicians that trade tubal ligation surgeries for votes and the issue of abortion.
Esta Não é a Sua Vida
Editor
Isle of Flowers
Editor
A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.
Isle of Flowers
Producer
A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.
Colônia Cecília
O Mentiroso
Screenplay
The friendship between four men is at stake when one of them is invited to work in another city. But the other three decide to go along.
Barbosa
Editor
A frustrated man travels back in time in order to change the outcome of the soccer game that forever changed his life.
Barbosa
Writer
A frustrated man travels back in time in order to change the outcome of the soccer game that forever changed his life.
The Day Dorival Faced the Guards
Editor
Dorival, a man in jail, has only one wish: to take a bath. To achieve his objective, he defies the private, the corporal, the sargeant and, finally, the lieutenant in charge of the prison.
The Day Dorival Faced the Guards
Writer
Dorival, a man in jail, has only one wish: to take a bath. To achieve his objective, he defies the private, the corporal, the sargeant and, finally, the lieutenant in charge of the prison.
Aqueles Dois
Assistant Director
Raul and Saul work at the same office. Raul, outgoing and good-natured comes from a broken marriage. Saul is shy, with a critical and bitter disposition. He comes from a broken engagement, and a failed suicide attempt. In spite of their differences, they become quite good friends. But their colleagues begin to wonder whether there's something beyond friendship between them.
Me Beija
Screenplay
Me Beija
Assistant Director
Verdes Anos
Director
Temporal
Editor
Coisa na Roda
Editor
Four students live in an urban community, where, in principle, everything can be discussed, divided, shared: each one's allowance, personal objects, relationships, political commitments. But things start to change with the arrival of a fifth resident, older and disillusioned, who puts in check the capacity of each one to live according to their ideas.
Coisa na Roda
Cinematography
Four students live in an urban community, where, in principle, everything can be discussed, divided, shared: each one's allowance, personal objects, relationships, political commitments. But things start to change with the arrival of a fifth resident, older and disillusioned, who puts in check the capacity of each one to live according to their ideas.
Deu Pra Ti Anos 70
Director
Deu Pra Ti Anos 70 is a Brazilian film, shot in super-8 in 1981 in the city of Porto Alegre. It tells the story of the meetings and disagreements between Marcelo and Ceres through the 1970s, in bars, dance meetings and camps. It has the special participation of artists who would become important in the gaúcho music scene, such as Nei Lisboa, Júlio Reny, Augusto Licks, Wander Wildner and Carlos Gerbase. It was the first film by actor Werner Schünemann.