Tropical Paths (1977)

Majestyk, un ex presidiario y veterano de la guerra de Vietnam, lucha por llevar una vida digna y sacar adelante su granja, pero sus esfuerzos se ven frustrados por la intolerancia de los vecinos y la corrupción de la policía. Cuando un sicario de la Mafia destruye su cosecha, a Majestyk se le agota la paciencia. Empuñando un rifle y con su novia al volante, persigue al malhechor. (FILMAFFINITY)

A few political goons, disguised as Muslims, cause trouble at the temple and kill Raghuraman's family. Later, Raghuraman joins an extremist group and decides to avenge his family's death.

Cansado de convencionalismos y ataduras, Murray Burns, iconoclasta escritor, deja su empleo como guionista de un programa infantil y se refugia en su apartamento donde convive con su sobrino Nick, de nueve años. Hace siete que su hermana se marchó y dejó al niño con él. Sin oficio ni beneficio, los servicios sociales deciden encargarse de Nick y una pareja de asistentes sociales, Sandra y Albert, se personan en casa de Murray. Surge entre él y Sandra una especial relación. Albert, estricto profesional, aconseja a su compañera dejar el caso y prosigue con las diligencias para buscar otro hogar al niño. Sandra convencerá a Murray de que busque un empleo para conservar a su sobrino. (FILMAFFINITY)

El gángster Little John Sarto viaja por Europa en busca de estilo, sin embargo nunca podrá poseer ese toque que anhela. Cuando regresa a América sin un dólar encuentra a su banda liderada por Jack Buck y a su novia convertida en una nueva rica.

Años 60 en Tepecik, un pequeño pueblo de la Anatolia. Recep y Mehmet son dos jóvenes campesinos que trabajan como aprendices en la ciudad de Tavsanli, cercana a su pueblo. Recep ayuda a un vendedor de sandías y Mehmet aprende con un barbero. Ambos están locos por el cine y, por las noches, en el establo abandonado de su casa del pueblo, se afanan en fabricar un proyector de cine. Sueñan con llegar a ser directores de cine y cambiar sus vidas. Un día, Recep conoce a una viuda con dos hijas que vive en la ciudad y que necesita sandías para las vacas. Desde entonces, empezará a visitarla para tomar el té o desayunar y, poco a poco, irá interesándose por su hija mayor, Nihal. A ésta, sin embargo, le desagradan las continuas visitas del campesino y lo trata con la mayor brusquedad posible. Por el contrario, a Guler, su hermana pequeña, sí le interesa Recep, pero sus sentimientos no se ven correspondidos.

Turkish Mr. Majestyk

To make money fast the Browns come up with a plan to win a contest for "Watermelon Juice Afro Sheen," awarding $10,000 to whoever can find the juiciest, sweetest watermelon in the country.

The Fruit Hunters explores the little known subculture and history of rare fruit hunters who travel the globe in an obsessive search for the exotic, in this stylish and sometimes erotic documentary.

Inside a fruit themed burlesque bar, time and space take a backseat to poetry and proverb.

Keiser, the lead singer of a former rock group won't put up with approaching old age and decides to call his old band members together. Keiser's ambition is to return to the big stage with his buddies. Despite the initial resistance of other fellows, Keiser will be successful, at least partly so. It is a fast-paced comedy full of humor and consolation, telling the story about people who despite all obstacles strive for their goal.

A new boy, Harley, joins a club but shows an interest in the girl on whom the club leader has a crush. The two club members trick Harley into stealing a prize watermelon to the dismay of the furious farmer, and later dare him to enter a supposedly haunted house in which they uncover a bag of money stolen in a bank robbery.

Meu Nome é Dindi shows the movement of time over a young woman who owns a small marketplace near bankruptcy and fights for survival.

6 types of fruit are left on a kitchen table by a man who then closes the shutters and leaves. However, a solitary ray of sun breaks through a crack, illuminating only oranges. The rest of the fruit is not so happy about that.

In Georgia, in the middle of a desert, on the hottest day of summer two water-melon sellers cross paths.

Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.

In the island of Paquetá, professor investigates the genital vocation of vegetables and fruits, maintaining sexual relations with a watermelon. In his experiences, he counts on the interlocution of an attentive student.

Documentary about punks of the city of São Paulo and its difficulties, struggles and ideals, the importance of music in the universe of its ideology, interviews and images of shows of some musical groups like Ratos de Porão, Inocentes and Fogo Cruzado.

Botinada chronicles the origins of punk rock in Brazil, its first phase (1976-1984) and the whereabouts of its protagonists. Were 4 years of research, interviewed 77 people, thousands of hours in editing rooms, 200 hours of video and many rare and unpublished images compiled for the first time. Botinada brings out this amazing story told by punks who experienced body, soul and leather jacket this chaotic journey.

Allan Quatermain, un famoso cazador, emprende un safari por el corazón de Africa. Al mismo tiempo, Elizabeth Curtis, acompañada de su hermano John, se interna en la zona más inhóspita del continente para buscar a su marido, desaparecido mientras buscaba las minas del Rey.

Documentary about "Crucificados Pelo Sistema" LP legacy with interviews and live videos from the band.

Mauro Mateus dos Santos was known by another name: Sabotage. Growing up amidst poverty in São Paulo, the musician, who became a legend after his death, is one of the most important names in national rap.

Documentary about influential Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, made in his country house in Apipucos, Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil).

In this new adventure, Maluquinho is spending the holidays at the home of his grandfather Tônico (Stênio Garcia), an inventor who lives in a small community in the interior of Minas Gerais. His friends Junim (Samuel Brandão), Lucio (Cauã Bernard Souza), Bocão (João Romeu Filho) and Nina (Fernanda Guimarães) are coming to the city to help Maluquinho organize the circus for the centenary of the city. On this trip, they meet Tatá-Mirim, a small flame that ends up making the city believe that they are being invaded by the Capeta. So they end up living many adventures.

The uncensored history from the Brazilian band Ratos de Porão, one of the oldest Hardcore bands in the world. Almost three decades of drugs, madness and a lot of noise, told by the people who made and still make part of this institution of heavy rock.

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.

A girl from the countryside goes to the city of Belém to take part in the Círio de Nazaré celebrations. Led to prostitution, she wishes to move to the wealthiest Southeast region of Brazil. In a dance club, she meets a truck driver that transports wood. Dreaming with the big city, she asks for a ride, and the two begin a journey through the Trans-Amazon road. In tension with the Brazilian military authorities of the time, the film registers several aspects of the Amazon social tragedy – forest fires, slave work and child prostitution. Awarded in several international festivals, the film was forbidden by the Brazilian censorship. It was only released years later, winning the Brasília Film Festival in 1981.

A 10-minute portrait of modernist poet and de Andrade’s godfather, Manuel Bandeira, is clear in its affection for it subject, though like many New-Waveish films of the time, depicts the modern urban landscape as an ominous and alienating force.

Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of "Durval Discos", a record store they own in São Paulo, specializing in vinyl records. They lead a boring and unattractive life, until the day Durval hires a maid, Celia, to help his mother with the housekeeping. However, on her second day, Celia goes away leaving a 5-year-old child behind, Kiki, and a note promising to be back in a couple of days. Durval and Celia are charmed by the child at first, but soon they see some sad news about Celia and Kiki on TV that will change the whole situation.

The trajectory of musician and comedian Mussum as vocalist of the group "Os Originais do Samba" and later in cinema and TV as a member of "Os Trapalhões", a group that revolutionized the way of making humor on Brazilian television.

In São Paulo, Brazil, the lonely 40-something guitar teacher Baby lives a tedious life in a low middle-class apartment. She is addicted to her only companions: cigarettes. Baby has a constant conflict with her two sisters, over a couch she inherited from their deceased aunt. When Max, a restaurant musician, moves to the next door apartment, Baby has a crush on him and sees a chance to have a life again. Soon they start having a love affair, and Baby decides to quit smoking. However, her abstinence will be tough to deal with, when she notices Max still misses his ex-wife.

El director logra una caricatura aguda de la condición humana y su satirización, provocando risas espontáneas cuándo se detiene en los absurdos del racismo, la personalidad de los indios y el modo en que las distintas clases sociales se devoran entre sí. La película se inspira en una famosa novela de Mario de Andrade, fundador del "Movimiento Literario Modernista" de los años 20 y narra la historia y la metamorfosis de Macunaíma, el héroe perezoso y sin ningún carácter, que nace negro en el interior de Brasil. Emigra con sus hermanos hacia la gran ciudad en busca de un amuleto de la suerte, y en el camino se vuelve blanco. En la ciudad entablará una relación con una guerrillera urbana y un magnate capitalista.

En São Paulo, en 1980, el joven obrero Tião y su novia María deciden casarse al saber que ella está embarazada. Al mismo tiempo, estalla una huelga en la fábrica donde trabaja Tião. El movimiento divide a los operarios. El temor a perder su trabajo y a no poder hacer frente a sus obligaciones, lo lleva a oponerse a la huelga y, por lo tanto, a su padre, un sindicalista que estuvo en la cárcel en los primeros años de la dictadura. (FILMAFFINITY)

Documentary film about the life and career of Brazilian singer Chorão, leader of the "Charlie Brown Jr." band. From testimonies about his personal and professional life and archival footage, the film follows the story of one of the most important rock stars in Brazil. Beginning in the early 90's, when his band released their first album and hit the radio stations, Chorão lived two intense decades of national and international success, full of controversial moments, until his premature death, from drug overdose, in 2013. The film explores different facets over the years and tries to reflect: what is the price of fame?

Después de ser liberado de la prisión, el Dr. Nise da Silveira está de vuelta en el trabajo en un hospital psiquiátrico en las afueras de Río de Janeirom donde ella se niega a emplear la nueva y violenta de electroshock en el tratamiento de los esquizofrénicos. Ridiculizado por los médicos, se ve obligada a asumir el Sector abandonada de terapia ocupacional, donde comenzaría una revolución a través de pinturas, los animales y el amor.

Tras realizar varios trabajos para la CIA, el ex marine John Shale hace una visita a su antigua novia, profesora de un instituto de Miami. A su llegada, Shale nota ciertos comportamientos extraños en el centro, incluso en su novia, quien le cuenta que el lugar está prácticamente tomado por una banda de criminales que se dedican a aterrorizar no sólo a los alumnos del instituto, sino también a los profesores. Cuando la mujer resulta herida por un delincuente, Shale decide tomar cartas en el asunto y se presenta en el centro haciéndose pasar por profesor sustituto.

Val es una interna que se toma su trabajo muy en serio. Sirve a un adinerado matrimonio de São Paulo día y noche, y cuida a su hijo adolescente, al que ha criado desde su infancia. El orden de este hogar parece inquebrantable, hasta que un día llega desde su ciudad de origen la inteligente y ambiciosa hija de Val, Jessica, a la que había dejado al cuidado de unos familiares en el norte de Brasil 13 años atrás. La presencia de la joven pone en peligro el balance de poder en la casa. Esta nueva situación pondrá en tela de juicio las lealtades de Val y la obligará a valorar lo que está dispuesta a perder.