The Other Side of the Street (2004)
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Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 38M
Director : Marcos Bernstein
Sinopsis
Regina, a lonely 65 year old who works on the neighborhood watch for the police in Copacabana, believes to have witnessed a murder in the building across the street, and ends up getting involved with the suspect in a potentially dangerous chain of events that will force her to take stock of her life.
For the centenary of the Fortaleza Esporte Clube, experts, players and fans remember the Brazilian football club's triumphs, trials and cultural legacy.
Hillbilly has one single dream in life: eat beef. He finds a little maid who's anxious to marry, and promises him: in their wedding party, her father would kill an ox.
Alice, married for the last 20 years to a taxi driver, works in a beauty parlour, has three children, the eldest of whom is doing his military service, and a mother who works as a maid in her house. None of the three siblings pay much attention to their mother, and they treat their grandmother with lack of respect. Alice's life in the female working world contrasts strongly with the powerful masculine presence in her home. Although she's a good girl, the chance to betray uncovers other betrayals she didn't know existed.
In this film, you meet the woman who wakes up every day and proclaims her love for everyone and everything in her path, the woman who popularized “affirmations,” the woman who shakes hands with presidents, dignitaries, celebrities, and who always has an affectionate hug for fans who run up to her at a public appearance or Hay House event to thank her for “saving my life.” And when she embraces them, she’ll insist, “It wasn’t me. It was you.”
Clumsy old lady Dina Rocha lives with her son Marcelo. After a series of incidents at home, she moves to her house in Santa Teresa. She meets her friend Nonô and she pays a visit to her old friend. Her sons do not know where she is and they go to the hospitals and morgues. Coincidently there is the body of an old lady smashed by a truck and they believe that she is their mother. Meanwhile two smalltime thieves break in Nonô's house and keep the two old ladies locked in the bathroom. During the funeral of Dina Rocha, the dysfunctional families have a quarrel disputing their heritage.
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe.
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.
Narra el viaje en bicicleta de Romão (Wagner Moura), Rosa (Cláudia Abreu) y sus cinco hijos desde el Sertao del norte del país hasta la tierra prometida de Río de Janeiro. Basada en la vida real de un hombre que perdió su trabajo y decidió recorrer el país en busca de una nueva oportunidad, el film es ante todo una historia de fe, ilusiones y esperanza.
A true story that comically depicts the relationship between an ordinary woman and her three husbands, who live in the same house in a poor and arid small village of the Brazilian northeast.
Celal, lives an unhappy family life with his wife Sevilay and his child in a small town. Celal and his brother Cemal, running an electrician shop which doesn't go well. They are in debt. The only fun they have is going to the night clubs in Samsun. Celal's love for Sibel Ceylan who works in the night club, will cause him trouble. Celal's wife, Sevilay, saves her money, sent by her father who lives in Germany. She is unaware of the fact that Celal knows her secret.
In a poor neighborhood in Recife, the lives of exotic and bizarre characters entwine in a bar and in a very low-budget hotel. The queer Dunga works in the hotel and has a crush on the butcher Wellington that is married with the religious Kika and has an affair with his mistress Dayse. The sick necrophiliac Isaac owns a yellow Mercedes Benz and wants to have sex with Lígia that owns of Bar Avenida.
Eliseo es feo, cojo y soltero. No ha encontrado a la mujer de su vida y no conoce el amor. Nati es fea, le falta un pecho y está separada. Encontró al hombre de su vida, pero pese a eso, no conoce el verdadero amor. Eliseo piensa que lo peor de su vida está por llegar. Nati piensa que lo mejor de su vida está por llegar. La muerte de la madre de Eliseo vuelve a cruzar sus caminos después de veinte años, para darles una última oportunidad de ser felices y de enamorarse. Pero... ¿qué pasa cuando la mujer de tu vida está casada con tu hermano?
La inocente Ariane Chavasse (Audrey Hepburn) es seducida por un playboy millonario norteamericano llamado Frank Flannagan (Gary Cooper). Pero éste ignora que el padre de la chica es el detective privado Claude Chavasse (Chevalier).
Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to uphold the Allies.
En los asfixiantes pasillos de la Estación Central, en Río de Janeiro, una antigua maestra se gana la vida escribiendo las cartas que le dictan los analfabetos. Endurecida por la soledad y por la adversidad, Dora ha ido cayendo en una estoica indiferencia. Sin embargo, cuando una de sus clientes muere atropellada a la salida de la estación, decide hacerse cargo de su hijo y llevarlo a casa de su padre en una remota zona del nordeste de Brasil.
Un grupo de cuatro estudiantes, consideradas como las chicas más populares de su escuela secundaria, cometen todo tipo de crueldades con sus compañeras y compañeros. Una de estas chicas, Verónica Sawyer (Winona Ryder), empieza a darse cuenta de que lo que hacen no es bueno, pero le resulta difícil salir del grupo. Aliada con un nuevo chico que ha llegado a la escuela, logran matar a tres alumnos molestos, aunque en todos los casos aparecen como suicidas. Pronto, Verónica comprobará que su amigo es un psicópata.
Basada en una historia de M. Night Shyamalan. Un día cualquiera, cinco personas, que no se conocen, se quedan atrapadas en un ascensor de un gran edificio de oficinas. Muy pronto comienzan a suceder cosas extrañas y, poco a poco, se dan cuenta de que uno de ellos no es quien dice ser: es el mismísimo Satanás
Tras sufrir un traumático revés de la fortuna, Jasmine French, una rica mujer de Nueva York, se traslada a San Francisco para vivir con Ginger, su hermana adoptiva, con el firme propósito de rehacer su vida; pero se verá atormentada por la ansiedad y los recuerdos del pasado.
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.
After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde. In poor health, Zulmira makes all the preparations for the day of her death and asks her unemployed husband to deal with the costs of the coffin and funeral with a man named João Guimarães Pimentel. What Tom doesn't know is that Zulmira and this man hide some secrets that he could never imagine.
