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In three corners of the Buenos Aires neighborhood known as Recoleta, life and death pursue parallel paths. One of silence, death, rebellion and drugs. Lecube is staying in a hotel with his lover Celia and his son Marcelo with whom his friend Toto is trying to initiate a homosexual relationship.
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In three corners of the Buenos Aires neighborhood known as Recoleta, life and death pursue parallel paths. One of silence, death, rebellion and drugs. Lecube is staying in a hotel with his lover Celia and his son Marcelo with whom his friend Toto is trying to initiate a homosexual relationship.
Director
The parallel lives of two brothers of the "Pampas" of the Brazilian area, which much share everything they have. A woman, "the intruder", will change everything.
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Beto, a young gigolo playboy, convinces his friends to break into a house to rape Marlene, a wealthy woman. They can not complete the mission, but the woman fall in love with Beto, who returns to become her lover. The case of the two, eventually involving the husband of Marlene, causes problems that the two can't solve.
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Beto, a young gigolo playboy, convinces his friends to break into a house to rape Marlene, a wealthy woman. They can not complete the mission, but the woman fall in love with Beto, who returns to become her lover. The case of the two, eventually involving the husband of Marlene, causes problems that the two can't solve.
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Beto, a young gigolo playboy, convinces his friends to break into a house to rape Marlene, a wealthy woman. They can not complete the mission, but the woman fall in love with Beto, who returns to become her lover. The case of the two, eventually involving the husband of Marlene, causes problems that the two can't solve.
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After the death of her father in Argentina, Elza returns to Brazil to see her remaining family. When visiting her mother's grave, she steals a flower off an unknown grave and put it in her mother's. After that, she begins to receive strange phone calls, from an unknown voice that claims: "Give back my flower!". She becomes terrified and obsessed with the stranger's voice, and starts believing that it's the spirit of the deceased.
Writer
After the death of her father in Argentina, Elza returns to Brazil to see her remaining family. When visiting her mother's grave, she steals a flower off an unknown grave and put it in her mother's. After that, she begins to receive strange phone calls, from an unknown voice that claims: "Give back my flower!". She becomes terrified and obsessed with the stranger's voice, and starts believing that it's the spirit of the deceased.
Director
After the death of her father in Argentina, Elza returns to Brazil to see her remaining family. When visiting her mother's grave, she steals a flower off an unknown grave and put it in her mother's. After that, she begins to receive strange phone calls, from an unknown voice that claims: "Give back my flower!". She becomes terrified and obsessed with the stranger's voice, and starts believing that it's the spirit of the deceased.
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Young man inherits small fortune from his old uncle, on condition he lives in the old man's house for a time. Soon the uncle's spirit begins to manifest itself through the nephew's personality, requiring the presence of an exorcist.
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Young man inherits small fortune from his old uncle, on condition he lives in the old man's house for a time. Soon the uncle's spirit begins to manifest itself through the nephew's personality, requiring the presence of an exorcist.
Director
Young man inherits small fortune from his old uncle, on condition he lives in the old man's house for a time. Soon the uncle's spirit begins to manifest itself through the nephew's personality, requiring the presence of an exorcist.
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Womanizing dentist takes his wife for a vacation in Petrópolis, Brazil. In their hotel, a woman dressed in white visits the room of a different man each night, causing trouble.
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Womanizing dentist takes his wife for a vacation in Petrópolis, Brazil. In their hotel, a woman dressed in white visits the room of a different man each night, causing trouble.
Director
Womanizing dentist takes his wife for a vacation in Petrópolis, Brazil. In their hotel, a woman dressed in white visits the room of a different man each night, causing trouble.
Producer
Virgínia is an orphan teenager who lives with her rich uncle Marcos, whom she drugs with barbiturates to promote parties in the apartment for her friends. At these parties, which are attended by minors and are fueled by drugs and alcohol, she gets involved with the scammer and ruffian Paulo, a teenager who lives in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. She and Paulo end up in the police after sexually abusing other minors, but her uncle's lawyer, Henrique, manages to save them from being prosecuted. Pretending gratitude, Virginia approaches Henrique and, when her uncle takes her out of town, to get away from "bad company", she tells Henrique her plan: murder her uncle to keep his fortune. Henrique gets involved by the girl, not knowing that she, in fact, intends to blackmail him.
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Virgínia is an orphan teenager who lives with her rich uncle Marcos, whom she drugs with barbiturates to promote parties in the apartment for her friends. At these parties, which are attended by minors and are fueled by drugs and alcohol, she gets involved with the scammer and ruffian Paulo, a teenager who lives in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. She and Paulo end up in the police after sexually abusing other minors, but her uncle's lawyer, Henrique, manages to save them from being prosecuted. Pretending gratitude, Virginia approaches Henrique and, when her uncle takes her out of town, to get away from "bad company", she tells Henrique her plan: murder her uncle to keep his fortune. Henrique gets involved by the girl, not knowing that she, in fact, intends to blackmail him.
Director
Virgínia is an orphan teenager who lives with her rich uncle Marcos, whom she drugs with barbiturates to promote parties in the apartment for her friends. At these parties, which are attended by minors and are fueled by drugs and alcohol, she gets involved with the scammer and ruffian Paulo, a teenager who lives in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. She and Paulo end up in the police after sexually abusing other minors, but her uncle's lawyer, Henrique, manages to save them from being prosecuted. Pretending gratitude, Virginia approaches Henrique and, when her uncle takes her out of town, to get away from "bad company", she tells Henrique her plan: murder her uncle to keep his fortune. Henrique gets involved by the girl, not knowing that she, in fact, intends to blackmail him.
Producer
Un joven ingeniero se muestra indiferente ante una encantadora mujer que le busca la mirada. Está preocupado por un juicio en el que es el principal imputado. Al llegar a destino, la policía deberá contener a los habitantes que pretenden lincharlo, puesto que lo consideran responsable de la desaparición de un niño local, con quien todos sospechan que mantenía relaciones prohibidas. El protagonista intentará hacerles comprender que, detrás de las apariencias, se esconde otra realidad.
Writer
Un joven ingeniero se muestra indiferente ante una encantadora mujer que le busca la mirada. Está preocupado por un juicio en el que es el principal imputado. Al llegar a destino, la policía deberá contener a los habitantes que pretenden lincharlo, puesto que lo consideran responsable de la desaparición de un niño local, con quien todos sospechan que mantenía relaciones prohibidas. El protagonista intentará hacerles comprender que, detrás de las apariencias, se esconde otra realidad.
Director
Un joven ingeniero se muestra indiferente ante una encantadora mujer que le busca la mirada. Está preocupado por un juicio en el que es el principal imputado. Al llegar a destino, la policía deberá contener a los habitantes que pretenden lincharlo, puesto que lo consideran responsable de la desaparición de un niño local, con quien todos sospechan que mantenía relaciones prohibidas. El protagonista intentará hacerles comprender que, detrás de las apariencias, se esconde otra realidad.
Producer
Single retired civil servant decides to return to his hometown to meet his first and only love. But the woman he finds is just a spectre of his memory.
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Single retired civil servant decides to return to his hometown to meet his first and only love. But the woman he finds is just a spectre of his memory.
Director
Single retired civil servant decides to return to his hometown to meet his first and only love. But the woman he finds is just a spectre of his memory.
Producer
Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time.
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Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time.
Director
Un pintor está intentando llevar al lienzo la belleza de una vieja mansión en ruinas, cuando un hombre se le acerca y le invita a escuchar la historia de la maldición que acabo en pocos años con lo que antaño fue su esplendor.
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The story of Pelé, from his birth to his rise as one of the most prominent players in both Brazilian and worldwide soccer.
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The story of Pelé, from his birth to his rise as one of the most prominent players in both Brazilian and worldwide soccer.
Writer
When chain gang prisoners attack their guards, some of the hardened criminals escape Brazil's infamous Anchieta Prison amidst all the pick-ax carnage. The government dispatches a machine-gun squad to round up the fugitives, who have fled by foot and boat and now have begun to turn on each other.
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When chain gang prisoners attack their guards, some of the hardened criminals escape Brazil's infamous Anchieta Prison amidst all the pick-ax carnage. The government dispatches a machine-gun squad to round up the fugitives, who have fled by foot and boat and now have begun to turn on each other.
Producer
Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang of dangerous convicts escape from a penal colony. With the police in hot pursuit, the escapees cut a gory swath through the countryside. As his comrades are killed off one by one, the leader of the group descends into gibbering madness. In contrast to this, a subplot develops involving the least dangerous of the escapees, who murdered his wife in a peak of self-righteous rage and is now seriously in doubt about the wisdom of his deed. Principal scenes reworked in 1962 to make the film The Violent and the Damned (q.v.).
Screenplay
Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang of dangerous convicts escape from a penal colony. With the police in hot pursuit, the escapees cut a gory swath through the countryside. As his comrades are killed off one by one, the leader of the group descends into gibbering madness. In contrast to this, a subplot develops involving the least dangerous of the escapees, who murdered his wife in a peak of self-righteous rage and is now seriously in doubt about the wisdom of his deed. Principal scenes reworked in 1962 to make the film The Violent and the Damned (q.v.).
Director
Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang of dangerous convicts escape from a penal colony. With the police in hot pursuit, the escapees cut a gory swath through the countryside. As his comrades are killed off one by one, the leader of the group descends into gibbering madness. In contrast to this, a subplot develops involving the least dangerous of the escapees, who murdered his wife in a peak of self-righteous rage and is now seriously in doubt about the wisdom of his deed. Principal scenes reworked in 1962 to make the film The Violent and the Damned (q.v.).
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Meus Amores no Rio is a thin romantic comedy about a young woman (Suzana Freyre) who wins a trip to Rio de Janeiro on a television quiz show. Being both young and attractive and excited about the city, she manages to enchant three different men. The first man to fall for her is a pilot, and then there is the journalist, and then a womanizer.... Each encounter reveals more of the city and its impressive vistas, a fourth important protagonist in this film.
Writer
Meus Amores no Rio is a thin romantic comedy about a young woman (Suzana Freyre) who wins a trip to Rio de Janeiro on a television quiz show. Being both young and attractive and excited about the city, she manages to enchant three different men. The first man to fall for her is a pilot, and then there is the journalist, and then a womanizer.... Each encounter reveals more of the city and its impressive vistas, a fourth important protagonist in this film.
Director
Meus Amores no Rio is a thin romantic comedy about a young woman (Suzana Freyre) who wins a trip to Rio de Janeiro on a television quiz show. Being both young and attractive and excited about the city, she manages to enchant three different men. The first man to fall for her is a pilot, and then there is the journalist, and then a womanizer.... Each encounter reveals more of the city and its impressive vistas, a fourth important protagonist in this film.
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When a woman discovers her husband's infidelity, she decides to get divorced. But he still loves her, and learning that another guy has fallen for her, decides to change places with him. He would be the lover.
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When a woman discovers her husband's infidelity, she decides to get divorced. But he still loves her, and learning that another guy has fallen for her, decides to change places with him. He would be the lover.
Director
When a woman discovers her husband's infidelity, she decides to get divorced. But he still loves her, and learning that another guy has fallen for her, decides to change places with him. He would be the lover.
Writer
A great mystery surrounds Leonora, and it becomes even more mysterious when a stranger arrives from Buenos Aires looking for her, saying he knows her. In love with her, he is desperate when they say she is dead. Not believing what they say, he continues his search. But upon finding her, he is faced with a cruel and unexpected enigma.
Director
A great mystery surrounds Leonora, and it becomes even more mysterious when a stranger arrives from Buenos Aires looking for her, saying he knows her. In love with her, he is desperate when they say she is dead. Not believing what they say, he continues his search. But upon finding her, he is faced with a cruel and unexpected enigma.
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Una prostituta ayuda a un científico que para probar la eficacia de una vacuna se contagia deliberadamente.
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Una prostituta ayuda a un científico que para probar la eficacia de una vacuna se contagia deliberadamente.
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Una mujer con un pasado precaminoso intenta ocultárselo a su hijo adolescente y cambiar al enamorarse de un hombre.
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Un ángel baja a la tierra y se transforma en mujer viviendo una historia de amor.
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Un hombre intenta vengar la muerte de su hermana, una adicta al juego. Otro hombre, un expresidiario que silba cuando comete un crimen, se reencuentra con su madre ciega.
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Mientras comete una travesura, un niño descubre casualmente la identidad del criminal que mantiene en alerta a todo el barrio. Por miedo a ser castigado, no cuenta lo que sabe a su padre, un agente de policía.
Director
A young woman has her plans to catch a doctor reluctant to marry.
Producer
La pasión de un marino por una prostituta que trata de retenerlo con maleficios y conjuros.
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La pasión de un marino por una prostituta que trata de retenerlo con maleficios y conjuros.
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La pasión de un marino por una prostituta que trata de retenerlo con maleficios y conjuros.
Writer
Mediante un aviso, una muchacha conoce a un hombre, con el que se casa. El tiene el propósito de apoderarse de la fortuna de ella, y al ser descubierto, trata de matar a su mujer, que se salva mediante un ardid. Luego, el delincuente muere en manos de un gendarme.
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Mediante un aviso, una muchacha conoce a un hombre, con el que se casa. El tiene el propósito de apoderarse de la fortuna de ella, y al ser descubierto, trata de matar a su mujer, que se salva mediante un ardid. Luego, el delincuente muere en manos de un gendarme.
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Una muchacha almuerza con un hombre. Su esposo se entera de ello, quien ignora que ese hombre es el íntimo amigo del matrimonio. Ella se niega a darle explicaciones y él abandona la casa, partiendo a Brasil. Para atraerlo, el hombre y la muchacha alquilan un bebé y luego otros dos, haciéndole creer que son hijos suyos. Hay una serie de incidentes cómicos y todo se aclara por último, quedándose los cónyuges en paz.
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Family-owned ski resort is failing, and they've pinned all their hopes on seeing the property purchased by the Gonzalez Brothers.
Writer
Un misterioso asesino deja sobre los cadáveres de sus víctimas una tarjeta. La policía, a pesar de que busca, no logra descubrirlo.. Siguen varias pistas, aparentemente exactas, que luego fallan. Por último, una chica descubre que se trata de tres maníacos asesinos que se cubrían recíprocamente.
Director
Un misterioso asesino deja sobre los cadáveres de sus víctimas una tarjeta. La policía, a pesar de que busca, no logra descubrirlo.. Siguen varias pistas, aparentemente exactas, que luego fallan. Por último, una chica descubre que se trata de tres maníacos asesinos que se cubrían recíprocamente.
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Un joven escritor se enamora de una muchacha que viene de la rpovincia. Para darle todos los gustos, trabaja fervientemente y agota su salud. Descubre que es engañado, pero con sus enredos, ella lo atrae nuevamente. Llega al borde de la ruina física y ella otra vez lo engaña y cuando vuelve a atraerlo, él ya agotado, se muere.
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An architect who suffers an attack of epilepsy awoke years later become a famous writer next to get married.
Director
Una chica obliga a un médico misógino a que la acompañe en un viaje que realiza siguiendo a su esposo. El doctor se enamora de ella durante una accidentada jornada y acaba por raptarla en la cara del supuesto esposo, solo para enterarse de que se trataba de un plan para “cazarlo” a él, puesto que la muchacha lo amaba.
Writer
Para salvar el honor, la hija de un jugador que se endeudó, se muestra desnuda ante un escultor, que así se lo pide para darle el dinero necesario. La muchacha, que se había entregado al novio, se mata. El padre, mata al artista, cuando resulta premiado por la escultura que la niña le inspiró.
Director
Para salvar el honor, la hija de un jugador que se endeudó, se muestra desnuda ante un escultor, que así se lo pide para darle el dinero necesario. La muchacha, que se había entregado al novio, se mata. El padre, mata al artista, cuando resulta premiado por la escultura que la niña le inspiró.
Director
Un hotel se vuelve muy popular cuando empiezan a circular rumores sobre un fantasma que deambula por sus pasillos.
Director
Narra las vicisitudes de un joven de 24 años que pierde todo su dinero en la mesa de la ruleta y decide suicidarse, es interrumpido por un misterioso hombre que lo invita a ingresar a un club de suicidas. Allí, a través de las cartas, se sortea quien va a morir. El héroe se involucra en el juego y es señalado por las cartas. Tiene sólo siete días de vida, en los cuales intenta en vano la denuncia policial en su afán por desvincularse del compromiso. En su vagabundear por las calles de Londres, conoce a una mujer que se empeña en acompañarlo. Su interés por vivir posee ahora una nueva motivación.
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Un hombre seis veces viudo convive con sus seis suegras y busca nueva esposa.
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Cuando la señora Pérez sospecha que su esposo es infiel, decide provocar celos pretendiendo tener una doble vida. El juego de farsas y engaños los involucra en nuevas complicaciones.
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El apasionado y atormentado romance entre una mujer y un joven compositor.
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Una estudiante abandona la escuela para casarse con un joven doctor. Sin embargo, no satisfecha con el estilo de vida de una esposa, decide ingresar nuevamente a la escuela a escondidas para obtener su diploma.
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The relationship between an experienced woman and a youngster which develops in a passion and a further social rejection.
Director
Por celos y amor hacia el padre desaparecido, una niña se enfurece al enterarse que la madre piensa casarse nuevamente. Llega a atacar a su hermanita que cuenta sobre la boda y luego intenta suicidarse, pero es rescatada del lago donde se tiró y reacciona a tiempo para que no se deshaga la boda que hará muy felices a los novios.
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Una adolescente hace creer a sus amigos que es la novia de un escritor famoso., y este, al llegar a su casa, se presta a seguir la farsa. La chica toma el noviazgo en serio y se cree correspondida, sufriendo una desilusión al enterarse que el escritor se ha enamorado de su hermana mayor. Sobrellevará la pena con dignidad y guardará el secreto de su primer amor, compartido con el escritor.
Writer
Un hombre casado aprovecha de la amistad de otro para hacerlo pasar por el padre de los hijos que ha tenido fuera de su matrimonio.
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Un hombre casado aprovecha de la amistad de otro para hacerlo pasar por el padre de los hijos que ha tenido fuera de su matrimonio.
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For reasons that will be revealed in the end, a woman mysteriously returns to her parents' home on her wedding night.
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Se trata de una comedia que gira en torno de las vicisitudes de los integrantes de una familia porteña frente a su bancarrota económica y de la actitud de cada uno de ellos en la emergencia.
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The happiness of a child is marred by the harsh attitude of the captain of a boat.
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A country girl falls in love with an English professor who's in the country studying fossils, but must return to his land.
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A country girl falls in love with an English professor who's in the country studying fossils, but must return to his land.
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Es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Carlos Hugo Christensen que fue producida en 1939 pero nunca fue exhibida comercialmente
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After a newlywed couple moves into a whitewashed house, the former owner shows up and complications begin.
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After a newlywed couple moves into a whitewashed house, the former owner shows up and complications begin.
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A short documentary about the Bossa Nova, a style of zamba developed in the 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
