Simone Alves

Películas

What I've Never Lost
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A feature documentary on the life of Alzira Espíndola and her impact and influence on different generations of Brazilian music. From her origins on Mato Grosso do Sul to her breakthrough as a instrumentist and composer in São Paulo, the movie explores her life, work and ventures with partners such as Itamar Assumpção, Ney Matogrosso and her sister Tetê Espíndola with irreverence and erudition.
Porno para principiantes
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Montevideo, 1980. Víctor es un cineasta amateur a punto de vender su cámara para poder financiar una ínfima parte de su casamiento y no darle el placer de pagar todo a su futuro suegro, que le propone un puesto poco deseable en el banco que maneja. Hasta que llega una oferta salvadora: un “empresario” no muy legal les encarga hacer una película a él y a su amigo videoclubista. La felicidad de Víctor dejará de existir al enterarse de que la película es una porno. Protagonizada por Ashley Cummings, una estrella internacional, la adaptación triple X de La novia de Frankenstein será la primera porno uruguaya. Si es que llega a filmarse, claro.
Paradise Lost
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Un policía trabaja como guardaespaldas de una joven drag queen en una discoteca y establece un vínculo con la familia de cantantes inadaptados que actúan allí.
Legalize it!
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The meeting between two young guys, Marcelo —in the future, Marcelo D2— and Skunk , who sold t-shirts and cassette tapes in the center of Rio de Janeiro to survive, resulted in one of the most popular bands in Brazil in the 1990’s, Planet Hemp. Suppressed by a prejudiced society, the two made of their music a cry of alertness and resistance, conquering the hearts and minds of an entire generation.
Duas de Mim
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Suellen (Thalita Carauta) is a cook who works hard to keep her little son, her younger sister and her mother alone. One day, your dreams come true: she splits in two. Her copy, identical physically, has different personality, being much more extroverted and courageous. The idea would be to divide the tasks with the other one, but soon Suellen realizes that the look-alike has plans of its own, and decides to betray the original.
Gloria and Grace
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Graça is a single mother who works as a massage therapist and lives with her two children: Moreno, 8, and Papoula, 15. One day, in a visit to the doctor, Graça is diagnosed with a brain aneurism that may rupture at any moment. Desperate about who will take care of her kids in the event of her death, she decides to go after her brother, Luiz Carlos, whom she hasn't seen in over 15 years due to a quarrel. When they meet, however, Luiz Carlos has become Gloria, a beautiful and successful transvestite, who now owns a restaurant and brags about being independent. At first, Gloria is unwilling to reconnect with her family; but as she becomes more guilt-stricken, she accepts Graça's invitation to meet her nephews and eventually realizes that maybe, to be complete, she needs to become a mother.
O Filho Eterno
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Roberto is in the edge to become a father for the first time. He was already dreaming of the years yet to come, wondering how his son would be. While trying to figure out how to act like a father he must also face and endure a tough reality - to be a Down syndrome child's dad. Insecure and ashamed of the situation he will have to confront and overcome it.
Ballad of Return
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One day, Eduardo arrives at his house and discovers that Julia, his wife, tried to commit suicide. She left her husband and two children without saying goodbye. After some time, she comes back home. He tries everything to set her straight, but the impossibility of knowing her fully grieves him. The shadow of the suicide and the inevitable ghost of a new chance hover over their heads. Eduardo insists on understanding his wife, but an increasing jealousy and an unexpected discovery of her past torture him. He does not realize that, most of the time, the search for control easily becomes an obsession.
Tô Ryca!
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Selminha is a lower-class woman who receives a family inheritance, but only if she meets the challenge of spending 30 million reais in 30 days, without accumulating anything. However, in this marathon, she will find out that there are things that money does not buy.
O Silêncio do Céu
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Después de ser violada por dos extraños dentro de su propia casa, Diana decide mantener su trauma en secreto. Mario, su esposo, tiene algo que ocultar también. En los días que siguen, el silencio que crece entre los dos se convierte en su propio tipo de violencia.
Nise: El corazón de la locura
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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.
Necropolis Symphony
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In the city of São Paulo, the routine of gravedigger apprentice Deodato changes when a new working girl arrives at the cemetery. Together, they must re-register the abandoned tombs, but strange events make the apprentice wonder about the consequences of messing with the dead.
Chatô: The King of Brazil
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The true story of Assis Chateaubriand, the first magnate of communications 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'.
Os Amigos
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Théo goes to the funeral of his childhood best friend. Then, memories return.
November
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The doorbell at the bridal shop rings.
Nem Que Tudo Termine Como Antes
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A very in love couple decide to set the date of their breaking up. They believe that ending their relationship on the top of their love would keep it preserved forever. The breaking up day arrives and they have to deal with it, each one in its own particular way.
Elvis & Madona
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Elvis & Madona is a romantic comedy that deals with an unusual subject in a delicate and realistic way: a love story between young lesbian Elvis and a transvestite Madona. The story takes place in Copacabana, neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The screenplay comprehends a full array of human types and, by following the journey of both protagonists, illustrates the conflicts generated by the evolution of behavior and custom. It is a modern and agile picture, and its soundtrack will follow the latest musical trends. Nevertheless, it is essentially a love story, proving that love can exist in any situation.
Uma Primavera
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At Lara's 13th birthday, her mother takes her to a picnic in the park. Everything goes well until the girl disappears, leaving the mother in complete despair.
De Pernas pro Ar
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Alice es una mujer de unos 30 y pocos años, casada con João, madre de un hijo y muy bien sucedida profesionalmente. Como una típica workaholic, es en el trabajo donde encuentra su más grande y único placer. Sin embargo, su vida personal es prácticamente inexistente: cero afectividad, cero libido, vida personal cero. Mientras que a ella le faltan afectividad y sexo, le sobran a su vecina, la maravillosa Marcela. Dueña de un sex shop, Marcela es una verdadera experta en el asunto y lo sabe todo cuando el tema es la búsqueda del placer. Sus vidas se cruzarán y las dos pasarán por grandes transformaciones por cuenta de este encuentro, como en las típicas comedias de errores.
I Don't Want to Go Back Alone
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La llegada a la escuela de un nuevo alumno cambia la vida de Leonardo, un adolescente ciego. A partir de entonces, Leo tendrá que lidiar con los celos de su amiga Giovana, mientras trata de averiguar cuáles son los sentimientos que él tiene hacia su nuevo amigo. Cortometraje que luego inspiró la película "A primera vista" (" Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho") .
Romance
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Director y actor de teatro, Pedro (Wagner Moura) se enamora de Ana (Letícia Sabatella), actriz con quien actua como pareja en la obra “Tristan e Isolda”. Entre bastidores, la pareja resbala en los obstáculos del amor contemporáneo: pasión, celos, rutina… ¿Es posible un feliz amor recíproco? Antes de llegar a una conclusión, Pedro y Ana tendrán su trayectoria afectada por la carrera de ella _ que empieza a tener éxito en la TV _ estimulada por la empresaria Fernanda (Andréa Beltrão). El nuevo escenario abre paso para la entrada de Orlando/José de Arimatéia (Vladimir Brichta). Haciendo el papel de actor, protagonizará con Ana en un programa especial de televisión y, lo más importante, ganará su corazón.
Last Stop 174
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Obra de ficción que hace una relectura del documental "Omnibus 174" realizado por José Padilha. Se basa en la historia del superviviente de una matanza de ocho niños mendigos, perpetrada por la policía en una iglesia de Río de Janeiro, en julio de 1993. Algunos años después, el chico secuestró el omnibus 174 y retuvo once rehenes durante cinco horas.
Tú, él y yo
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Cuando los planes de futuro cambian, nuevos vínculos se crean entre Danilo, Lucas y Marcos. Entre videojuegos y vasos de leche, dolor y decepción, tendrán que aprender a vivir juntos.
Not by Chance
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Enio is a middle-aged man who lives in solitude after a failed relationship. Pedro, 30, dates Teresa, who is moving to her home. He inherited a carpentry from his father and a taste for the pool. When a traffic accident crosses the parallel trajectories of the two, the imponderable imposes itself and the uncontrol begins.
A Stem
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Clarisse notices a small green leaf growing out of her right arm.
Bog of Beasts
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A man falls in love with a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money.
Love for Sale
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In northern Brazil, Hermila patiently waits for her husband. However, he has abandoned her. Sexy, restless and resolute, she raffles off "a night in paradise" with herself. This beautifully-shot portrait doesn't shy away from the burdens of a young scarred woman, but it also celebrates her courage to live according to her own rules.
Zuzu Angel
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Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zuzu Angel follows the case of her activist son Stuart's arrest, torture, murder, and subsequent corpse disposal by the military forces in early 1970s Rio de Janeiro, during the darkest era of Brazilian military regime and media censorship.
Olga
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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.
Circular Capital
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In the streets of Rio de Janeiro, survival is the name of the game where the protagonist is an imported 'hot' car. People, from all social levels, will do anything in order to possess it, if only for a few minutes.
Up Against Them All
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A story about the lies, treachery and vengeance of a middle-class family living on the outskirts of São Paulo. Four characters try desperately to change their lives, but are unable to escape their destiny.