Weber José 'Cabelo' da Silva Cunha

Laura makes spooky observations as soon as she starts her job as a teacher for two orphan students at a plantation. She concludes that it has something to do with the former caretaker and his romantic partner.

Un grupo de policías honestos es enviado a un pueblo de campo para resolver el problema de la alta delincuencia. Pronto ellos resuelven el problema, mientras que la recién llegada Francis debe superar sus límites para demostrar que tiene valor. Ellos son aclamados por la opinión pública. Pero al poco tiempo la aplicación de la fuerza de la ley comienza a molestar a todos, y el verdadero enemigo es revelado. Nuestra sociedad se está preparada para un policía honesto?

Mario Kubo is a quiet man. For many, he seems lost. Disconnected from the world around him, he is not doing well. On the days where we follow his life, he seems to undergo a fundamental transformation. Mario receives a letter from Japan with undecipherable content, since he doesn’t speak Japanese. Alone, he begins a journey after something that he is not quite sure what it is.

Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.