José de Carvalho

Películas

Berenice Seeks
Screenplay
Berenice is a dedicated female taxi driver in Rio de Janeiro. She is consumed by her job and the little free time she has needs to be divided between raising her son Thiago, a teenager exploring his sexuality, and her troubled relationship with her husband Domingos, a police reporter. The scars of the worn-out relationship, ruined by her husband's violent outbursts, have erased her femininity and led her into a great existential emptiness. The murder of Isabelle, a beautiful transgender woman, on Copacabana Beach, ignites her investigative side and transforms her life.
Vidas Partidas
Screenplay
A married couple lives peacefully with two children until the husband starts getting violent.
Beatriz
Screenplay
In Lisbon, Marcelo writes a novel, using the life of his own wife, Beatriz, as the main inspiration to the story. The creative process of the book takes a dangerous path, ultimately compromising the love they feel for each other.
A Esperança é a Última que Morre
Screenplay
Brazilian Western
Screenplay
En Brasilia, a comienzos de los años 80. Joao do Santo Cristo es un joven marginal que se enamora de Maria Lucia, una estudiante de arquitectura. A su alrededor, la capital de Brasil resulta una ciudad cada vez más convulsa en un conflicto de intereses entre traficantes de droga y la policía mientras el régimen de la dictadura militar vislumbra su final.
Elvis & Madona
Screenplay
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.
Bruna Surfistinha
Screenplay
Raquel Pacheco es una joven brasileña de 21 años que con el seudónimo de Bruna Surfistinha se ha convertido en un fenómeno de ventas en su país tras editas, gracias a la fama ganada en su blog, un libro en el que narra las experiencias sexuales que le dejaron tres años de prostitución.
So Hard to Forget
Screenplay
Julia es una profesora de literatura inglesa lesbiana de 35 años luchando contra la depresión de perder a su pareja, Antonia. Sintiéndose totalmente abandonada después de la enigmática separación, Julia es arrojada a un desesperado y doloroso proceso. Su vida y sus valores se tiñen de una melancolía insoportable y la medida de su vida se reduce a fragmentos fuera de foco. Su confusión interna y los conflictos impiden un proceso ahora necesario: de readaptarse a su nueva vida. Es imposible para ella ocultar su dolor cuando intenta narrar las emociones. (FILMAFFINITY)
Cinderellas, Wolves and a Prince Charming
Screenplay
Around 900 thousand people are trafficked a year for international borders only for sexual exploitation. However, despite all the dangers, young Brazilian women to enter the world of sex tourism, believe that they will change their lives and their dream of finding a Charming Prince. A minority find a great love and get married. The film goes from the Brazilian Northeast to Berlin seeking to understand the sexual as well racial imaginary and power of young southern Cinderellas and northern wolves.
Darling Stranger
Screenplay
On Alberto's birthday, his daughter Zezé gets engaged. But the party turns sour when he decides to expose his pain and regrets.
Castillo Ra-Tim-Bum
Writer
En Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum Nino,de 300 años de edad, parece que tiene ocho o nueve años. Descrito por Graeber como un "homólogo brasileño" a Harry Potter, Nino trata de escribir un libro de hechizos para atraer a niños normales para que jueguen con él, pero su tía y su tío no le dejan. Por su parte, Losangela, un familiar, comienza conspirar con los promotores inmobiliarios con la esperanza de derribar mansión de la familia de Nino. (FILMAFFINITY)