Rosa
Paralysed by fear of the future, a middle aged French bureaucrat escapes to Brazil where a destructive affair with a boy forces her to learn to live in the present.
On a hot summer day, Paloma decides to fulfill her most cherished dream: a traditional wedding in a church with her boyfriend Zé. She is a devoted mother, a hard-working farmhand in a papaya plantation and has been saving to afford the celebration. The priest’s refusal to marry her and Zé will force Paloma to confront the rural society. She suffers violence, betrayal, prejudice and injustice but nothing shakes the faith and determination of this transgender woman.
Rose
Justino, a 45-year-old member of the indigenous Desana people, is a security guard at the Manaus harbor. As his daughter prepares to soon depart to Brasília, Justino comes down with a mysterious fever.
After receiving a washing machine delivery man at home and experiencing an uncomfortable situation, Carmen begins to understand the limits between her body, as well as those of other women and the city from a new angle.
Returning early from his vacation after the Carnival period to investigate the murder of a young French tourist, Breno Wanderley is faced with possible reflections of his own history from which he cannot escape. Between Ash Wednesday and post-Carnival Sunday, Breno tries to unravel the crime and sees in his son, also called Breno, a chance to reinvent himself in a broken and sullen city.
Luciene
En un futuro cercano. El pueblo de Bacurau llora la muerte de su matriarca Carmelita, que falleció a los 94 años. Algunos días más tarde, los habitantes se dan cuenta de que el pueblo está siendo borrado del mapa...
A fraud in a labor cause is discovered, but nothing like a good deal in Brazil. With Justice, with the market, with everything.
Amanda
En el Brasil de 2027, donde las raves celebran el amor celestial y las consultas espirituales se han convertido en norma, Joana mantiene su relación con Dios como el aspecto más importante de su vida. Utiliza su trabajo como notaria para que las parejas que soliciten el divorcio reconsideren su posición, además de participar como miembro en un grupo poco convencional de religiosos que la ayudan a mantener su matrimonio a flote. Aunque tanto ella como su marido tienen problemas para lograr traer un niño al mundo, el esfuerzo que conlleva esta tarea les acercará aún más a la gracia de Dios.
Nun 1/Hooker 1
While the country is under the yoke of a military junta and corrupt priests preach the apocalypse, a lawless, eccentric family – a kind of Bonnie & Clyde with kids – trek through the Brazilian interior. Their first aim is to deliver a consignment of weapons to a group of militant nuns who have withdrawn to the jungle, living off the income from their cannabis plantation. As gay , bi, trans, the converts so organized to make revolution.
Paciente
Veronica, a young woman, lives in Recife, one of the most violent cities in Brazil. Her life is filled with fleeting love affairs and passing romances. As her father feels his death approaching, he asks a favor: that she finds true love before he passes away.