Production Design
Diego es un director de cine que, al enterarse que su enfermedad maligna puede ser fatal, se casa con su mujer de muchos años, se despide de sus amigos y entra en una rutina de largas jornadas en un hospital. Lidiando con el dolor y conversando con la muerte conoce a un niño hindú, que se vuelve su más nuevo amigo. Un día, el niño ya no aparece. Diego recibe alta, pero su vida ya no será la misma. Se acaba su matrimonio y, solitario, empieza a cuestionarse si no se está muriendo y nadie le dice nada, hasta que conoce una nueva mujer...
Art Direction
A group of friends come of age during the political turmoil that plagued Brazil in the 1960's and 70's. Together, these musicians form a band called "Os Desafinados" and become a part of the groundbreaking Brazilian musical movement called Bossa Nova
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An upper-middle class punk singer Andre, Magnata spends his time with his low-class friends, singing in clubs and wasting money. When he accepts a challenge to steal a Ferrari, he gets involved in a thriller that can lead him to a tragic consequence.
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After being forced into a marriage and enduring a humiliating work routine in the hands of his father-in-law, Zé Araújo becomes the mythical Ojuara, an unconventional hero devoted to debauchery.
Writer
Cafundó is a 35 mm color film which blends fact with fiction in the life of João de Camargo, a former black slave (1858-1942, Sorocaba, Brazil) who, in his old age, works miracles and devotes himself to assisting others in order to attain his freedom. João de Camargo represents the genesis of religious and cultural syncretism in Brazil.
Director
Cafundó is a 35 mm color film which blends fact with fiction in the life of João de Camargo, a former black slave (1858-1942, Sorocaba, Brazil) who, in his old age, works miracles and devotes himself to assisting others in order to attain his freedom. João de Camargo represents the genesis of religious and cultural syncretism in Brazil.
Actor - Avant garde
A 50 year-old woman who analyses her past. She pictures herself when she was 20 years old and she re-creates the story of her life through a game of innumerous possibilities. What if she wouldn't have gone to that ball? What if... instead of meeting the man of her life, with whom she married and had kids, she would have called a girlfriend and they went to the theater? What would be her destiny? What would have happened? In the plot the present talks to the past. A young woman projects her future in a fascinating game between memories and desires.
Art Direction
A 50 year-old woman who analyses her past. She pictures herself when she was 20 years old and she re-creates the story of her life through a game of innumerous possibilities. What if she wouldn't have gone to that ball? What if... instead of meeting the man of her life, with whom she married and had kids, she would have called a girlfriend and they went to the theater? What would be her destiny? What would have happened? In the plot the present talks to the past. A young woman projects her future in a fascinating game between memories and desires.
Production Design
La película está basada en las experiencias del doctor Drauzio Varella en la prisión estatal Carandiru, en São Paulo, Brasil, durante sus trabajos de prevención del SIDA. En la prisión se encontró con cientos de convictos bajo condiciones infrahumanas hasta el punto culminante de 1992 cuando una revuelta provocó el asesinato de 111 hombres.
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The life of Brazilian actress Odete Lara, muse of the movement called Cinema Novo in Brazil, who exchanged stardom for a quiet and religious life.
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Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood. But the local drug boss Lucinho stands between them and will drastically change both their lives.
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A young girl named Marcela lives with her dad, Jose, a lighthouse keeper, and old Daniel on an island. The only contact the girl has with the world outside her home is by a boat with four sailors that pays a visit to the island in order to take them supplies. Daniel, who not only protects her from her dad's strictness but also teaches her how to be literate, is her source of tenderness. Her dad thinks she should be away from the world - though she wishes she could spend a few days in town. Then one day, as she has her first period and becomes a woman, she starts feeling sexuality through the blowing wind, which she talks to.
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In the 18th century in a forgotten town, young Benedicta is the executioner's daughter. Monk Ambrosius, newly arrived at the village, pities the girl but his interest in her unleashes the jealousy of Rochus and the conflict between passion and celibacy begins.
Production Design
The real story of Carlos Lamarca, a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders.
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In Vitória, the middle-age piano teacher Gertrudes sublets her apartment to two younger women, the unstable Lúcia and the nurse Madalena. Gertrudes misses and daydreams her former love and has a motherhood relationship with Lúcia; Madalena has a promiscuous life, having one night stand with the most different men every day and her behavior is criticized by Gertreudes; and Lúcia is dreamer that manipulates Gertrudes and expects that the handyman Alfredo becomes her prince charming. Their conflictive relationship ends when Madalena discloses their inner feelings and secrets to each other.
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El campeón de kickboxing, David Sloan, su entrenador Xian y su hermana Isabella viajan a Río de Janeiro, donde David tiene que participar en una exhibición. Allí les esperan una serie de desagradables encuentros, que obligarán a David a mostrar su destreza en la lucha, tanto dentro como fuera del ring.
Production Design
Un grupo de misioneros se instala en la profunda selva amazónica con la intención de evangelizar a los indios niaruna. Mientras tanto, un par de mercenarios tienen órdenes de masacrar la tribu.
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After arguing with his ex-girlfriend, truck driver Jorge hits the road again, while remembering the past and questioning his friendship with his manipulative boss.
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En una prisión sudamericana, Molina (William Hurt) y Valentín (Raúl Julia), dos compañeros de celda, se cuentan sus respectivas historias. Molina es un homosexual encarcelado por seducir a un menor. Valentín es un revolucionario que no ha olvidado las torturas a las que ha sido sometido durante los interrogatorios.
Costume Design
Bill Markham, un ingeniero estadounidense, supervisa la construcción de una presa en la selva amazónica. Mientras está trabajando, unos indígenas raptan a Tommy, su hijo de siete años. Diez años más tarde, Bill consigue encontrarle viviendo con la tribu Los Invisibles, a la que Tommy, ahora Tomme, pertenece. Esto dará lugar a un significativo choque cultural entre ellos.
Production Design
Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.
Art Direction
A senator having contacts with illegal betting activities is killed by the man who is his right arm, who wanted to get his position. But the power structure resents this disturbance and can fall apart, specially since there's a witness.
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Costume Design
Nilo Barrão steals a car from the telephone company and robs the mansion of Mara, the wife of an industrialist on vacation. A nymphomaniac, she demands that Nilo rapes her, but he only partially satisfies her wishes, as he prefers to plan physical violence against Paula, a transvestite who lives in the same house, with Mara's help. The arrival of a nearsighted enumerator interrupts, for a moment, the sadomasochistic game. Teresinha, Mara's adoptive niece, upon returning from school, is de-virginized, with her consent, by Nilo. Paula, suddenly transformed into a sorceress, decides to take revenge.
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Nilo Barrão steals a car from the telephone company and robs the mansion of Mara, the wife of an industrialist on vacation. A nymphomaniac, she demands that Nilo rapes her, but he only partially satisfies her wishes, as he prefers to plan physical violence against Paula, a transvestite who lives in the same house, with Mara's help. The arrival of a nearsighted enumerator interrupts, for a moment, the sadomasochistic game. Teresinha, Mara's adoptive niece, upon returning from school, is de-virginized, with her consent, by Nilo. Paula, suddenly transformed into a sorceress, decides to take revenge.
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Costume Design
Pixote, un niño fugitivo de 10 años, es arrestado en las calles de Sao Paulo durante una redada policial a personas sin hogar. Pixote soporta la tortura, la degradación y la corrupción en un centro local de detención juvenil donde dos de los fugitivos son asesinados por policías que enmarcan a Lilica, una estafadora transvesti de 17 años. Pixote ayuda a Lilica y a otros tres niños a escapar donde se ganan la vida con la vida del crimen, que solo aumenta a más violencia y muerte.
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Pixote, un niño fugitivo de 10 años, es arrestado en las calles de Sao Paulo durante una redada policial a personas sin hogar. Pixote soporta la tortura, la degradación y la corrupción en un centro local de detención juvenil donde dos de los fugitivos son asesinados por policías que enmarcan a Lilica, una estafadora transvesti de 17 años. Pixote ayuda a Lilica y a otros tres niños a escapar donde se ganan la vida con la vida del crimen, que solo aumenta a más violencia y muerte.
Art Direction
This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.
