Ênio Gonçalves
出生 : 1943-08-28, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
死亡 : 2013-10-05
The Father (segment "Mail is for Mailbox")
An anthology of 26 fan entries submitted for inclusion in ABCs of Death 2, each offering various takes on the letter "M"
Independent feature film based on the biography of a Brazilian judo with a great victory that went beyond the mats and medals.
The Father
Submitted for "The ABCs of Death 2" competition.
Emiliano
One day away of Marcelo's wedding, the tailor, the groom and his father will have to correct much more than the suit's measures.
Abel
Gabriel and Laura are two strangers drawn to each other by a spark of restlessness in their eyes. At Laura's sanctuary, an abandoned factory, a man with a camera will put their revolutionary fantasies to the test.
Após perder a esposa e a caminho do suicídio, um homem se depara com O Livro dos Espíritos e começa uma jornada de transformação interior rumo aos mistérios da vida espiritual e suas influências no mundo material.
Dom Elísio
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.
Nelson Torres
Aurélia, a young black woman who works at a factory and lives in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo, is seeing Fábio Tavares, who gets involved with a racist neo-nazi group.
Self
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Lionel
Fernanda, a radio DJ, has a show in which she tells gruesome and gory horror stories about satanic rituals and sex murders. However, when bodies start turning up around town killed in exactly the way Fernanda describes on her show, it looks like someone or some group is using her show to get ideas.
Henrique
Henrique
The lives of three teachers in the outskirts of São Paulo, their love lives, their interaction with the poor surroundings, their family problems.
(archive footage)
Yet another Godfrey Ho-scripted / Joseph Lai-produced / IFD-distributed "cut-and-paste" job. This one takes much of its footage from the 1983 Brazilian movie Doce Delirio and adds new and unrelated martial arts footage shot by Phillip Ko.
Fausto
Transposition of the myth of Faust to modern Brazil. The heir to a bankrupt cigarette factory, amidst a personal crisis, leaves everything behind and heads for a supposed paradise he has seen in a tourist agency, where he believes he could find self-knowledge. In his search, he is inspired by a Mephisto-like character.
Renato
Theodoro, a country boy goes to São Paulo from Florianópolis to work as a driver. He starts to work for rich and domineering Mariana. When her husband, Renato travels in Europe on business, he takes her for a trip to Campos do Jordão, where she has a vacation manor. It will not be long until the two begin a torrid love affair. However, he also enchants with her daughter, Ana Paula and sister, Luisa. Involved with all three, he discovers that his life may be in danger, because he finds out that two previous family drivers, Alfredo and Renato were killed in the house.
A story of a young woman who is cheating her impotent husband with the surrounding teenagers.
Cido
A group of eleven women organize a soccer team, as a manifesto against sexism.
Heleno and Claudia reverses the daily roles traditionally reserved for men and women: He dedicated himself to domestic tasks. She's a jerky business lady.
Rodrigo
In "Solo de Violino", bank clerk and aspirant violinist Rodrigo is a serial killer. When his next door neighbor reveals that she is in love with his music and Rodrigo, he has difficulties in controlling his killing impulses. In "A Guerra da Malvina", four female thieves break in the house of the porn star David Cardoso to rob money and jewelry, but they end having sex with the actor.
After a heavy rain storm, several vehicles get stuck on a muddy road. Soon hunger and fatigue change people's manners, making them behave in a very noncivilized way.
Átila
Innocent girl starts working as a secretary in an office. Soon she finds out a hole in the wall through which she can see the action in the next apartment, where a prostitute meets her bizarre clients.
Gilberto
After separating from her abusive husband, Analu knows Fernanda, a lovely lady who offers her shelter. The friendship between the two turns into an intense love affair, but Fernanda shows possessive and violent. The situation worsens when her husband discovers her whereabouts Analu and starts chasing her. And even worse when Fernanda also rejected, decides to put an end to the life of the lover, without considering the consequences.
Mentally disturbed woman always ends up killing her lovers.
Screenplay
Marcos
A young couple uses creativity to escape the rules of the girl's father, a conservative Italian, and her grandmother. Even under the patriarch's watch, the roguish boyfriend manages to fulfill his desires.
Year 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives in a small town, which they call "I Forgot." The trio is recruited by an indigenist to pretend to be indigenous during the visit of a general. In the dilemma of integrating into the system or preserving individual freedom, the family moves toward disintegration as the city prepares to launch a space rocket.
Guy
The young singer Beth is torn between love for the honest pianist Guy; and the powerful smuggler Estênio, who sponsors his promising career.
José Roberto Nery
A young engineer on holiday gets involved with a boy who has a strange relationship with the wind. Their close friendship arouses suspicion in the small town. When the boy disappears, the engineer is accused of murdering him.
Boyfriend
The story of a civil servant who lives with his elderly mother. Falling in love with a corrupt politician's young and rich daughter, he abandons himself to crazy and violent situations.