Stepan Nercessian

Hickson lived off the books, running from one place to another to make a living. His only great achievement in life had been to win over his wife Jéssika, an evangelical hairdresser and his girlfriend since childhood. The two lead a life without great prospects in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro until Hickson gets a job at an evangelical radio station. With luck, talent and the help of Jessica, he soon becomes a pastor and has a meteoric rise in the church. But with fame and money comes envy. What now Hickson?

똑똑하지만 소심한 테테. 존재감 없던 지난날은 뒤로하고, 새로 전학 간 학교에서 적응하려 애쓴다. 하지만 그런 테테를 못마땅하게 여기는 여왕벌이 있었으니. 테테의 학교생활, 괜찮을까?

Manuela (Nathalia Dill) is a beach volleyball teacher, determined, objective and self-confident, always ready for fight. She never guided her happiness to a relationship and never planned to get married. But one day, an unexpected encounter takes place and she meets Leo (Marcos Veras), a successful, charismatic, extremely seductive, although very romantic, pediatrician. The two fall in love and start living a life together, but a disagreement cause their separation. During the fights and moments of nostalgia, and with the help of the manipulative Esther (Totia Meirelles), Manuela's mother, they will find out why they are inseparable.

Alice, a young music lover, and her best friend Socrates, go on a road trip, accompanied by Tinho, a former rocker, to play at the world's largest cover band festival.

Haílton Corrêa de Arruda, better known as Manga, maintained his residence in Ecuador. His and his wife's dream was Maria Cecília Cisneros to return to live in Brazil. At the beginning of the announcement of the pandemic, Manga arrived in Brazil to be honored by the players of Botafogo, to meet his only son who has not been there for years and to come across the transforming invitation of actor Stepan Nercessian.

When a police officer investigates an illegal gambling operation at a club, he gets roped into a high stakes game that spirals out of control.

Jorge is a private investigator that has a questionable character. He seeks information about the death of a young boy in a small city in the countryside of Brazil, that is full of unfriendly strangers. Nightmares with a woman that he has never seen before, Mariá, torments him. Their meeting, in a haunted woods, will reveal that it is not by chance that Jorge is part of this mysterious investigation.

Alice Segretto is more agitated than ever. The success of her chain of stores Sexy Delícia takes the businesswoman on a tour around the world. Working endlessly, Alice realizes that she has not been able to keep up with her family, which has also grown. Conflict sets in: how to reconcile this insane life with her family? Impetuously, Alice makes a curious decision, deciding to retire and hand over the business to her mother. But when a competitor comes up with a plan to steal the scene, Alice's life is once again flipped legs in the air.

The story of José Abelardo Barbosa, narrated from the time of his youth, when he was at medical school, and dropped everything to become a radio announcer. After that, we follow the transformation of his life and the creation of his alter ego, Chacrinha.

Leandra is in her mid-30s: she wants to get married and have children, but she does not have a boyfriend. Her sister, Sonia, is married and has two children, but all she wants is a night of fun with her best friend, Marinati - a workaholic lawyer who went to fall in love just when her career is on the rise. Marinati is Keka's boss, who is looking forward to the trip she's scheduled to save her marriage.

The meeting between two young guys, Marcelo —in the future, Marcelo D2— and Skunk , who sold t-shirts and cassette tapes in the center of Rio de Janeiro to survive, resulted in one of the most popular bands in Brazil in the 1990’s, Planet Hemp. Suppressed by a prejudiced society, the two made of their music a cry of alertness and resistance, conquering the hearts and minds of an entire generation.

The quartet of coup plotters is back, but before they need to resolve some minor internal disagreements, since Marco has struck a blow at his best friend, Beto, who, desolate, stops at a psychiatric clinic. It is up to Laura and Nelson to help him out of the institution.

Over a tense day in the emergency hospital, we follow the surgeon's work Evandro and staff in three cases that require risk surgery: a drug dealer, a military police officer and a rich family child, all injured during a shootout in a slum next to the hospital.

On December 19th, 1983, the dream was taken away. The most coveted trophy of all time, the Jules Rimet Cup disappeared from the headquarters of CBF, the Brazilian Football Association. Let me explain: every 4 years FIFA holds a Football World Cup. Back then, only a country that won the Cup three times could keep the trophy for good. This privilege was reserved to Brazil when they won for the 3rd time in 1970. The beautiful trophy was kept as a symbol of superiority in the headquarters of CBF, in Rio de Janeiro. “Jules and Dolores” is a pop comedy that tell us the real, preposterous and unusual story behind this theft.

Inspired by true events, this is a story about what happens when two outsiders from opposite corners of the world are thrown together: Brazil and Germany. Marten Brueckling, a retired music teacher from Germany, has inherited an original sheet of music from Bachs son. Marten has to collect the sheet in person in the beautiful Baroque city of Ouro Preto in the heart of Brazil. But Brazil is not for beginners: Funny circumstances drives hm to teach music to the kids of a juvenile detention center. Bachs music and Brazilian instruments mix perfectly. One of the kids is Fernando, a lovable, abandoned boy, who lived on the streets. But Marten discovers that they have more in common as he thought.

브라질의 리우에서 살아가는 열네 살 소년 라파엘과 가르도는 어느 날 우연히 쓰레기 더미에서 지갑을 발견하게 된다. 뜻밖의 행운에 기뻐한 것도 잠시, 곧 경찰이 들이닥쳐 어마어마한 현상금을 걸며 지갑을 수소문하고, 지갑에 중요한 무언가가 있음을 직감한 두 친구는 하수구에 사는 일명 ‘들쥐’에게 지갑을 맡긴다. 라파엘, 가르도, 들쥐의 수상한 낌새를 눈치챈 경찰은 세 소년을 쫓기에 이르고, 아이들은 지갑을 둘러싼 비밀을 밝혀내기 위해 수수께끼를 풀어나가기 시작하는데…….

영화에는 거리에서 사는 것이 좋아 노숙자가 된 귀여운 할머니에서부터 욕망의 이빨을 감춘 뱀파이어 웨이터, 리우 페스티벌에 왔다가 암벽을 타는 영화배우, 공중전화 박스에서 예수의 전화를 기다리는 가난한 꼬마 등, 도시를 이루는 다양한 인간 군상들의 모습이 담겨있다. 다양한 사람들의 모습만큼이나 역동적이고 다양한 표정의 도시에서 사람들은 사랑에 빠지고 사랑을 끝내며 함께 춤춘다. 이들의 감정과 함께 살아 움직이는 듯한 리우의 눈부신 해변과 암벽, 욕망이 넘실대는 밤의 공원, 국립극장과 예수상 등의 랜드마크까지 한눈에 보고 나면 마치 인간 세상의 축소판을 구경한 느낌이다. 에밀리 모티머, 하비 케이틀, 존 터투로, 바네사 파라디 등의 연기 대결을 보는 재미도 쏠쏠하다.

Rio de Janeiro, in the period in which the Police Pacification Units (PPUs) were beginning to be deployed in the city. Edna (Lilia Cabral) is the mother of Julio (Pedro Nercessian) and Silvio (Fiuk). One day she wakes up desperate to see that Julio just disappeared!

Taxi driver Oswaldir (Stepan Nercessian) entertains his passengers with stories from his daily work. In the special, the taxi driver tells several cases to a passenger (Luiz Gustavo), such as the story of the manicurist Ivonete (Rita Guedes), a woman so stunning that she was called to be Miss Irajá and pose for the cover of a magazine. Despite all the praise she received, she didn't have a boyfriend. Until Haroldão (Ernesto Piccolo) appeared. He won her over with a beautiful line, but soon let her down.

An evening in an old time dance hall in Sao Paulo introduces us to local characters who reminisce about the past, wonder about the future, have fun, flirt, fight and, of course, dance. Its earthy humour and eternal themes of ageing, loneliness and desire is an antidote to grumpy old men and women everywhere.

A group of students in the senior year of high school who have to face to choices of the everyday life. The problems within groups in the school and with having to face the future.

Antônio is an astrophysicist who has just found out he has an inoperable brain tumor. After decades living in the United States, he returns to Brazil and tries to learn more about his biological mother. His quest sends him off into the slums of Rio de Janeiro.

인간의 어리석음에 신물이 난 신은 모두 다 떠나서 휴가를 취하기로 결심한다. 그러기 위해서 그는 자신의 자리를 맡아줄 성자가 필요하다. 브라질에선 아직 공인된 성인이 없긴 하지만 신은 어느 곳보다도 신앙심 깊은 국민들이 있는 그 곳에서 성인을 찾기로 한다. 퀸카 다스 뮬라스 라는 성인을 찾는 신은 어부이자 타이어 수리공인 타오카, 그리고 아름다운 처녀 마다와 함께 길을 가게 된다. 이들과 함께 브라질의 방방곡곡을 돌아다니는 신의 여정은 길에서 만난 다양한 사람들로 인해 풍부한 이야기를 자아낸다. (2003년 제29회 서울독립영화제) 연출의도 시네마 노보(Cinema Novo)의 산증인 카를로스 디에게스 감독이 99년 이후 내놓은 신작 는 그가 로드 무비 장르로 다시 돌아왔음을 알려주고 있다. 텔레비전이라는 새로운 라이벌을 만나 현대화의 흐름 속에서 좌충우돌하는 일단의 카니발 배우들이 등장하는 79년작 에서와 같이 이 최신작에서 노감독이 보여주고자 하는 것은 아름다움에 대한 찬사와 그의 조국 브라질에 대한 애정이다. 또한 일련의 브라질 영화들이 담고 있는 거친 사회에 대한 비관적인 대응과는 달리 좀 더 나아질 미래에 대한 노감독의 지긋한 낙관 또한 내비치고 있는 작품이다.

Free adaptation of Machado de Assis' classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.

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.

A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face ideological and ethical questions, brought back by a left-wing former boyfriend and her own colleagues. At the same time, a free-lancer spy is sent by an obscure figure in politics to manipulate the elections and its media coverage.

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

In 1987, in Goiânia, two paper collectors find a radioactive capsule and sell it to the owner of a junkyard. Once the capsule is opened, more than 250 people end up contaminated by the substance called Cesium 137, being the biggest radiological accident in the history of Brazil.

Middle-class girl gets involved with a jealous drug dealer, who wants to kill all of her previous boyfriends.

Father and son are members of a decadent circus. Tired of being constantly criticized by the owner of the circus, the crash ventriloquist makes a joke about his boss, and the two fight. The clown Marreco, the ventriloquist's son, hits his boss on the head. Now the two will have to escape from the police while living an adventure.

Toquinho is a young man living in Marechal Hermes, a poor neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, together with his widow mother and a younger sister. Although he is poor, he is also ambitious, and wants to change his life. He spends all his time on the beach, at Arpoador, Ipanema, where he dreams to become a famous surfer. Besides, he usually finds Patricia there, a rich and liberated young woman, whom he likes a lot. To impress Patricia and satisfy some of her wishes, he lets himself be seduced by André, a gay guy who, in return for his sexual favors, promises him a trip to Hawaii for a surf championship.

Adventures of a migrant who comes from Northeast Brazil to Rio de Janeiro, where he meets a prostitute.

Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets.

History of a famous Brazilian bandit of the early seventies and his fight against a death squad.

History of a famous Brazilian bandit of the early seventies and his fight against a death squad.

The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributes" in order to get power.

Two young men in search of adventure meet Iracema, a bride who's been left waiting at the church. They give her a ride on their jeep, until they find the most strange family: a couple with seven girls and a son. According to popular tradition, a man born after seven girls is bound to become a werewolf.

Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot against Her Majesty arises!

The trajectory of an actor. The difficulties of the profession and the magical belief in the vocation. Rodolfo Arena with 64 years of age, 45 years of career as an actor, 109 films and 500 plays.

"Como É Boa a Nossa Empregada" is an erotic comedy from the 70's (called "pornochanchada" genre) divided in three segments: 1) "Lula e a Copeira": Lula uses frogs, bats and spiders to scare the ugly kitchen maid of his house and force her to quit the job. When his parents put an advertisement on the newspaper to hire a new maid, he waits the candidates outside the house to choose one very hot, telling lies about his family to the others. They hire the sexy Clara, who is subjected to a sexual harassment from Lula's father Rivadávia, the family's friend Dr. Ricardo and Lula, leading the trio to troubled situations. 2) "O Terror das Empregadas": The sixteen years old Bebeto chases all the maids of his house and neighborhood trying to have intercourse with them. His mother takes him to the psychologist Dr. Leonel, who convinces her that her son needs to have a sexual experience with a whore to help his self-esteem, and suggests the sexy and expensive prostitute Leila Sandra.

Pra Quem Fica, Tchau tells the story of a teenager from the interior who comes to Rio, financed by an uncle, and goes to live with a womanizer cousin.

Country boy arrives in Rio de Janeiro, looking for a better life, but he finds it extremely difficult to get a job, and even has to work as a pimp in order to survive.

In the bohemian 1960s Rio de Janeiro, the 16 year-old rebel and reckless teenager Marcelo, a terrible student that plays hooky from school, dreams on leaving his home and move to São Paulo to work hard, make money and travel abroad to visit the world.