Teca Pereira

The story of the decline of the Soares family in the final months of the 19th century. Isabel is the dying mother, and her daughters are Maria and Ana. The three women try hard to forget about their pasts in the coffee farm and face the industrial times that start to take over Brazil.

In 2027 Brazil, civil servant Joana mainly deals with divorce cases. As a member of a branch of evangelical Christians known as the Divino Amor group, she uses her position to offer a kind of physical therapy to couples who want to separate. Although Joana and her husband Danilo regularly consummate their marriage, neither her constant prayers nor any other methods of assistance seem to be able to fulfill their desire for a child.

Small-town trickster Pedro Malasartes has to face two great enemies: Próspero, who will do anything to impede such a lazy, cowardly person like Malasartes from dating his sister, Áurea; and Death incarnated, who wants to take a vacation after two thousand years collecting lives and intends on tricking Malasartes into assuming his tedious job.

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…….

Based on Guimarães Rosa's (classic Brazilian author) short story, the movie tells the story of Augusto Matraga, a bankrupt and violent farmer who lives above the Law in Minas Gerais' hinterland. During a difficult time, he finds himself in the middle of a trap that nearly kills him. Born again, Matraga resorts to faith and hard work in the pursuit of redemption. Years later, he arrives at the village reigned by the hinterland's ruler and his thugs. This new friendship will challenge his destiny. Inside Matraga, the Saint and the Warrior will duel until his time comes.