Paulo Autran

A portrait of the evolution of theater in the 20th century and a deep reflection on the art of acting through the career of Paulo Autran (1922-2007), one of the greatest actors in Brazil.

After 12 years, Sofía and Rímini decided to separate. While Rímini finds it easy to move on and start a new life, Sofía stays stuck in the past and constantly harasses him. She reappears again and again on Rímini's horizon to reconquer him, torture him or redeem him.

군부 독재 치하의 1970년 브라질, 펠레가 이끄는 브라질 대표팀이 월드컵에 출전한다. 축구를 좋아하는 열살 난 소년 마우로는 부모와 함께 상파울로의 할아버지 댁으로 향한다. 부모님이 휴가를 가시기 때문이다. 브라질 대표팀의 첫 경기가 열리기 전까지 돌아올테니 걱정하지 말고 할아버지와 잘 지내라는 아빠. 그러나 말과는 다르게 엄마는 마치 돌아오지 않을 사람처럼 마우로를 붙잡고 눈물을 흘린다. 부모님이 떠난 후 할아버지의 집 앞에 앉아 그를 기다리던 마우로는 할아버지께서 갑작스러운 사고로 돌아가셨다는 이야기를 듣게 된다. 부모님이 올 때까지 옆집에 사는 유태인 노인 슬롬과 지내기로 한 마우로, 그러나 브라질팀의 경기가 시작됐는데도 부모님은 돌아오지 않고, 거리에는 경찰과 군인들의 수가 늘어나 분위기가 어수선하다. 어느날 슬롬마저 공산주의자로 의심을 받아 잡혀가고 혼자 남은 마우로는 부모님과 슬롬을 기다리며 결승에 오른 브라질팀을 응원하는데… 2006년 브라질 최고의 영화로 꼽힌 수작, 2007년 베를린국제영화제 경쟁부문 진출작.

In Nordestina, a small town lost in the Brazilian badlands, young Karina dreams of becoming an actress and leaving to explore the world. Before losing his love, Dona Nazaré’s son, Antônio, takes the first step in a kamikaze crusade to bring the world to Karina. For that, Antônio leaves town and announces, in a TV show that he will set off on a sensational adventure: a trip into the future, starting from Nordestina’s square. A story where dreams contradict reality, geographical and political conditions threaten to block life, and love plays the part of the transforming element.

italian documentary

The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Martim Scorsese and the writer Marguerite Duras, who at the time considered a "fabulous filmic opera."

Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.

A male nurse goes to a small village in Bahia's countryside. Based on the Machado de Assis short story.

The story of one of the most important Brazilian heroes, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes. He was the leader of a group who tried to proclaim Brazil's Independence from Portugal in 1789. But he was betrayed by one of his comrades and hanged.

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

With death getting near, a retired officer remembers the most important passages in his life and his participation in historical events in Brazil, such as the Lieutenants' Movement, and the 1964 coup.

In a specialized, hermetic drama about love won and lost, not necessarily by the same individuals, novice director Christine Laurent has focused on the backstage melodramas of an opera company. The conductor for an upcoming performance of the Marriage of Figaro has his mind and heart on other matters -- an entrancing diva who keeps him enraptured with her presence and voice. In the meantime, he finds fault with his cast members who cannot, of course, measure up to the woman of his dreams. As singers encounter one problem or another, it is clear that something has to be done about the conductor. Director Laurent designed costumes for both theater and opera, giving her some insight into the venue.

남아메리카의 상상 국가 엘도라도, 임종 직전의 파울루는 자신의 삶을 돌아본다. 정치 영화의 걸작으로 꼽히는 이 작품에서 감독은 인민주의적 좌파와 파시스트적 우파가 모두 실패한 과정을 꼼꼼히 파헤친다. 전형적인 이야기 구조를 거부하며 새로운 방식의 플롯을 선보이는 은 라틴 아메리카의 엄혹한 “정치적 경험의 느낌”(로버트 스탬)을 표현한다.

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.

Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time.

An unlucky trumpeter and a young singer try to rebuild their lives in Brazilian nightclubs. They will try everything for everything while making a risky heist.

When a lady-killer announces his wedding, seven of his ex-girlfriends decide to kidnap him, keeping him in a sailing ship.

This was Brazil's first feature film in color.

Swindler in jail devises a scheme to blackmail the family of recently deceased people, threatening to tell supposedly incriminating facts about their dead relatives' lives.

An employee of a glass factory suffers with his wife's contempt and starts to develop homicidal delusions about her. One night, he meets a singer which resembles his wife a lot and conjures up a plan.

Sílvia Nogalis a concert pianist prefers her career to marriage. On the night when she performs "Appassionata" by Beethoven she receives news of the suicide of her husband, the master Walter Hauser.