Irandhir Santos

Renata lives isolated in the countryside with her teenage daughter and her husband, conceiving fear as a common feeling. The arrival of a stranger awakens in her the desire for all that was asleep.

Returning early from his vacation after the Carnival period to investigate the murder of a young French tourist, Breno Wanderley is faced with possible reflections of his own history from which he cannot escape. Between Ash Wednesday and post-Carnival Sunday, Breno tries to unravel the crime and sees in his son, also called Breno, a chance to reinvent himself in a broken and sullen city.​

The quiet life of the small town Piedade's inhabitants is shaken up by the arrival of a big oil company, which barges in taking over houses and local businesses, throwing everyone out, to better reach and use the area's natural resources.

A restaurant owner going over the edge when an armed robbery is attempted at his establishment. He holds everyone captive at gunpoint – criminals and customers alike – and situations corrode into a nightmare state, guided by manipulation and raw compulsion.

An account on the immersion process of Brazilian method actor Irandhir Santos, while building up his character for "Redemoinho" (Whirlpool, 2017), captured on set by director of photography Walter Carvalho.

Luzimar cycles each day to and from work at the local cotton mill in his hometown of Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a hard-working man, trying to make the most of what he has. One day, his childhood friend Gildo reappears, driving a fancy car and boasting of his successful life in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo. As the two sit down for a beer, memories, regrets and old resentments slowly resurface.

노년의 클라라에게 평생을 살아온 오래된 건물 아쿠아리우스는 집 이상의 의미가 있다. 재개발을 앞두고 건설사의 회유와 이웃들의 불만이 쏟아지지만 그녀는 퇴거를 거부하고, 곧 그녀의 일상에는 의문의 위협이 찾아드는데… 집단이기주의에 맞서 싸우는 쏘냐 브래거의 열연이 돋보인다.

A photographer travels to São Paulo for his first solo exhibition and decides to stay in his now married, ex-girlfriend’s house.

A young architect embarking upon his first major project is unexpectedly brought face to face with dark secrets from his ancestral past.

아버지가 떠나 버린 후, 소년과 남자의 기로에 서 있는 세르지뉴의 일상은 힙겹기만 하다. 세르지뉴는 마켓에서 일하며 우울한 어머니와 어린 남동생을 돌보아야 한다. 사랑이 필요한 세르지뉴에게 친구 무디뇨와 실비냐와 보내는 시간들은 즐겁다. 세르지뉴는 특별히 개인교습을 해 주는 선생님 네이의 집에서 가장 많은 시간을 보낸다. 사랑인지 동경인지 알 수 없는 복잡한 감정을 느끼는 세르지뉴. 갑자기 어른이 되어야만 하는 세르지뉴의 일상과 감정의 흐름이 17살 배우 마테우스 파군데스의 섬세한 연기로 펼쳐진다. [제 17회 서울국제청소년영화제]

Musical drama that uses popular myths of Brazilian culture to narrate a story full of meetings and misunderstandings, betrayals and loves, crimes and punishments. Against the backdrop of the Pernambuco backlands – its people and its culture, the cordel, the bandits, the cinema and the circus – the film is a universal drama, laden with unique poetry, where reality and the dreamworld mingle.

In a small village in the hinterland, three stories of love and desire are changing the emotional landscape of its residents. Characters of a romanesque world in which their conceptions of life are limited on one side by human instincts, on the other by a blind and fatalist fate.

Paulete, the star of a daring theater group, is visited by his military brother-in-law, the young Fininha. A torrid relationship arises between the two, and now the soldier must deal with the prevailing repression during the Brazilian military dictatorship.

Zizo, a radical and anarchist poet living in a marginal quarter of Recife in the north eastern state of Pernambuco, distributes his social angst-filled thoughts through a publication named Febre do Rato, and spews poetry to anyone who’d listen. Our character always revolves within the universe that he has created around himself. A very particular world, in which satisfying the unfortunate is a mixture of a kind of benefit with high dose of malice.

Life in a middle-class neighbourhood in present day Recife, Brazil, takes an unexpected turn after the arrival of an independent private security firm. The presence of these men brings a sense of safety and a good deal of anxiety to a culture which runs on fear. Meanwhile, Bia, married and mother of two, must find a way to deal with the constant barking and howling of her neighbour’s dog. A slice of ‘Braziliana’, a reflection on history, violence and noise.

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.

브라질의 S.W.A.T팀으로 불리는 ‘보피’부대는 브라질 최악의 갱들만을 수감하는 감옥 ‘반구 원’에서 폭동이 발생하자 이를 진압하기 위해 곧바로 투입된다. ‘보피’의 팀장인 ‘나시멘투’ 대령은 대원들을 감옥 주요 진입로에 배치시키고 작전을 지휘한다. 그러나 인권문제로 인한 후폭풍이 두려운 나머지 정부는 진압 명령을 내리지 않고 ‘보피’를 대기시킨다. 이 때, 인권협회장인 ‘프라가’가 사건의 원만한 해결을 위해‘반구 원’ 감옥에 도착하고 폭동의 주동자인 ‘베이라다’와 협상을 벌인다. 협상의 내용은 인질로 잡혀 있는 교도관 2명을 풀어주면 사건을 원하는 방향으로 정리해 주겠다는 것. 이에 ‘베이라다’가 인질 2명을 풀어주는 순간 ‘나시멘투’의 대기 명령을 어긴 ‘마티아즈’ 대위의 발포로 ‘베이라다’가 총에 맞아 즉사하고 폭동은 진압된다. 그러나 이 장면을 목격한 인권협회장 ‘프라가’는 현장의 모든 일을 언론에 폭로하게 되고, 이 사건으로 인해 ‘나시멘투’를 징계하자는 의견이 인권협회와 좌파 정치인 사이에 대두 되지만 국민들은 악랄한 갱단의 두목이 제거된 것에 환호하며 오히려 ‘나시멘투’를 지지하는 목소리가 높아진다. 이에 정부는 ‘나시멘투’를 ‘보피’부대 사령관에서 보직 해임하는 대신 정보부 차관으로 승진 발령시켜 사태 진압에 나서는데...

미국 공항 내 출입국 관리 사무소장으로 일해 온 마셜은 은퇴를 앞두고 부하 직원들과 조촐한 파티를 즐긴다. 여느 때처럼 각 나라에서 몰려든 외국인들을 상대하게 된 마셜은 술기운에 해서는 안 되는 말까지 하게 되고, 결국 끔찍한 사고가 일어난다. 죄책감에 시달린 마셜은 죗값을 치르기 위해 전 재산을 들고 브라질로 향하는데...

죽음을 한판의 축제로 만들어버리는 브라질산 흥겨운 코미디. 천둥번개가 몰아치는 밤 바다를 배경으로 킹카스의 내레이션이 울려 퍼진다. 떠돌이 선장인 그가 72세 생일잔치를 앞두고 죽자 빈민가 친구들이 딸에게 소식을 전한다. 바다에 그를 묻으려는 쪽과 예식을 중시하는 쪽 간의 왁자지껄 실랑이가 벌어진다. (2010년 제15회 부산국제영화제)

Based on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission.

José Renato, a 35-year-old geologist, is sent out on a solitary expedition to the hinterlands of northeastern Brazil. The purpose of the trip is to assess possible routes for a canal that will connect the area with the only major river in the region. As the field trip progresses, it becomes clear that Renato shares with those places the same emptiness, sense of abandonment and isolation.

After years on the run, Joca is back again in town. And, to commemorate, nothing better than a night on the tiles with his good friends Nelsão and Benito. However, the happy occasion turns to a nightmare when Joca is suddenly taken ill. With no money, no transportation or communication, his friends now have to carry him through the deserted town to the closest hospital. A race against the clock is about to begin, with umpteen surprises and enough to shake the firmest of bonds of friendship.

A man falls in love with a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money.

1942, in the middle of Northeastern Brazil, two very different men meet along the road: Johan, an aspirin salesman avoiding the German draft, and Ranulpho, a rural Brazilian seeking escape from the drought.