Tony Tornado

Dom Salvador & Abolição is a documentary about jazz pianist and composer Dom Salvador, who have been playing for 42 years at The River Café in Brooklyn. One of the architects of Bossa Nova in Brazil and a busy studio session musician and arranger, during the 60’s, Salvador played with the country's best. The man who is credited to be the pioneer of many musical styles, a name in more than a thousand records and the leader of the seminal band Abolition. After recording only one album, Salvador abandons a promising and successful journey with the band to pursue his passion for jazz, moving to New York in the early 70’s.

Helen lives in a cortiço with her grandmother, Mrs. Graça, who supports the family with informal jobs, such as selling skewers. Still very naive, her biggest concern is buying her grandmother a birthday present: a makeup kit. The girl is going to bend over backwards to get the money and her search will reveal the daily life of those living in tenements, outlining a collective story from the network of relations that the girl establishes.

The death of the matriarch on Christmas eve provokes a crisis that makes the family review attitudes and give a new meaning to the date.

Things go from bad to worse when four co-workers decide to enjoy the extended holiday at a beach house with their families.

‘훌리오’는 평범하고 화복한 농촌 가정에서 자란 독실한 기독교인이다. ‘훌리오’의 유일한 고민은, 브라질의 여느 시골 청년들과 같이 앞으로 먹고 사는 문제였다. 그러던 어느 날. 도시에서 경찰 일을 하는 삼촌 ‘시세로’에게 일을 소개받은 ‘훌리오’는 경찰 제복을 입을 거란 꿈에 부푼 채 도시로 올라간다. 그러나 ‘시세로’에게 처음 소개받은 일은 일면식도 없는 남자를 살해하는 데 가담하는 것. 얼떨결에 휘말린 ‘훌리오’는 ‘시세로’에게 절대 이런 일은 못 한다고 펄쩍 뛰었지만, 절대 만질 수 없을 거금의 유혹에 ‘훌리오’는 점점 사람을 죽이는 일에 익숙해지고. 어느 날 청부업자 일을 하기 위해 들른 마을에서 만나게된 ‘마리아’에게 한눈에 반해 평범한 가정을 꾸리게되고, 가족들에겐 평범한 경찰이라고 거짓말한 ‘훌리오’는 여전히 이중적인 가면을 쓰고 살인 청부업자 일을 계속 한다. 하지만 한편으로 살해한 이들을 회상하고 양심의 가책을 느끼는 ‘홀리오’. 그러던 어느 날 삼촌 `시세로`에 대한 충격적인 비밀을 알게 되는데…

Ana and Duda, a couple who's in the verge of taking a break from their marriage, throw a New Year's party at their house. The party gets overcrowded with all kinds of people, and it's in the bathroom that most things will happen between them both and many other guests.

In a time of timeless and revolutionary talents, Wilson Simonal shined as nobody before and innovated as only a few could. All of a sudden, everything vanished. This film maps the spectacular trajectory of the ex-Army corporal that ruled as a monarch, and was condemned to ostracism for an offense to which he pleaded not guilty.

Two teenagers from opposite sides of town, with very little in common except for their passion for music meet in 1970's Rio de Janeiro, at the height of the military dictatorship _ and of Brazil's booming underground rock scene.

In search of a powerful hallucinogenic, five friends embark on a dangerous journey deep into the Amazon. But a bad trip isn't the only threat as they discover when they stumble across the hidden camp of the crazed Dr. Moreau and his murderous animal-human hybrid creations.

Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his childhood friend Otávio Sabóia, a corrupt entrepeneur in the construction business, to give away all his possessions to the poor.

Andréa, a poor telemarketing salesgirl, dreams of being a singer. Her rich boyfriend Fred hires a musical producer, Marcelo, to turn her into a star. But she and Marcelo end up falling in love.

Claudia Maccari, an Italian doctor who has a Brazilian adopted son suffering from leukemia, goes to Rio de Janeiro to find the child's biological mother for a transplant. She is reluctantly helped by a Detective.

A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.

Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl.

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin. His fake burial is celebrated in high style and it doesn't take long before he starts getting himself into weird situations.

A Cat from outer-space comes to earth and befriends a Miller's Son and together they set out to defeat an evil wizard.

Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of the main composers of Portela, an important Samba "school" in Rio de Janeiro.

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.

Didi, Soró and Tatu in search food and water head for the town of Oróz. On their journey they find a Scarecrow, a man in a metal vat, and later are arrested by a Lion Sheriff.

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe harbor for other outcasts of the world, including Indians and Jews. Ganga Zumba (Toni Tornado) becomes president of Quilombo, the first freely elected leader in the Western Hemisphere. Naturally, the ruling Portuguese want to subjugate Zumba and his followers, but the Quilombians are ready for their would-be oppressors. The end of this Brave New World is not pleasant, but the followers of Zumba and his ideals take to the hills, where they honor his memory to this day. Writer/director Carlos Diegues takes every available opportunity to compare the rise and fall of Quilombo with the state of affairs in modern-day Brazil.

빈곤층 아동을 배경으로 (국가내) 빈곤과 소외, 불평등의 지속과 같은 산재한 문제들을 현실감 있게 그렸습니다.

A pimp enslaves and traffics women.

The son of a millionaire who owns gold mines in Transopia, Africa, Antoine Leblanc, who lives in a mansion in Rio, one day receives a letter from his father asking him for help against the gold smugglers from Transopia to Brazil.

Four couples go to a country seat. One of the girls is still a virgin, and his boyfriend proposes a game which changes the group behavior.