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Two friends go their separate ways at age 17, affected by the troubling teenage conflicts in the small and conservative city of Coti das Fuças, in the countryside of Brazil. Levi, a poet, tired of being mistreated, sticks to the friends’ plan of moving to a big city. Elias, opressed by a violent father, gives up on the idea of leaving. At age 50, Levi comes back to reunite with his friend during a funeral, when their memories are relived before the last goodbye. Inspired by the theater play Aldeotas, by Gero Camilo.
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Seven doctors and public health specialists accept the mission to fight the pandemic, working voluntarily. This unforeseen task in the careers of Paulo Chapchap, Maurício Ceschin, Gonzalo Vecina, Drauzio Varella, Sidney Klajner, Eugênio Vilaça and Pedro Barbosa is commented on by them. In addition to following this committee, the documentary brings reports from frontline professionals, working in São Paulo and Manaus, about the experience of going to Covid-19 to take care of patients and the elderly.
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Through artistic manifestations, a group of LGBTQIA+ people performs public stagings that raise debates on issues of gender, social inequality and prejudice in the streets of downtown São Paulo. Messing with the popular imagination and providing debates, the artists explain their daily struggles to anyone who is interested in acquiring a new perspective on the most subtle layers of intolerance.
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Through artistic manifestations, a group of LGBTQIA+ people performs public stagings that raise debates on issues of gender, social inequality and prejudice in the streets of downtown São Paulo. Messing with the popular imagination and providing debates, the artists explain their daily struggles to anyone who is interested in acquiring a new perspective on the most subtle layers of intolerance.
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The Cambridge Squatter tells the story of refugees, recently arrived in Brazil who, together with a group of low-income workers, occupy an old abandoned building in downtown São Paulo. Daily dramas, comical situations and different views on the world commingle with the threat of impending eviction.
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The Cambridge Squatter tells the story of refugees, recently arrived in Brazil who, together with a group of low-income workers, occupy an old abandoned building in downtown São Paulo. Daily dramas, comical situations and different views on the world commingle with the threat of impending eviction.
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A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to prove the town's historical value. As most of the inhabitants are illiterate, they have no choice but to ask for the help of Antônio Biá, a man who has been ostracized ever since it was discovered that he had sent out letters with lies about their reputations as a way to keep his job in Javé's seldom-used post office. He now has the task of documenting people's memories of how the city was founded, yet each inhabitant has his or her own version of what happened.
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Привлекательная американка Мэри Энн Симпсон после смерти мужа, бразильского пилота, живет в Рио-де-Жанейро и преподает английский на курсах иностранного языка. Каждое утро она начинает с плавания в прекрасном океане, но окружающая красота не доставляет ей удовольствия. Мэри Энн одинока, и отчаянно хочет быть счастливой. Преуспевающий адвокат Педру Паулу тяжело переживает развод с женой Таней, покинувшей его ради инструктора по китайской гимнастике. Несмотря на всю респектабельность, он тоже одинок. Его решение записаться на курсы английского и знакомство с преподавательницей Мэри Энн резко меняет жизнь обоих...
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Бывшая учительница — Дора зарабатывает тем, что пишет письма для неграмотных людей, приезжающих на Центральный вокзал Рио-де-Жанейро. Безразличная к своим клиентам, она берет по доллару за письмо, и еще доллар, если просят его отправить. А отправляет она не все письма.
9-летний Жозуэ и его мать тоже пользуются услугами Доры. Они пишут отцу. Отца Жозуэ никогда не видел, но мечтает встретиться с ним.
А однажды, когда погибает его мать, мальчик остается совсем один в огромном городе. У наблюдающей за бедным мальчиком Доры появляется мысль о возможной выгоде. И она решает найти его отца…
