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Saudade fez Morada aqui Dentro
Haroldo Borges · 2023
As if adolescence is not hard enough, a young, fatherless teenager living in a small town in the Brazilian heartland, confronts a degenerative eye disease that will ultimately leave him blind. As his vision deteriorates, he goes through the pain and confusion of his unreciprocated first love, and ultimately will have to learn first-hand how to see life with different eyes.

Me Sinto Bem Com Você
Matheus Souza · 2021
Five stories of love in times of quarantine. Five differently shaped love stories, from five different origins. Five stories about the importance of being with someone who makes you feel good in the midst of chaos. People, during these times of social isolation, doing everything possible to stay close. A film about connection: virtual and real.

As Duas Irenes
Fabio Meira · 2017
In the shimmering heat of Brazil, 13-year-old Irene discovers a dark secret her father's been hiding: he has another family and even another daughter with the same name.

Ana e Vitória
Matheus Souza · 2018
Two girls have a chance encounter and instantly befriend. While trying to find themselves, they decide to pursue music together.

Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho
Daniel Ribeiro · 2011
The arrival of a new student in school changes Leonardo's life. This 15 year-old blind teenager has to deal with the jealousy of his friend Giovana while figuring out the new feelings he's having towards his new friend, Gabriel.

Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho
Daniel Ribeiro · 2014
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives at their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo making him question his plans.

Amor da Minha Vida
Matheus Souza · 2024
Numa vida cheia de surpresas, a amizade de Bia e Victor é um lugar seguro.

São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima
Luiz Sérgio Person · 1965
Carlos is a young man from the São Paulo middle class who works for a big company during a time when foreign automobile industries were settling in Brazil. Shortly after, he accepts a job at a factory that makes automobile parts, where he becomes manager. To a certain extent, he is a family man who works hard, earns well and lives unsatisfied. Without any prospects in his life to change the condition he rejects, his last resort is escaping.

Elena
Petra Costa · 2013
Petra heads to New York in search of her older sister after a long time of being separated. They are both movie actresses and heirs of the wounds of the Brazilian dictatorship. But Petra has only a few clues: home movies, newspaper clippings, a diary...

Esta Noite Encarnarei no teu Cadáver
José Mojica Marins · 1967
Zé do Caixão, the unholy undertaker, is back in town to continue his quest for the perfect woman, embarking on an even more brutal campaign of terror, aided and abetted by his hunchbacked assistant.

Rio, Zona Norte
Nelson Pereira dos Santos · 1957
A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him.

Eduardo e Mônica
René Sampaio · 2022
On an unusual day, a series of coincidences lead Eduardo to meet Monica at a party. A curiosity is aroused between the two and, despite not being alike, they fall madly in love. In 1980s Brasília, their love needs to mature and learn to overcome differences.

Terra Estrangeira
Daniela Thomas · 1996
During a time of political upheaval in Brazil, two strangers meet by coincidence in a foreign land and end up caught in the middle of a gem smuggling ring.

Saneamento Básico, o Filme
Jorge Furtado · 2007
When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.

Meu Nome é Gal
Dandara Ferreira · 2023
Film about the Bahian singer dives into the moment when shy Gracinha becomes Gal Costa, during the violent, innovative and mind-blowing years that helped shape Brazil's greatest singer.

O Auto da Compadecida
João Falcão, Guel Arraes, Adriana Falcão · 1999

Central do Brasil
Walter Salles · 1998
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

Cidade de Deus
Fernando Meirelles · 2002
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Rio, 40 Graus
Nelson Pereira dos Santos · 1955
On a scorching summer day in Rio de Janeiro, five impoverished black boys venture out of their favela to peddle peanuts throughout the bustling city. As they navigate the various districts of Rio, they bear witness to a series of unfortunate events and encounters, unfolding a vivid tapestry of urban life in Rio de Janeiro during that period. These true misadventures shed light on the gritty reality of the city, unveiling its vibrant urban tapestry.

Ainda Estou Aqui
Walter Salles · 2024
In the early 1970s, the military dictatorship in Brazil reaches its height. The Paiva family - Rubens, Eunice, and their five children - live in a beachside house in Rio, open to all their friends. One day, Rubens is taken for questioning and does not return.

O Cheiro do Ralo
Heitor Dhalia · 2006
A pawn shop proprietor buys used goods from desperate locals – as much to play perverse power games as for his own livelihood, but when the perfect rump and a backed-up toilet enter his life, he loses all control.

Reflexões de um Liquidificador
André Klotzel · 2010
After receiving a patch, a blender suddenly gains consciousness. As it grapples with existential questions, it becomes the sole companion to the grieving wife of a missing man.
