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- A portrait of Brazilian People based on the anthropological work of Darcy Ribeiro.
- DirectorFrancisco Ramalho Jr.StarsBetty FariaMário GomesArmando BógusThis adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsÁtila IórioMaria RibeiroOrlando MacedoA poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place to live, with food and work. But the drought and misery destroy their hopes.
- DirectorCecília AmadoGuy GonçalvesStarsJean AmorimAna GracielaRoberio LimaAbout the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as Capitães da Areia (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia, during the 1950s.
- DirectorPaulo César SaraceniStarsIsabellaOthon BastosRaul CortezAdaptation of Machado de Assis's classic novel "Dom Casmurro". Bentinho and Capitu are friends since childhood and end up marrying. But Bentinho destroys his life when he starts suspecting Capitu has an affair with his best friend and that his son is not really his.
- DirectorAndré KlotzelStarsReginaldo FariaMarcos CarusoPetrônio GontijoFree adaptation of Machado de Assis's classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.
- DirectorSuzana AmaralStarsMarcelia CartaxoJosé DumontTamara TaxmanMacabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time she listens to time Radio Station; on Sundays she likes to ride the subways. She describes herself saying, "I am a typist and a virgin, and I like Coca-Cola." Then she meets Olimpico, a north-easterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a Congressman.
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsOthon BastosIsabel RibeiroNildo ParenteThe story of Paulo Honório, a poor kid who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much attention to his wife, Madalena, a teacher who reacts against his tyrannical ways.
- DirectorWalter Lima Jr.StarsGeraldo Del ReySávio RolimRodolfo ArenaIn Brazil in the 1920s, boy is sent to live with some parents in a sugarcane plantation, after losing his mother. His adaptation will be difficult and painful.
- DirectorPaulo ThiagoStarsJoel BarcellosMilton MoraesÍtala NandiIn Northeast Brazil, after carrying out some comissioned killing, hitman returns home to find his wife involved with a man who is a hitman hunter. A conflict ensues.
- DirectorWalter Lima Jr.StarsEdson CelulariFernanda TorresSebastião VasconcelosIn the 19th century, a country girl is seduced by a young doctor who's staying at her house for a few days, caring for her, and tries to hide the forbidden romance from her father, who disapproves of the relationship.
- DirectorPaulo ThiagoStarsPaulo JoséGiulia GamChico DíazPolicarpo is a chauvinistic patriot, a major who tries to find solutions for Brazilian problems using only the resources of his own country. His visionary and idealistic temperament is behind his strange ideas about how to build a great nation.
- DirectorJoaquim Pedro de AndradeStarsGrande OteloPaulo JoséJardel FilhoOur story begins with Macunaima's miraculous birth to an old woman in a tiny jungle settlement. Born fully grown, he discovers his life's purpose which leads him and his family and followers on a journey to the Big City. More miracles occur on the way, but Macunaima still has the heart and mind of a child. In the Big City, terrorists enlist him in their revolutionary schemes. In the Big City he learns that nuts are not always food and other hilarious life lessons.
- DirectorGlauco Mirko LaurelliStarsSonia BragaDavid CardosoNilson CondéRomantic girl gathers some old friends in her house on Paquetá Island, in Rio de Janeiro, and tries to find out, among all the boys, which one of them had been her boyfriend during her childhood, with whom she had exchanged vows of eternal love.
- DirectorPedro VasconcelosStarsJuliana PaesLeandro HassumMarcelo FariaDona Flor marries Vadinho, who is very handsome and passionate, but does not offer him much. She supports the family by cooking for her neighbors, but the husband bets most of the money. Vadinho dies suddenly and Dona Flor begins to miss the wedding. She marries the doctor Teodoro Madureira, but he is the opposite of Vadinho. While Dona Flor is married to Theodore, the ghost of her late husband appears.
- DirectorSergio MachadoStarsMariana XimenesPaulo JoséOthon BastosFriends of the recently deceased Quincas take their pal's body on one last tour of his favorite spots in Brazil's Bahia.
- DirectorAdolfo RosenthalStarsJosé DumontGiselle ItiéAline NepomucenoA troubadour of today's times, father of 9 children, keeps 3 families in different locations in the interior of Bahia. One day he arrives in the city of Cachoeira and meets the most coveted woman in the region, married to a famous gunman. Despite warnings, he answers the girl's calls and seduces her in his own home. He just didn't expect her husband to come back sooner.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsHugo CarvanaSônia DiasAnecy RochaThe life of Pedro Arcanjo, self-taught mestizo intellectual who in the first decades of the XXth century challenged racist ideas of the School of Medicine of Bahia and highlighted the importance of the blacks' contribution to Brazilian culture.
- DirectorGeraldo VietriStarsElaine CristinaPaulo FigueiredoFlávio GalvãoA beautiful and poor woman buys herself a rich husband after inheriting a great deal of money.
- DirectorGuel ArraesStarsMatheus NachtergaeleSelton MelloRogério CardosoFollows the lives of 2 poor Brazilians and their schemes to get money and the consequences of their actions.
- DirectorGuel ArraesStarsAndré MattosAramis TrindadeBruno GarciaThis is the fun story of the mischievous, adventurous and conquering Leléu and the dreamy Lisbela, who loves watching American movies and dreams of movie heroes.
- DirectorZelito VianaStarsTânia AlvesJosé DumontStênio GarciaThe story of Severino, a man who tries to escape the misery and the drought prevailing in the rural backcountry of the Northeast of Brazil. He heads for Recife, passing through desert and forest regions, expecting to find a better life.
- DirectorMarcel CamusStarsBreno MelloMarpessa DawnLourdes de OliveiraA retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
- StarsMichel MelamedMaria Fernanda CândidoLetícia PersilesBased on the famous Brazilian novel Dom Casmurro by Machado De Assis, Capitu was a miniseries that gave a more theatrical look at the book's history, focusing on the insane mind of Bento Santiago and his love/hate relationship with Capitu.
- DirectorJayme MonjardimStarsFernanda MontenegroThiago LacerdaMarjorie EstianoThe history of Brazil's southern occupation and the Anna Terra descendants.
- DirectorJurandir de OliveiraStarsKarina BarumJuan AlbaJurandir de Oliveira1915, backcountry in northeastern Brazil. A severe drought has decimated much of the local population. A young teacher, who works in the capital, spends holidays on the farm of her grandmother, and becomes involved with her cousin.
- DirectorMarcos BernsteinStarsJoão GuilhermeJosé de AbreuCaco CioclerMy Sweet Orange Tree begins with José Mauro de Vasconcelos (Caco Ciocler) receiving an edition of his finished novel. Then, the film starts to tell the story from the writer's memories, through flashbacks. Zezé (João Guilherme Avila), a boy of eight years who lives in Minas Gerais in a very humble house with his family, consisting of his father (Eduardo Dascar), an unemployed and alcoholic, and his mother (Fernanda Vianna), which works to support the home and his brother and sisters. Despite the lack of understanding, affection and the aggression suffered by from his father and school colleagues, the boy has a great skill for storytelling using his imagination. With financial difficulties, the family has to move. At the new home, Zezé finds an orange tree, which he talks everyday. However, for being extremely extrovert he got involved in several confusions. One of them, he tries to ride on the bumper of Manoel Valadares, the "Portuga" (José de Abreu), but is caught and spanked. The boy feels humiliated and wants revenge, however Valadares ends up understanding Zezé, which turns to share his world of fantasies, and a new friendship arises.
- DirectorFábio BarretoStarsGlória PiresPatricia PillarAlexandre PaternostTwo Italian-immigrant couples are part of a game that leads to treason and brings serious consequences to those who lose.
- DirectorRoberto SantucciStarsFábio AssunçãoMalu MaderMaristane DreschAn apparently simple adultery case turns into an intricate and suspense-filled plot composed of numerous twists and turns, with a surprising ending. Dr. Rafidjian, a renowned physician, seeks out Dora Lobo's detective agency, wishing to locate call girl Ana Cíntia Lopes. The case soon finds its way into the hands of Remo Bellini and his new assistant Beatriz; but the client's brutal murder changes the course of the investigation, leading the two detectives into high-risk situations. Trying to solve the crime, they canvas the nightlife of São Paulo's underworld, where they meet Fátima, a mysterious prostitute who becomes involved with Bellini. Based on the book of the same title by the writer and musician Tony Bellotto, who is also the film's co-producer and co-composer of the soundtrack, along with Charles Gavin, fellow member of the rock band Titãs, and Andreas Kiesser, of Sepultura.
- DirectorNorma BengellStarsMarcio GarciaTatiana IssaGlória PiresThe forbidden love affair between Peri, an Indian, and the beautiful Ceci, a Portuguese white girl, in the 17th century Brazil.
- DirectorAnselmo DuarteStarsLeonardo VillarGlória MenezesDionísio AzevedoA simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?
- DirectorMurilo SallesStarsLeandra LealFrank BorgesLuciano BortoluzziThe story of Camila, a young woman intent on becoming a writer.
- DirectorLuiz Fernando CarvalhoStarsSelton MelloRaul CortezJuliana Carneiro da CunhaA young son who ran from his dominant family descends into decadence, then returns to the nest. Tyrannical fathers, incest, fierce family conflicts, and an intense visual style to match.
- DirectorFernando MeirellesKátia LundStarsAlexandre RodriguesLeandro FirminoMatheus NachtergaeleIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
- DirectorRuy GuerraStarsJorge PerugorríaBianca ByingtonSusana RibeiroThe journey of a middle-class amateur.
- DirectorWalter CarvalhoStarsLeonardo MedeirosGabriella HámoriGiovanna AntonelliJosé Costa is a Brazilian ghost writer. Returning from a ghost writers convention his airplane is rerouted to Budapest. His life is also rerouted when he meets Krista and with her help, learns "the only language in the world which, according to the tongue-wagers, the devil respects".
- DirectorAndré SturmStarsCarolina KastingBruno GiordanoLu GrimaldiPolish Jewish woman arrives in Brazil dreaming of marrying but has to become a prostitute to survive. At the same time, sanitarian doctor Oswaldo Cruz comes back to Brazil after three years in Paris, where he had studied in the Pasteur Institute. He's full of ideas on how to change Brazilian public health, which is being threatened by yellow fever.
- DirectorHeitor DhaliaStarsSelton MelloPaula BraunPaulo AlvesA 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.
- DirectorBeto BrantRenato CiascaStarsCamila PitangaGustavo MachadoZécarlos MachadoThe photographer Cauby moves and settles down in a small town in the countryside of Pará. When he meets the model Lavínia, who is the wife of Pastor Ernani, they have a torrid love affair. Cauby asks Lavínia to leave her husband and the town with him but she refuses. Cauby does not know about the dishonored past of his muse and her gratitude to Ernani, who saved her from the streets and the drugs. Meanwhile, the snoopy and gossiper journalist Viktor Laurence receives compromising pictures of Lavínia naked, posing for Cauby. When Viktor and Ernani are found dead and Lavínia is missing, Cauby becomes the prime suspect of Sheriff Polozzi with tragic consequences for his life.
- DirectorJosé Alvarenga Jr.StarsLília CabralJosé MayerReynaldo GianecchiniIn Rio de Janeiro, the forty-something year old, Mercedes, goes to the psychoanalyst and tells the story of her life - from a child who lost her mother. Over three years of analysis, her life changes and she divorces her husband, Gustavo, and has love affairs with Theo and other young men, always supported by her best friend Monica.
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsEnrique DiazWagner MouraCaio BlatStories of crime, revenge, love, and friendship at the Carandiru Penitentiary, the largest prison in Latin America.
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyStarsRodrigo SantoroOthon BastosCássia KisA trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The marijuana cigarette is just the final drop that exposes the family tragedy. Send to a mental institution, Neto gets to know a completely absurd, inhumane reality in which the people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel institution system. The documentary type language used by the director give this movie a sensation of realty that increases even more the impact of the emotions Neto goes through. In the mental institution, Neto is forced to mature. The transformations that he goes through change this relations with his father.
- DirectorWalter Lima Jr.StarsLima DuarteFernando TorresLeandra LealA fantasy/mystery about the disappearance of a lighthouse owner and his daughter.
- DirectorMaurício FariasStarsDiogo VilelaSelton MelloAna Paula ArósioIn the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Coronel Ponciano de Azeredo Furtado inherits the farm Sobradinho in the country, many possessions and the title of "colonel" of his grandfather. His close friend Pernambuco Nogueira, son of one of the employees of the farm and with whom Ponciano was raised together since they were born, gets nothing in the will. Ponciano has a crush on his cuisine Esmeraldina, but he never declares his love to her. When he loses the mortgage of his farm to Nogueira, who got married to Esmeraldina, Ponciano goes to the court trying to prove that Nogueira is a werewolf.
- DirectorRoberto SantosStarsAdriana AbujamraBrigitte BroderLaura CardosoBased on a book by Machado de Assis (1839-1908) and adapted to the present time. After the death of the philosopher Quincas Borba, his friend and disciple Rubiao inherits all he possessed: his fortune, his dog, his philosophy and the germ of his madness. Rubiao's passion for Sofia, a friend's wife, places him at the center of a game in which she is the main piece while he is the only one who ignores the rules. The story of a dreamer and delirious man facing a reality to which he is not prepared.
- DirectorDaniel FilhoStarsDébora FalabellaFábio AssunçãoGlória PiresLuísa is a romantic, dreamy and delicate young woman married to Jorge, an engineer, a man of good habits and good economic conditions. They didn't know each other well, but got married and Luísa was a good wife, "she was clean and happy as a bird". Everything get changed when she meets a childhood love, her cousin Basílio. What seemed to be a great adventure will became a nightmare and Luísa will discover the price of her infidelity.
- DirectorEduardo EscorelStarsLilian LemmertzRogério FróesIrene RavacheA German governess is hired to give German and piano lessons to the teenager son of a rich traditional family, in the 20s. But soon they get involved, and she teaches him love lessons instead.
- StarsFernanda MontenegroNicette BrunoRegina DuarteIn 1963, workers in the fictitious city of Antares in the South of Brazil decide to strike, fighting for better salaries and working conditions. Meanwhile, seven locals die: conservative Catholic matriarch and very powerful lady, Quitéria Campolargo; corrupt lawyer Cícero Branco; Spanish anarchist shoemaker Barcelona; drunkard Pudim de Cachaça; prostitute Erotildes; student João da Paz; and pianist Menandro Olinda. Their bodies remaining unburied because of the general strike, they decide to claim to the local authorities the right of being buried. Major Vivaldino Brazão, Judge Quintiliano do Vale, "Colonel" Tibério Vacariano, and the local sheriff are unable to force the workers to return to their normal activities, so the dead citizens disclose dark secrets about the corruption of leaders and dwellers. Once they are corpses, they are not subject to the laws of the living and they can freely speak about the sordid hidden secrets.
- StarsTony RamosBruna LombardiTarcísio MeiraA cowboy narrates his 'jagunço' life of disputes, revenges, loves and deaths, through the years that he traveled central-east Brazil, in the first decades of the 20th century, while federal troops were in conflict with provincial forces.
- DirectorMarcos FariasStarsJofre SoaresOthon BastosRafael de CarvalhoIn 1910, in the State of Paraíba, Brazil, a man is expelled from his own land by the ruthless colonel who owns the sugar mill. He asks some outlaws to help him retrieve his land.
- DirectorJosé PadilhaStarsWagner MouraAndré RamiroCaio JunqueiraIn 1997 Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his position while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope visits.
- DirectorMarcus BaldiniStarsDeborah SeccoCássio Gabus MendesDrica MoraesAfter the adoptive daughter of a stable family leaves them for a new life as a prostitute, she rises to become a popular performer among her clients, and details her routine in her blog.
- DirectorMarco DutraStarsAntônio FagundesMarat DescartesSandyAfter losing his marriage and job, Junior moves back to his father's house, where the attractive tenant Bruna is living. The finding of objects that belonged to his dead mother drives Junior into a descent to madness.
- DirectorBeto BrantStarsMarco RiccaAlexandre BorgesPaulo MiklosTwo businessmen hire a hitman to kill their third partner and are then blackmailed by the hitman as he takes over their company.
- DirectorBeto BrantRenato CiascaStarsJúlio AndradeLuiz Carlos V. CoelhoMarcos ContrerasIn Porto Alegre, the unemployed Ciro has a dull life in a simple apartment with a nameless stray dog that he had found on the streets. Ciro is supported by his parents and works every now and then in translation of Russian. When he meets the aspiring actress Marcela, who dreams on traveling to other places, they immediately fall in love for each other. However, Marcela has a lymphoma and travels for a treatment, and alone Marcelo becomes depressed and returns to his parents home.
- DirectorJoão Batista de AndradeStarsAntônio FagundesÂngelo AntônioChico DíazA tax collector is sent to a small region where he starts to differ with the unusual way of the local to exercise power.
- DirectorAlfredo SternheimStarsHelena RamosMichel CohenOswaldo D'ávilaLúcia, a prostitute, the most rich and most beautiful woman in Rio de Janeiro, a single woman, until knows Paulo. With a relationship, the both walk together on a hard way, where the court makes awful comments about them. Is possible a prostitute live with only a man? Is possible live well with the court making awful comments?
- DirectorPedro BialStarsTeuda BaraMárcia BecharaSílvia BuarqueFive stories by Brazilian writer Guimarães Rosa: in the hinterland of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a man fears for his life after having killed one of the dire Brothers Dagobé, outlaws who have great influence over the region; a hitman asks a doctor what's the meaning of a name he has heard; in a farm, the landowner decides to share the use and property of the estate among his employees; a man falls in love with a girl, but she's said to have a dreadful disease; and the local butcher spends half of his time running after his mother and daughter, both utterly mad.
- DirectorHermanno PennaStarsLuiz A. BarretoFernando BezerraAmaral CavalcanteIn the 40s, sergeant is ordered to escort a political prisoner from Paulo Afonso to Aracaju, Brazil. During the trip, there's a change in the Government and he is ordered to release the prisoner. But he decides to go all the way.
- DirectorWagner de AssisPablo UrangaStarsDeborah SeccoLuigi BaricelliIlya São PauloRita is about to marry a wealthy physician, Dr. Augusto Vilela. One night, Vilela's best friend, Camilo, is brought to the hospital, dying from an overdose. Vilela saves his life and introduces him to his fiancée. Rita and Camilo fall in love and, confused about what to do, the girl goes to a fortuneteller to seek for advice.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsCarlos VerezaGlória PiresNildo ParenteGraciliano Ramos' period he spent in prison after being considered a subversive element by the government.
- DirectorVinicius CoimbraStarsJúlio AndradeChico AnysioRômulo BragaBased 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.
- DirectorJoaquim Pedro de AndradeStarsJosé WilkerLuiz LinharesPaulo César PeréioA film version of the Minas Gerais Conspiracy, a separatist movement that took place on the year 1789, from its beginning to the execution of Tiradentes.
- DirectorGuel ArraesStarsSelton MelloCamila PitangaDeborah SeccoDiogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica and his two daughters, Paraguaçu and Moema. They call him Caramuru and together they engage in a happy love triangle. But the chance to return to Portugal arises, and it is clear this amoral arrangement cannot last.
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsFernanda MontenegroPaulo GracindoIvan CândidoWoman who is obsessed with death wants a first-class burial for herself, and even buys a luxury coffin beforehand.
- DirectorEmiliano RibeiroStarsCamila AmadoOtávio AugustoWalney CostaInspired in Lygia Fagundes Telles's famous book, the film follows three very different girls (Lorena, Lia and Ana Clara) living in a boarding house during some of the most repressive moments of Brazil's military dictatorship in 1972.
- DirectorCarlos Alberto Prates CorreiaStarsCristina AchéDébora BlochCarlos KroeberLalinha, after being abandoned by her husband, seeks comfort in her farm. There, she discovers a new world.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsHelena RamosTony CorreiaCarlos KoppaThe loves and life of a beautiful Brazilian Indian woman.