A film about weddings, professions, children, travel plans and a train that separates it all.
A film by Kayhan Lannes Ozmen, based on the poem "Girl on the escalator" by Charles Bukowski.
A group of young people will camp by the river for university work, but they will encounter supernatural and folkloric things from the river.
Six young people decide to take a walk in the forest one weekend. Among them are Beto, Marcos, Diana, Kauã, Carol and Jessica who decide to venture into the woods, but soon realize they are being pursued by a mysterious creature and only an old hunter can help them.
'Lulu's Dream' integrates the actress Simone Spoladore's monologue "Louise Valentina", conceived from two female figures who hold strong personality traits and independent spirit: the north american actress Louise Brooks and the comic book character Valentina, created by the Italian Guido Crepaz. These are dreams from both characters, fantastic frames from the imaginary of a silent movie actress who left many words.
A doctor mistaken for a thief. A cleaning lady treated as a slave. A mother who lost her son murdered by the police. A Trans employee who is never promoted. What do these people have in common? Their skin color. A human and poetic documentary sewn together with various narrative threads – characters, music, slams and black intellectual thinking – that unveil the racism rooted in Brazilian society.
Documentary on the preparation of actors for "City of God".
In the middle of his crazy day, a man tries to remember if he closed a window at home.
A word or phrase whose meaning does not change whether spelt backwards or forwards. A young man loses everything he has in one day. He is fired from his job, kicked out of his hotel, betrayed by his colleagues and turned down by an old flame. We see this ordinary tale told backwards in time
In a forgotten corner of the vast Brazilian bureaucracy, a psychotic boss uses a time machine to enslave his lazy employees and increase productivity.
A husband and wife talk about buying a grave.
The changes in Brazilian money bills and how these changes affected the economy and society.
Based on intense research - and seen through different realities, that of those who study it, that of those who try to contain it and that of those who live in it -, the film opens a debate about the largest and most impacting scene of crack use in an open area of the world: Cracolândia, in São Paulo. The work analyzes the causes of this evil and its progressions, in addition to the combat tactics already carried out in São Paulo, opening a parallel with those applied in other countries.
The film will take place in a post-apocalyptic Rio de Janeiro in which slavery has been reinstated and people stake their freedoms through foot races.
A deeply moving story about love, loss and literature, this documentary follows the days of José Saramago, the Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, and his wife, Pilar del Río. The film shows their whirlwind life of international travel, his passion for completing his masterpiece "The Elephant's Journey", and how their love quietly sustains them throughout.
After the death of what Gracinha - a ballerina - thought to be the soul of art, she faces a dilemma: can she carry on doing what she's always done, or should she start a search for something that could set her heart free?
Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap group but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism, and violence. One by one, they succumb to their grim realities...until they discover that out of struggle come strength, and out of strength, the courage to continue on.
Leandra is in her mid-30s: she wants to get married and have children, but she does not have a boyfriend. Her sister, Sonia, is married and has two children, but all she wants is a night of fun with her best friend, Marinati - a workaholic lawyer who went to fall in love just when her career is on the rise. Marinati is Keka's boss, who is looking forward to the trip she's scheduled to save her marriage.