Uçmayı hiç öğrenememiş evcimen bir papağan olan Mavili (Blu), sahibi ve en yakın arkadaşı olan Linda ile Minnesota’nın Moose Lake şehrinde konforlu bir hayat sürmektedir. O güne dek Mavili’nin Makav kuş türünün son örneği olduğunu düşünen ikili, Rio de Janeiro’da Harika (Jewel) isimli bir dişi makavın yaşadığını öğrenince çok uzaktaki bu egzotik diyara doğru yolculuğa çıkar. Rio’ya varmalarından kısa bir süre sonra beceriksiz birkaç hayvan taciri tarafından kaçırılan Mavili ve Harika, tacirlerin elinden bir grup Riolu kuş tarafından kurtarılır. Yeni arkadaşlarının da desteğiyle hayvan tacirlerine karşı gelmeye çalışan Mavili için artık uçmayı öğrenmenin ve en iyi arkadaşı Linda’ya geri dönmenin bir yolunu bulmak için gereken cesareti kazanmanın zamanı gelmiştir.
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Madonna celebrates her four-decade career in a special concert for over 1.6 million people at the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
An Italian businessman travels to Brazil looking for a new job. When things don't go his way, he becomes despondent until he meets a beautiful woman who reveals Rio de Janeiro's most magical, secret locales.
Two pals tired of being losers and constantly rejected by women, decide to change their lives with learning martial arts. Through hard work they become kung fu masters, role models, find love, and become heroes after defeating an unruly gang of Ninjas for hire.
The trajectory of Antônio Carlos Bernardes Gomes, known as Mussum, from Trapalhões. His poor childhood, his military career, his relationship with Mangueira and his success with the group Originais do Samba, as well as behind the scenes as a member of Trapalhões.
Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a Samba-obsessed London clerk, robbing a bank and boarding the first flight to Rio are just the beginning.
A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name ‘Cavaquinho’ refers to the small guitar-like instrument that he played and used to compose his songs.
Where are you, João Gilberto? sets out in the footsteps of German writer Marc Fischer who obsessively searched for the legendary founding father of Bossa Nova and last great musical legend of our time, Brazilian musician João Gilberto, who has not been seen in public for decades. Fischer described his journey in a book, Hobalala, but committed suicide one week before it was published. By taking up Marc Fischer's quest, following his steps one by one, thanks to all the clues he left us, we pursue João Gilberto to understand the history, the very soul and essence of Bossa Nova. But who can tell whether we will meet him or not?
The biopic of Noel Rosa, one of Brazil's best poets and composers.
Special featuring Cilla Black and her guests Frankie Howerd, Graham Fletcher, the Bee Gees, Julio Iglesias and George Benson.
