I 1960 vandt Orfeu Negro som den første film i historien de tre største udmærkelser indenfor filmbranchen (Guldpalmerne i Cannes, en Golden Globe og en Oscar). Også musikken er noget ganske særligt, da den fik folk over hele verden til at danse til den nye stilart Bossa Nova.
Selve handlingen henlægges til Rio de Janeiro, hvor Marcel Camus præsenterer publikum for en opdateret version af myten om Orfeus og Eurydike: Han er livsnyderen, som alle kvinder elsker. Hun er den generte pige fra landet, der efterstræbes på livet. Under karnevallet i Rio flettes deres skæbner sammen - for evigt!
For at studere mode i hendes drømmeby, Paris, rejser en ung landsbypige, der hader karneval, til Rio de Janeiro for at forsøge at få hjælp fra den mest berømte designer i Brasilien. Fast besluttet sniger hun sig ind på syholdet på en af de største sambaskoler, hvor hun opdager, at karnevallet kun varer i en uge, men en kærlighedshistorie kan forandre hele hendes liv.
Digital influencer Nina finds out about her boyfriend's betrayal and ends the relationship. So, she decides to travel with her friends to Salvador and enjoy the city's Carnival. During this period, they gain more followers and learn the true meaning of friendship.
During Carnival in São Paulo, a young man and young woman who knew each other as children meet again after many years and the social barriers that have kept them apart. Bad decisions lead the boy to hide with the girl inside a whale float.
Three couples meet in the middle of Carnival, trying to get together in the midst of various conflicts that have the biggest party in Brazil as a scenario - and often as a cause.
Short silent documentary on Carnaval at Malmédy, Belgium.
"É o Boi" is a documentary that narrates the origins, portrays the present and discusses the perspectives of carnival in the city of Porto Ferreira/SP. Celebrating a tradition that already is already 90 years old, the film is mainly made up of images taken during the Porto Ferreira's carnival and interviews with people who fight daily to keep this unique and at the same time typically Brazilian cultural manifestation alive. Made over almost a decade, "É o Boi" also portrays critical moments of this carnival in the countryside of São Paulo, including disagreements with public authorities that almost led to the carnival being banned and the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the organization of celebrations.
Made for a show beside the seaside in Margate.
Documentary about the kolla people living in North Western Argentina.
Italian drama from the Società Anonima Ambrosio company.
