Ana Luíza Azevedo

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Ana Luíza Azevedo

Born November 24, 1959 · Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (age 66)

Ana Luiza Nunes Azevedo (born 24 November 1959) is a Brazilian filmmaker. Azevedo graduated from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul with a degree in fine arts in 1986; she is a member of Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre. She was assistant director of several feature films, by directors such as Jorge Furtado, Carlos Gerbase, and Carlos Reichenbach. As a screenwriter and director, she has m…

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Isle of FlowersIsle of Flowers · 1989
Isle of Flowers
★ 8.21989
MovieDocumentary
A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.
Meu PaiMeu Pai · 2014
Meu Pai
2014
MovieDramaComedy
Álvaro, 12 years old, is the only child of separated parents. He is in a phase of many doubts and concerns. He wants to grow up soon, but did his father take too long to grow up? What did the father do with the girls? It's difficult to ask, Alvaro's father has a strange way of saying things.
3 Minutes3 Minutes · 1999
3 Minutes
★ 7.81999
MovieDrama
Three minutes. The time to leave a message. To pass the baton and run 1600 meters. To cook an egg. The time to make a decision that can change your life.
Ventre LivreVentre Livre · 1994
Ventre Livre
★ 8.01994
MovieDocumentary
Is the country of the future where children get pregnant? Is the largest Catholic country in the world where more than thirty thousand women die as a result of abortion? Is the 10th largest economy on the planet where 27% of women are sterilized? VENTRE LIVRE tells the story of Vera, Ivonete, Carmen, Denise, Maria do Carmo, Marlove - people who were born in the country with the most unequal income distribution on the planet. A documentary about reproductive rights in Brazil, while the future is not yet here.
My Uncle Killed a GuyMy Uncle Killed a Guy · 2004
My Uncle Killed a Guy
★ 6.22004
MovieAdventureComedy
Éder is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca, his nephew, is sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya, ex-wife of the deceased, so he enlists two of his friends to help prove his theory.
ObscenidadesObscenidades · 1986
Obscenidades
★ 7.01986
MovieDrama
A bourgeois housewife's life is shaken by a series of anonymous letters that she periodically receives, increasingly obscene. At first, she believes the sender to be a complete stranger, then she begins to suspect her husband's friends. But she doesn't dare talk to her husband about the letters or their contents: she remains anxious, thinking about suicide, and always waiting for the postman.
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Medley · 2026
Medley
2026
MovieDrama
Lola (16) is a lonely girl marked by a trauma that has followed her since childhood: the mysterious absence of her father. A talented swimmer with a vast collection of medals, Lola keeps a curious secret, she cannot swim the butterfly stroke. She has a strained relationship with her mother, and after one of their arguments she decides to spend her vacation alone in her uncle's town. There, the teenager's life changes radically she falls in love with Gabriel, makes new friends, and joins the town's struggling swim team. Now, every time Lola is in the water, these new emotions stir memories from her past. On the eve of an important championship, Lola finds herself facing fears and traumas she never expected, including the truth about her father's death.
BarbosaBarbosa · 1988
Barbosa
★ 6.41988
MovieScience Fiction
Thirty-eight years after the 1950 World Cup, a man went back in time to prevent the goal that defeated Brazil, destroyed his childhood dreams and ended goalkeeper Barbosa's career.

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Next week
Medley · 2026
Medley
2026
MovieDrama
Lola (16) is a lonely girl marked by a trauma that has followed her since childhood: the mysterious absence of her father. A talented swimmer with a vast collection of medals, Lola keeps a curious secret, she cannot swim the butterfly stroke. She has a strained relationship with her mother, and after one of their arguments she decides to spend her vacation alone in her uncle's town. There, the teenager's life changes radically she falls in love with Gabriel, makes new friends, and joins the town's struggling swim team. Now, every time Lola is in the water, these new emotions stir memories from her past. On the eve of an important championship, Lola finds herself facing fears and traumas she never expected, including the truth about her father's death.

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Before the World EndsBefore the World Ends · 2010
Before the World Ends
★ 5.92010
MovieAdventureDrama
The countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, and high-school student, Daniel, spends a normal adolescence life with his family, studying, riding his bicycle, playing games on the Internet and expecting one day to move to the big city of Porto Alegre. Daniel has a crush on his girlfriend Mim, who has just broken up with him but is still his friend, and his best friend, Lucas, is one of the best students in São Lucas High-School. Daniel is the son of Elaine and the photographer Daniel, who left Elaine when she was pregnant and moved alone to Thailand. Daniel is raised by Elaine and his stepfather Antônio, and shares a house with his half-sister, Maria Clara. One day, Daniel receives a letter from his biological father, who has malaria, and he is reluctant to open the envelope.

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