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The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story line of each segment focuses on an encounter of love in a different neighborhood of the city, demonstrating the distinctive qualities and character of that location. The film serves to bridge gaps between cultures, educating and entertaining the audience, while celebrating unique and universal expressions of love.

Two decades after their last body swap, Cláudio and Helena are living a new phase of their lives alongside their daughter Bia, now an adult and married with Aquiles. Everything seems balanced until an unexpected situation shakes up the family dynamic and puts their relationships to the test. When lightning seems to strike the same place again, the whole family is forced to learn to put themselves in each other's shoes, in a very literal way.

The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

Based on Érico Verissimo's literary trilogy, Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the Amaral family. The struggles between the two families begin in the missions and lasts until the end of the 19th century. The film also features the period of formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the dispute of territory between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.

André is a young doctor who, after spending a year working in Africa, discovers that he has been exchanging letters not with his long-time girlfriend, but with someone very close to her.

Tati and Conrado travel to Cancún, where he's attending a conference to launch his new book. But for Tati, the trip has an extra purpose: she plans to propose to him. During this special moment, with family and friends watching live online, Conrado responds by saying he'd "like to think about it". Tati's disappointment opens the door for renewed hope in her ex, Marcelo, who shows up to find her. To complicate matters further, Conrado's ex, Ângela, is also in Cancún, attending the same event.

Pedro is a young gay man who has suffered from homophobic comments and attitudes from his father since he was a child. After being kicked out of the house, he submits himself to prostitution in order to survive and discovers that he ended up contracting the HIV virus. When Pedro thinks that suicide is his last option, life shows that he has other plans for him.

Roberta is an employee of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro who infiltrates an energy realignment clinic to investigate the mysterious death of actress Antuérpia Fox. During the course of the investigation, Roberta will have to deal with the dramas of actress Natasha Ferrero, who is being "cancelled" on the internet, and with the reunion of her great love from the past, the federal police officer Rodrigo, who is investigating a suspicion of international trafficking involving the same clinic. For this mission, she will have the support of Isabela, her therapist, with whom, little by little, she forms a great duo.

Arlete, who lives as a recluse and has a Zen lifestyle, is preparing to welcome her three grandchildren into her home, after not seeing them for a long time. Arlete doesn't have much intimacy or manners with the children, who are dissatisfied with spending their holidays with their grandmother in a place without internet, full of rules and household chores. After an attempted robbery there, the youngest Davi discovers that his grandmother has unusual abilities and, together with his brothers, does everything to discover what Arlete's secret is.

Benjamim Zambraia is a lonely man, a famous model with a tragic past. Some time in the past, he showed some officers the exact location where the woman he loved was hiding with her guerilla lover. As a result, the two were killed. One day, he casually meets a woman who looks very much like his former love, and this fact changes his life. Could she be the daughter of his great love? Or her reincarnation?

The Story of longtime UFC Featherweight champion and the struggles facing him on the road to the top.

The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politicians in Brazilian history.

Tati is in love with Marcelo, a guy who enjoys dating lots of girls. Honest to a fault, Tati wears her heart on her sleeve, but her intense affection only drives Marcelo further away. After attending a lecture by a young biology professor named Conrado, she decides to put his controversial theories into practice in her own love life. Conrado has developed a scientific guide to seduction, inspired by Charles Darwin's theories, comparing the dating behaviour of young people to that of animals in nature. Tati becomes his eager test subject. At first, the experiment seems to be working: Marcelo is showing interest again. But things take an unexpected turn when real feelings begin to spark between the professor and the student.

A woman tries to help her twin sister, with whom she has a strong connection, recover from a trauma. But weird things surround their lives.

The filme relates how a victory - winning a scholarship to an elite private school - may become an obstacle race for an impoverished young person.

Follows the trajectory of Miro, a worker who leads a simple life until a series of violent events shake his wife, Solange. He then decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion, based in France, to protect his family.

In a crime-plagued area of Rio de Janeiro, a team of honest cops, including a determined rookie, fights corruption and mistrust on all sides.

Brazil, 1961. In the underground of the Piratini Palace, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Leonel Brizola, awaits a bombing by the Brazilian armed forces. The country is on the verge of a civil war, following the resignation of president Jânio Quadros and the movement to keep vice-president João Goulart from taking office. Using the radio transmitter from his improvised bunker, Brizola sets up the Legality movement, to ensure Goulart's right to the presidential chair. Caught in the crossfire, two brothers who are in love with the same woman unite to fight alongside Brizola.

Is it possible that in a world ruled by appearance, there is room for loyalty, ethics, true love, honesty and solidarity? Is it possible, today, when unrelenting consumption is a way of life, to find someone who equates more value to being rather than having? Cobras & Lagartos is an urban tragic comedy, modern and humanist, that deals with two increasingly different worlds: one which values loyalty and solidarity and the other, where the seduction of superfluity and the power of money reign.

Sol and Tião are born to different social backgrounds—she to a poor suburban family in Rio, and him to an even poorer family who raised cattle in West São Paulo State. They eventually meet, due to unlikely circumstances, but part again, as she has set as her ultimate priority to reach the United States or bust. While she comes to the U.S. to live as an illegal immigrant, he remains in Brazil and, despite many trials and tribulations, he becomes a successful rodeo cowboy.

The daughter of a traditional, rich Indian family falls in love for a Dalit, and "untouchable" man.

In childhood, Agrado meets João Raul during a radio contest in the countryside of Goiás. Like her, the boy dreams of becoming a singer, and the two decide to perform together a song composed by Agrado. However, unforeseen events separate them and lead to a misunderstanding that keeps them apart for many years. João Raul, now a major country music star, uses his social media platforms to search for Agrado, “the girl from his past,” who, unlike him, is still struggling to establish herself in the music industry.

The Sabino Machado family, their slaves and entourage spend years frozen in the ocean after a shipwreck in 1886. They wake up gradually, one by one, and must learn to deal with the technology and the human idiosyncrasies of the present times. Among cultural and temporal shocks, "the frozen ones" encounter improbable friendships, romances and greedy people, while fighting prejudices that not even time was able to eradicate.

Tancinha is a charming fruit seller known for her hot temper who gets torn between an explosive relationship with passionate truck driver Apolo, her neighbour and childhood sweetheart, and an irresistible attraction for Beto, a lady-killer who will not take no for an answer. The girl ends up being caught up in a family feud over the disappearance of her father whom she believed to be dead. Tancinha will leave a path of turmoil along her way to unveil this mystery.

Stone Circle takes place in São Paulo in 1958, and tells the story of a love triangle between Natércio (Daniel Dantas), Laura (Ana Paula Arósio) and Daniel (Marcello Antony). Laura is married to Natércio and has two daughters with him: Bruna (Anna Sophia Folch) and Otávia (Ariela Massotti). Emotionally unstable, sensitive, fragile and delicate, she has frequent crises and is treated by Dr. Daniel, because who ends up falling in love. This leads to jealousy in the husband, who, despite loving his wife very much, is controlling and ambitious. Laura has a daughter with doctor Daniel, Virginia (Tammy Di Calafiori), who is raised by her mother with the lawyer. The Silva Prado mansion, where Natércio and Laura live, is located in the upper-middle-class Jardim Europa neighborhood and is looked after by the housekeeper Frau Herta (Ana Beatriz Nogueira), who is secretly in love with her boss and tries to destroy everything she does well. to Laura.

Upon discovering that he is marked for death due to a curse placed on his ancestors, Solano, with Estela's support, embarks on a journey of revelations about his origins.

A moving tale of courage and resilience in the struggle for freedom – this is the role that life has cast for headstrong Morena in Brave Woman. Raised in a poor neighborhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, this tough and humble woman will spare no effort to protect her family and gain her independence.

After the breakthrough success of 'The Cariocas', the spin-off 'The Brazilians - The Women' embraces all the diversity of Brazil and its women. Powerful, fragile, funny, protective, beautiful, talented, insightful, and especially unique; they all have a certain charm. No matter what their birthplace, age, lifestyle or preference, these remarkable women have one thing in common: they are Brazilian. Brilliantly witty and entertaining, every independent episode provides an exclusive look at the life experiences of the women who inspire everyone.

Twelve people are confined together in an abandoned maximum security prison in the middle of the Amazon forest, and end up having to fight for their lives against unknown creatures and supernatural odds.

It tells the story of two families that are mortal enemies in the fictitious city of Santa Fe, at the end of the 20th century. Its characters who reek of soil, blood, and hard liquor get involved in various events in the small town, where their passions, desires, idealism and envy become intertwined and collide in a poetic and unexpected way.

After three years locked up for a crime he didn’t commit, former police officer André Câmara is back on the streets working as a bounty hunter and determined to prove his innocence. Gripping, south American sizzler charting the action from the mean streets of Brazil to the bedrooms of the law enforcers.

In search of her place, Mima, a teenager afraid to own up to her power, awakens three witches from the past, who set her on a journey to recover Aruna, a particle capable of reactivating magic and restoring solar balance to the world.

Based on the film *Mais Forte que o Mundo* by Afonso Poyart, the miniseries tells the story of MMA fighter José Aldo, played by José Loreto. Spanning four episodes, the narrative—which blends drama, documentary footage, and interviews with family, friends, and the athlete himself—reveals the journey of the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight champion.