Writing

Victor Navas

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Known For

BionicBionic · 2024
Bionic
5.92024
MovieScience FictionAction
When the progress of robotics makes Paralympic athletes the new sports stars, Maria dreams of competing against her sister. For that, she will have to enter a world of crime and violence.
CarandiruCarandiru · 2003
Carandiru
7.62003
MovieDrama
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo – Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian history.
400 Against 1: A History of Organized Crime400 Against 1: A History of Organized Crime · 2010
400 Against 1: A History of Organized Crime
5.52010
MovieActionCrime
The story of William da Silva Lima, the last survivor of the group that founded the Comando Vermelho at the end of the 1970s. It shows him living together with the political prisoners incurred under the same National Security Law and his leadership in the Ilha Grande Prison creating a type of unheard of conduct and solidarity in the Brazilian prisons. The film goes on to tell of the group's actions on the streets of Rio de Janeiro during the beginning of the 80s when they irritated the police with their daring robberies, as well as portraying the surprising love story between William and Tereza. The narrative weaves its way between the intimate conflict and the spectacular assaults and escapes.
Cazuza: Time Doesn't StopCazuza: Time Doesn't Stop · 2004
Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop
7.12004
MovieDramaMusic
Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza's mother, the film covers a little more than 10 years of the singer’s crazy and brief life – from the beginning of his career in the Circo Voador venue, in 1981, to the huge success and the apotheosis of his shows with the Barão Vermelho band, his solo career, his relations with his parents, friends, lovers and passions, and the courage he had to face his final years, with HIV, until his death, in 1990.
Sonhos TropicaisSonhos Tropicais · 2001
Sonhos Tropicais
9.32001
MovieDramaHistory
A Polish Jew becomes a prostitute after failing to get a marriage in Brazil. Meanwhile, the public health doctor Oswaldo Cruz ends up involved in the Vaccine Revolt.
Belly UpBelly Up · 1997
Belly Up
5.61997
MovieDramaCrime
Two hit men, a veteran and a beginner, chatter in a bar on Brazil-Paraguai border, while waiting for their victim to appear.
Rei da NoiteRei da Noite · 2025
Rei da Noite
2025
MovieDocumentary
EncantadosEncantados · 2017
Encantados
6.82017
MovieDramaRomance
The real-life story of Zeneida, a girl who moves to a farm with her mother and finds herself having an unusual connection with a forest spirit.

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400 Against 1: A History of Organized Crime400 Against 1: A History of Organized Crime · 2010
400 Against 1: A History of Organized Crime
5.52010
MovieActionCrime
The story of William da Silva Lima, the last survivor of the group that founded the Comando Vermelho at the end of the 1970s. It shows him living together with the political prisoners incurred under the same National Security Law and his leadership in the Ilha Grande Prison creating a type of unheard of conduct and solidarity in the Brazilian prisons. The film goes on to tell of the group's actions on the streets of Rio de Janeiro during the beginning of the 80s when they irritated the police with their daring robberies, as well as portraying the surprising love story between William and Tereza. The narrative weaves its way between the intimate conflict and the spectacular assaults and escapes.

Screenplay