Acting
J.N. Canabarro
Born August 5, 1948 · Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (age 78)
J.N. Canabarro began his career in the south of Brazil as an actor in a local theater company. Later, in his own theater company, he became a director, set designer and actor. At the beginning of the 1980s, he had his first experience in cinema, acting in a Super 8 production, "Tempo sem Glória". From then on, he dedicated himself to regional and national productions. He has also appeared as an ac…
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Empty House · 2021Empty House
2021
MovieDramaWestern
Raúl is an unemployed cattleman that lives in an isolated house on the fields. The landscape of pastures is being superimposed by huge soy plantations. Devastated by poverty, he joins a gang of other peasants that steals cattle during the darkness of the nights on the pastures.
Fragment · 2025Fragment
2025
MovieDrama
After a heated argument, silence fills the apartment. An elderly man tries to resume his normal activities, but anguish and regret prevent him from moving forward. Suddenly, life reveals itself as it truly is.
Contos Gauchescos · 2011Contos Gauchescos
2011
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What we don't talk about · 2025What we don't talk about
2025
MovieCrimeHorror
In a small town in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), close to the border with Uruguay, crimes against children occur and no one can solve them. The town makes a pact of silence about the events, believing them to be the result of some kind of curse, but this scenario changes abruptly when a documentary film crew goes to the place to decipher the mystery and ends up being involved in it.
The Struggle for our Land · 2022The Struggle for our Land
2022
MovieDocumentary
In 1991, 67 families were settled in Brazil. It became one of the biggest clashes between the Landless Rural Workers Movement and the local elite. The doc revisits the history of the Liberdade no Futuro settlement, in these 30 years.
Old Nepo · 2026Old Nepo
2026
MovieDrama
In a small town in the pampas of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, economic and agrarian changes are directly affecting the lives of small farmers. Nepomuceno, a man who has worked all his life raising cattle, suddenly finds himself threatened by a large soy producer who is interested in his land. The conflict becomes more intense when it affects members of his family and old Nepo has to defend his land and his family at all costs.
The general's ghost · 2015The general's ghost
2015
MovieDrama
The short film tells the story of Negro Facundo Sombra, a Farroupilha hero who is visited by his former commander, General Netto, who asks him to fight in the Paraguayan War. After five years, Sombra returns from the war and tries to return home, which turns out not to be easy.
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