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Glauber, Claro · 2020Glauber, Claro
★ 10.02020
MovieDocumentary
A deep dive into Glauber Rocha's years exiled in Italy in the 70s. Through a collection of interviews and archives, the movie shows the making of his film Claro (1975) and his relation with European auteurs in their filmic and political views.
Jó · 1993Jó
★ 10.01993
Movie
God and Devil play on Jó's life.
Aurora · 1987Aurora
★ 7.01987
MovieDrama
A man tells a story from his childhood, comparing it to his current experience.
Dov'è Meneghetti? · 1989Dov'è Meneghetti?
★ 7.01989
Movie
O Invasor · 2002O Invasor
★ 7.02002
MovieDramaThriller
Two businessmen hire a hitman to kill their third partner and are then blackmailed by the hitman as he takes over their company.
I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips · 2011I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips
★ 5.92011
MovieDrama
In a remote part of the Amazon, a traveling photographer has an intense affair with a preacher's wife, but secrets from her past threaten to ruin them both.
Invisible World · 2013Invisible World
★ 5.82013
MovieDocumentaryDrama
An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.
Friendly Fire · 1998Friendly Fire
★ 5.81998
MovieDramaHistory
Brazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the four friends still see each other. Only Miguel is politically active. On a photograph from a political meeting in Sao Paolo he recognises the policeman who tortured them 25 years ago and who was responsible for the death of Miguel's girlfriend. The policeman has been officially dead for a few years. On one of their fishing trips together, Miguel tells his friends of his discovery. When they hunt down and confront their nemesis they come into conflict with both themselves and each other.
Blue Blood · 2014Blue Blood
★ 5.72014
MovieDramaMystery
When the Netuno Circus returns to Fernando de Noronha, it brings back a young man with a turbulent past. Pedro is now Zolah, the human cannonball. When secrets surface, bizarre family reunions rival the circus performances.
Pitanga · 2016Pitanga
★ 5.62016
MovieDocumentary
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.