São Paulo: Symphony and Cacophony

An intellectual, his questions and contradictions. How to think and act politically these days?

Bil is an elderly man who works as an office boy for a firm in São Paulo, as he does not pay for a bus ticket and takes a preferential line at the bank. One day he gets involved in an unusual bank robbery.

The scientist Udo Gierer is on the trail of Theodor Koch-Grünberg, the famous Amazon researcher at the beginning of our century. While traveling on a river steamboat, he meets and becomes friends with 14 year old José Junior. He takes José with him on a flight over the rain forest and tells the boy about the importance of the Amazon as the lung of the world.

Selma, a retired nurse, is an extremely loving mother for his son Raimundo, in an almost incestuous relationship. One day, she becomes aware of some changes in her son's behavior. At first, she thinks it may be some girlfriend. But soon she learns it's something else.

In the miserable Northeastern Brazil, a ruthless land Baron wants to throw a poor farming community out of their land.

Bruno is a young men from São Paulo who is proud of his growing beard. When his grandfather can no longer go to his usual barber, Bruno has to learn to shave with a straight razor in order to help his grandfather stay 'sharp'.

Jean feels trapped in the logic of longevity that the pharmaceutical industry imposes on him and decides to plan a conscious suicide. He invites Helena to commit suicide to two. She, on the other hand, hesitates, knows that she will live well even if she needs to live alone, but she helps him in his intentions. The silence between them does not reveal distance, but intimacy. These are years of shared affection. Together, they will prepare all the details for the funeral. He dances death while she continues rehearsing life. In the process, the two realize that before the end, there is still a lifetime.

Former political activist receives compensation from the Brazilian government for the disappearance of her husband, victim of the repression triggered by the Brazilian military dictatorship. With the money, she can buy her an apartment and free herself from this dreadful condition she lived for decades. At the moment of moving to the new home, however, a visit arises that forces her to review her entire life.

A woman ready to move away from Brazil is kidnapped by her jealous ex-lover.

The making of an unfinished film about phobias. Says the director. Behind the screens, he discusses at length (with e.g. Coffin Joe) about the aesthetic boundaries of the project: volunteers under controlled circumstances become immersed in their phobias in order to film the fear on their faces.

Nosferatu arrives in a town escaping from Van Helsing. He brings not only his curse, but ghosts from his past. In this escape, he dives into a macabre dance searching for an actress and faces the horror of eternity and the pain of an endless existence.

A doctor who hides a criminal compulsion.

In the center of the city, Alain seeks to fill his void, while Miguel needs a place to stay.