Blackout

The trajectory of the writer, journalist and chronicler from Rio de Janeiro, Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (1881-1922), one of the central figures of Brazilian literature in the 20th century, author of works such as the novels Memories of the Clerk Isaías Caminha (1909), Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma (1911), Clara dos Anjos (1922/1948).

Juana and Carmela, two pregnant women, go out for help from the peripheral neighborhood where they live to hospitals in two cities on the border between Argentina and Brazil.

The life of jazz clarinetist Booker Pittman.

Alice is forced to move alone to a small town, where she meets a new group of friends. While breaking into an amusement park to rescue one of her classmates, Alice discovers secrets about her identity and must make choices.

Duda is a young girl of 13 years intrigued by her mother's work. Beside a new friend, she starts walking at night, and crosses a border with no return.

In a world devastated by disaster that happened many years ago, water has become a valuable good. Mariana and her younger brother Dinho find a time capsule with objects belonging to the old inhabitants of the region: the Raymond family, attracting notice from Breu, the local gangleader. The siblings then embark on a quest to unravel the mysteries of the past, in order to remedy the traumas of the present.

Ezequiel, a former professional car racer, returns to his hometown after 15 years to compete in his last race. He finds Stela, an old affair; Angelo, the family patriarch, as well as Pedro, a 16 year-old boy who dreams of being a driver.

There is hope, but not for us.

The young model Karen works in isolation when she receives an unexpected visit from Anna, a love from the past.

Arrigo Barnabé, a prominent figure of the Vanguarda Paulistana movement, takes center stage in this experimental film, which delves into his formative years in Londrina before he established himself in São Paulo. Through a blend of auditory and visual disruptions, director Rodrigo Grota presents glimpses of the aesthetic subconscious that permeates the artistic and musical endeavors of the mastermind behind "Clara Crocodilo".