Antônio Fagundes

A struggling Brazilian lawyer (Fagundes) is surrounded by failed romance. Mary Ann (Irving) is an American English teacher still recovering from the loss of her husband two years earlier. Alone and unhappy, both have nearly given up hope of finding their lifelong soul-mate. (Sony Pictures)

The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil... (imdb)

Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer. (imdb)

Biography of Patrícia Galvão, aka Pagu, a legendary personage, muse and activist of Brazilian Modernism in art, during the 1920s until the 1940s. She shocked the society of her time, but charmed artists such as painter Tarsila do Amaral and writer Oswald de Andrade, having had an affair with the latter. For her political engagement, she was constantly harassed by Brazilian authorities. (imdb)

A 50 year-old woman who analyses her past. She pictures herself when she was 20 years old and she re-creates the story of her life through a game of innumerous possibilities... What if she wouldn't have gone to that ball? What if... (imdb)

A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face ideological and ethical questions, brought back by a left-wing former boyfriend and her own colleagues. At the same time, a free-lancer spy is sent by an obscure figure in politics to manipulate the elections and its media coverage. (imdb)

In Pacaembu, one of the most aristocratic neighborhoods in São Paulo, an empty house is used as a shelter for a homeless mother and her daughter. As time goes by, two other people having the same social status come to live there too, establishing a conflict. They're not beggars, but icons of an impoverished Brazilian middle class. (imdb)

A frustrated man travels back in time in order to change the outcome of the soccer game that forever changed his life. (imdb)

God decides to take a vacation - but, first, He has to find a saint who can rule the universe while He's away. For that, He goes to Brazil's northeast, where He believes there's a very good man for the job - but, during His mission, He becomes friend of a very smart young man, Taoca. (imdb)

Real estate broker and former boxer enters an old cinema in the decadent downtown São Paulo and meets an intriguing and mysterious woman, very much alike the leading lady of the film. He gets involved with her and her problems and in no time is being accused of a crime. (imdb)

The film follows the spiritual preparation for a occidental man in Tibet.

The torturing of prisoners in the 1970s is the focus of this film that was banned in Brazil, and banned at Cannes or in private screening rooms by the head of the Embrafilme studios who paid for Pra Frente Brazil. The former head of the studio was fired for making the film. The story concerns a man who is picked up by the police because they mistake him for a terrorist... (The New York Times)

Biography of the actress Leila Diniz, which irreverent way of life incited controversials in Brasil during the decades of 1960 and 1970. Leila, that suffered pursuits in brazilian military dictatorship period, was symbol of women liberation in the country, as well godness of the tropicalism moviment.

Noronha (Lima Duarte) is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda (Thelma Reston) and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene (Cristina Aché), is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for having killed a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events. (imdb)

Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, the drag queen; Teddy, the hustler; Guto, the gay reporter; and Marta, an actress. (imdb)

Financial and administrative problems in a religious school for girls force the Government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to the school administrators, the intervenor falls asleep and a crazy dream begins, involving teachers, students and strange characters. (imdb)

Marcelo is a twelve-year boy with an apparently vegetative life. Three years ago his mother Anna was killed in an accident and as a consequence the boy became reduced to a condition of semi-paralysis, detachment and silence which the other members of the family accept and are conformed with He lives in an impressive mansion in São Paulo where the story takes place... (imdb)

A series of murders begins to haunt Cordilheira, a small town near São Paulo, Brazil. The investigations show there is a love triangle involved. (imdb)

Pressed by circumstances, a middle-class accountant accepts a job as a caretaker of a country house. (imdb)

TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighborhood. (imdb)

The story of two couples - Xico and Olga, Tuca and Dina - through 20 years of friendship, from adolescent dreams to maturity frustrations. They meet in a small town in the State of São Paulo, but one of the couples decides to try their luck in the big city. As background, the political events in the 60's and 70's, and how they affect their lives. (imdb)

Ex-cop Vieira (Fagundes) is involved in the death of his lover (Polessa), a prostitute who works in the streets of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. After her death, some strange things started to happen and Vieira is harassed at the same time by the police and some old bad guys from his past. Meanwhile, he is seriously involved with a young and pretty prostitute named Flor (Knust). (imdb)

The boy Jesus tries to find young Barabbas in Jerusalem, to warn him that the romans were crucifying thieves. (imdb)

Factory workers get fired for kissing during work hours. (imdb)

A group of men has an uptight boss who always gives them a hard time for arriving to work hung over and late. They decide to make him understand what it means to party. (imdb)

Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life. (imdb)

Gilberto loses his job as chauffeur to be caught in a motel with his wife's boss. To keep himself and his mother, Shirley, Gilberto goes through various jobs, gaff the bus driver to Japanese tourists. He is still haunted by Veronica, a nearby hot chick married to an Argentine who works at night and during the day just want to sleep. It is when a new neighbor, Marcia arrives in the building, pregnant from her ex-boyfriend.

After losing his job and the end of his marriage, Júnior returns to his father's house. But that is not his childhood house anymore. His old room has been rented by a young woman and the place feels unwelcome and oppressive. Júnior develops and obsession for his family history, as strange things start happening in the house. (Letterboxd)

Affective disorder in the world of a teenager, discussed through the relationship of love Dora / Bel, 16, with his father CH, 48, is the plot of this story that leverages a lot of action. She lost her family and was adopted by a father of obscure activities.

Doca, Danillo, Carlinhos, Branco and Samuel are five policemen working undercover at the Complexo do Alemão, an area which gathers several slums and is considered one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. Their operation goes wrong after the government threatens to raid the place using military vehicles, which leads drug lord Playboy to cut off all the slum's communications, leaving them unable to contact their boss, Valadares, forcing them to hide at the basement of Doca's pizzeria. (Wikipedia)

Clown tells the story of João Grilo, a rich couple's lively employee who cheats everybody in town: arranges a funeral for a dog, bribes the priest and the bishop into celebrating a mass in latin for the animal, and performs many other bizarre things. After he dies, he's submitted to a trial in Heaven, being judged by a black Christ, having the Devil as prosecutor and the Virgin Mary as his defense. (imdb)

The film tells the story of murders occurring during a theater rehearsal

Radio announcer gets involved with the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

A boy and his imagination.

Follows a century in the lives of the Knieps, an Austrian family of circus owners. (imdb)

The documentary gathers scandalous scenes of the sexual comedies that formed the pinnacle of Brazil "pornochanchada" in the 1970's.

The love story of two Italian young immigrants who first meet on their way to Brazil at the end of the 18th century, but are separated after their ship docks.

A documentary about the Boca do Lixo, the Brazilian Bollywood.

A documentary about one of greatest braziliian cinematographers.

Intending to be rich and successful at any price, a callous young woman abandons her family and is pursued by her mother for the reckoning. (imdb)

Jealous of his adoptive sister, an unscrupulous man separates her from her newborn daughter, who is found and adopted by a lovable man. (imdb)

A young woman vows revenge on a tricky, unscrupulous man after he deceives and abandons her pregnant with their son. (imdb)