Embassy of Brazil in Canberra – DVD Collection July, 2014 Portuguese Intern. English Year Title Duration Director Synopsis No. Title The story of the first football World title at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden told by the protagonists themselves, where Brazil won an 1958 - O 1958 - The impressive 5-2 against Sweden. Members of the teams from the Ano em que Year the different countries that faced Brazil participate in the movie, *1 o Mundo World 2008 85’ José Carlos Asberg providing a first-hand and explicit opinion about the performance of descobriu o discovered the 1958 Brazilian team and showing the respect they have gained Brasil Brazil internationally. The film pays homage to the legendary team, composed of Pelé, Garrincha and Didi, that led the nation to this victory. The story of Francisco, a simple, poor tenant farmer in the hinterlands of Goiás, who pursues what appears to be an impossible dream – to transform two of his nine children into a 2 Filhos de Two Sons of *2 2005 129’ Breno Silveiro Francisco Francisco famous country music duo. With the manic and almost unnerving determination of their father, the two brothers are propelled to success from a position initially very far from stardom. Though their father is not the first father figure to have pressured his 1 Portuguese Intern. English Year Title Duration Director Synopsis No. Title children into becoming entertainers, few have had to embark upon such an arduous journey and overcome such a daunting tragedy. 2 Filhos De Francisco adopts a unique cinematic approach which casts a sweet spell upon its audience, breaking away from traditional ‘made-for-television’ portrayals of similar stories. Paco and Tonho are illegal Brazilian immigrants in New York. Shy Tonho dreams of being successful, but misses his family and his home country Brazil. Pursued by Immigration Service and later 2 Perdidos arrested, he is about to be deported. Paco, a rapper and Two Lost in *3 numa Noite 2002 100’ José Joffily a Dirty Night performer, indifferent to all except her career and her dreams of Suja hitting the top ten chart. The film explores the relationship of the couple in love amidst hope, difficulties, and misencounters in a beautiful and violent metropolis. In April 1910, a young man is forced to choose between family tradition and his own dreams and desires. Set in a remote farming Abril Behind the community, Abril Despedaçado portrays two families, both of A1 Despedaçado Sun 2001 95’ Walter Salles whom earn their living growing sugar cane, which have been squabbling over the ownership of a piece of land for years. The disagreement turned violent some time back, and after the first shot was fired and blood was spilled, the other family insisted upon 2 Portuguese Intern. English Year Title Duration Director Synopsis No. Title killing the gunman as a matter of honour. The second shooter was then killed for the same reason, and ever since, the two clans have been trading off murders in the name of familial honour and justice. The much smaller family has been suffering a great deal more than their rivals due to this feud, and a steady drop in sugar prices has also left them with little but their pride. When the first- born son of the poorer family is shot down, the father orders his next oldest son to kill one of the rival family’s boys after the traditional month-long waiting period. This young man finds himself questioning the wisdom of this bloody rivalry. As he ponders his fate, a small traveling circus comes to town, and he and his brother are enchanted by a beautiful circus performer, with whom the elder brother becomes completely infatuated, longing to travel the country at her side. Guaranteed to shock even jaded viewers, Claudio Assis’s debut feature is enriched with bold and vibrant colours, and, provocatively depicting a tale of two low-rent losers in the coastal Amarelo Mango A2 2002 101’ Cláudio Assis Manga Yellow town of Recife, Brazil. The characters seemingly stem from a form of Carnival hell – they include a macho butcher and his born-again wife, a forlorn barmaid, a sinister sadist and the gay manager of a flophouse called the Hotel Texas. A cleverly interconnected script 3 Portuguese Intern. English Year Title Duration Director Synopsis No. Title increases the action in this highly original film, combined with its masterful confluence between style and story. A young man in his early 30s ponders the state of his life while dealing with three women - his sister, his new girlfriend and his The Amorosas; lover. The film’s protagonist is a highly identifiable character for A3 Amorous 1968 107’ Walter Hugo Khouri As many viewers – he demonstrates the difficulties a young man Ones confronts every day in his society, constantly seeking explanations for the life he leads. Ana Luiza This DVD presents a collection of short movies made by Ana Luiza Ana Luiza Azevedo – Casa de Cinema Azevedo: “Three minutes”, “Dona Cristina lost her memory”, A4 Azevedo - 2005 165’ short de Porto Algre “Barbosa” and “O Bochecha”. The movie also depicts the making Curtas movies of from the different movies as well as declarations of the artist. The saga of a woman and her children struggling to survive during The Ragamuffin War (Revolução Farroupilha), the Republican Anahy de las Anahy de uprising in southern Brazil in the states of Rio Grande do Sul from A5 Misiones las Misiones 1997 115’ Monica Schmiedt 1835 to 1845. Dragging an old wagon with oxen with the help of her children, all of whom have different fathers, Anahy faces fear, war and death. A courageous mother, her only goal is to keep her 4 Portuguese Intern. English Year Title Duration Director Synopsis No. Title family together at any cost. To survive, they must wander the Rio Grande in the wake of battles between revolutionaries and Empire advocates, collecting the spoils of battle and trading them in the military camps. Throughout her exhausting voyage, Anahy goes through many of the legendary episodes of the revolution, participating in some of the biggest events of this epic era. Choosing not to take a side, she believes she will minimise the impacts of the tragedies of war upon her family. A documentary about Brazilian history – from 1945 until the 70s – Anos JK - The JK focusing on president Juscelino Kubitschek, his political rise, his uma Years - A philosophy of economic development, his huge project of A6 1980 110’ Silvio Tenoller Trajetória Political constructing a new capital city Brasilia in the middle of the jungle, Política; Os History and his last years, after the military takeover, when he was deprived of his political rights and went into a temporary exile. The adventures of João Grilo and Chicó, two of the most cowardly Auto da of men, who both struggle for daily bread and experience a similar A7 Compadecida A Dog’s Will 2002 157’ Guel Arraes aftermath by fooling the residents of the small town they live in. ; O Eventually, they incur the wrath of the dreaded bandit Severino de Aracaju and his gang. 5 Portuguese Intern. English Year Title Duration Director Synopsis No. Title In Buenos Aires, a man hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. However, the cook finds him and blackmails him Aviso aos Notify the into working in the kitchen. To make matters worse, the captain A8 1950 113’ Watson Macedo Navegantes Navigators receives a radio message saying that there was a dangerous international spy on board. The situation then worsens even further when some passports are mixed-up. The story of Benjamim Zambraia, a lonely, famous model with a tragic past. Some time in the past, he divulged to some officers the exact location where the woman he loved was hiding with her Monique B1 Benjamin Benjamin 2003 108’ guerilla lover. As a result, the two were killed. One day, he Gardenberg casually meets a woman who looks very much like his former love, and this fact changes his life. Could she be the daughter of his great love? Or her reincarnation? An exploration of a trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life Bicho de until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs B2 Sete Brainstorm 2001 87’ Lais Bodansky Cabeças in his pocket. There, Neto gets to know a completely absurd, inhumane reality in which people are destroyed by a corrupt and cruel institution system. The documentary-type language used by 6 Portuguese Intern. English Year Title Duration Director Synopsis No. Title the director creates a sense of reality, which magnifies the transformation’s emotional impact on Neto, forcing him to mature, and transforming his relationship with his father. The story of Lúcia Murat, the journalist and human rights activist who was a principal female participant in Brazil’s cinema nôvo, and was imprisoned and tortured in the 1970s during Brazil’s military dictatorship, for guerrilla activites. Her Brava Gente Brasileira reaches back to 1778, approximately 245 years after Portugal first colonized Brazil. The protagonist is a Portuguese cartographer attempting to discover thus far uncharted Brazilian locations. He falls in love with a Guaicuru Indian after sketching Brava Gente Brave New B3 2000 103’ Lúcia Murat Brasileira Land her. At the outset of the film, the Guaicuru woman experiences her first period, announcing this to her mother and the initiating ritual is shown at the event. The film then opens with a discharge of blood that is considered ‘natural’, suggesting that it is headed for bloodshed only the presumptuousness of European colonisers have deluded themselves into believing is natural.