Embassy of Brazil in Canberra – DVD Collection

July, 2014

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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. The film also presents an early close-up of two large tortoises that a boy, whose fanatical Christian father is determined he be officially declared “white”, stacks one on top of the other, illustrating the passive way

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of life that has been enforced by the invaders.

The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with a Gypsy Lord at the mike: he performs magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances and the mute performs feats of strength. A young accordion player, who is completely enamoured of Salomé, begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife join the Bye Bye Bye Bye B4 1980 102’ Carlos Diegues troupe. They consider television their enemy as they travel from Brazil Brazil the coast, deep into the Amazon. Salomé lets the accordion player sleep with her once, with his wife’s knowledge. Then, after his wife’s baby is born and financial disaster hits the troupe, the accordionist must choose between seeing his wife a prostitute and leaving the caravan.

A revolutionary, fighting against dictatorship in Brazil, is wounded in a gun-fight with the police. He is isolated in another man’s Blind Man’s C1 Cabra-cega 2004 108’ Toni Venturi Buff apartment, where he meets a young woman who will change his life.

Caminho The Middle A poor but determined young man sets out with his large family of C2 das Nuvens; 2003 87’ Vicente Amorim of the World O seven in search of work to change their grim outlook. Together,

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they embark upon a 3200-kilometre journey by bicycle, from the State of Paraíba to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where in his mind, a secure job with a promising salary awaits him. Consequently, he leads his whole family, including his infant child, on a grueling bicycle trip down the back roads of Brazil, south to Rio. An exhausting journey based on a true story.

The story of the Captains of the Sands, characters created by Jorge Amado, who were abandoned by their families and struggle Capitães da Captains of C3 2011 98’ Cecília Amado to survive in the streets of Salvador. The story of these young Areia the Sands characters, immortal for Amado’s readers, is truly touching and inspiring.

A Brazilian romantic comedy focusing upon the narrative of Portuguese map illustrator Diogo Alvares, one of Brazil’s first white Caramuru– Caramuru – inhabitants and a recurring theme in Brazilian historiography, The A Invenção literature, and imagination. Alvares arrives at the Brazilian coast in C4 Invention of 2001 88’ Guel Arraes do Brasil a wrecked ship at the beginning of the Portuguese colonisation. Brazil He is saved by an Indian chief and his two daughters. They call him “Caramuru”, and together they engage in a happy love triangle. However, when the opportunity to return to Portugal

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arises, it becomes clear that this amoral arrangement cannot last.

Based upon the real life experiences of Brazilian doctor Drauzio Varella, who initiates an AIDS prevention campaign in Brazil’s largest prison, the dreaded Carandiru, in São Paulo. Here, the population is nearly double its 4,000 maximum, and the doctor C5 Carandiru Carandiru 2003 147’ Hector Babenc soon discovers hundreds of convicts to be living in diabolical conditions. He learns the tragic stories of the hideous crimes committed by the inmates. When a small argument over clothing erupts into a prisoners’ rebellion, police forces force kill over one hundred men in a brutal attempt to curb the revolt.

Two women from opposite worlds, violinist Louise who lives in Brasília, and her maid, both share a passion for music and the desire to meet the man of their dreams. What can happen during a lunch – to which two desirable men have been invited, one a Casamento Louise’s C6 2001 80’ Betse de Paula de Louise; O Wedding charming, eccentric Swedish conductor – where the tastes of both women coincide and clash? The situation is complicated further when Louise’s ex-husband appears at the lunch. Feijoada, salmon, pagoda and classical music mingle with a very nice vibe in this love story, where the two protagonists, despite their contrasts,

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discover they are not so different.

The emotive journey of a boy, who recently lost his mother in a car accident, searching for the father he never knew with the help of a woman working in the central station of Rio de Janeiro, writing letters for illiterate people. Nine-year-old Josue’s mother has been sending letters to his father via Dora, the woman working in the Central do Central C7 1998 112’ Walter Salles Brasil Station station. When his mother dies in a car accident, Dora takes Josue on a trip to find his father. Central do Brasil explores the relationship between the Josue and Dora, as well as those they encounter on the road. The also film provides an insightful window into life in Brazil.

A follow-up to Karim Aïnouz’s dynamic feature debut Madame Satã, this romantic comedy depicts a single mother who has recently returned to her hometown village in remote, northeastern Brazil after living a marginal existence in modern day São Paolo. Céu De Love For C8 2006 88’ Karim Aïnouz Suely; O Sale She refuses to allow the actions of others to dictate her fate as she keeps her eyes towards new horizons. Upon returning to the village in which she was raised to await the arrival of her husband, she longs for the day that her family will become whole. Her hopes gradually fade, however, when it becomes painfully obvious that

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both she and her newborn son have been abandoned. Secrets are scarce in her village, and when word gets out about her dire situation, the optimism of the once hopeful mother is quickly corroded by feelings of failure and humiliation. Though she briefly rekindles a relationship with her former boyfriend, her painful realisation that there is no returning to the past, coupled with an enlightening conversation with a thoughtful prostitute, prods the troubled mother to devise a foolproof plan to finally break free of her troubled past. Adopting the name Suely to distance herself from her family and prepare for her bold journey ahead, the newly transformed protagonist determines to raffle off a most unconventional prize to finance her flight into the future: her body.

A humble man goes to the big city with his wife to find employment and to help his son pay for his studies. His biggest dream is to see his son graduating, and for that he is willing to do the impossible. A Chofer de Chauffeur of Milton Amaral C9 1959 96’ job as Chauffeur of the Square appears. Incorporating travel-filled Praça the Square Carlos Alberto antics from the noise of the chauffeur throughout the film, this chain of events is all that is needed to get the audience laughing hysterically.

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A simple cruise transforms into a sudden, jealous battle for the affections of a sultry prostitute between two previously close friends and co-owners of a small cargo boat. As they make their way down the Brazilian coastline, the two best friends make their living by renting out their boat, and agree that “no woman in the Cidade 98’ Sérgio Machado C10 Lower City 2005 Baixa world will come between” them. When they meet 20-year-old prostitute Karinna, who offers them her ‘services’ for a ride down the coast, the trio sets out into the waters, soon to become entangled in an emotional dilemma stronger than the two comrades could have ever expected.

A Brazilian crime drama depicting the impact of crime upon the poor population of Rio de Janeiro. Using a narrative that skips around in time, the film depicts the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro between the late Cidade De 130’ Fernando Meirelles 1960s and the early 1980s, with the closure of the film depicting C11 City of God 2002 Deus the war between a young drug dealer and his criminal nemesis. The drug dealer and his best friend become crime lords over the course of a decade, when his best friend is killed before he can retire. Consequently, he attempts to take out his arch enemy, but his enemy forms an alliance with another young gangster,

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beginning a gang war. Meanwhile, the drug-dealer’s friend, an aspiring photographer, makes their story famous by taking pictures of the brutal crime war.

When a married woman with a son discovers that her husband is 98’ having an affair, she cheats him back by deciding to take a trip into an isolated part of Brazil with her son. There, she discovers a Corpo The Burning C12 1966 Walter Hugo Khouri Ardente; O Body black stallion roaming in the fields, in which she realises the symbolism of her longing. In the end, she returns home and relives

her memories while watching the footage made by her son.

A narration of the lives of six characters, exploring the mental and physical difficulties of life amongst the chaos of Brazilian society, which affects everyone regardless of their social stature. These situations stem from a restaurant in a wealthy neighbourhood of São Paulo owned by a refined, well-mannered yet ironic and Cronicament Chronically C13 2000 102’ Sérgio Bianchi e Inviável Unfeasible poignant middle-aged man. Secondly, a writer is engaged in a strange trip through the country, seeking to understand issues of social oppression and domination from his bitter perspective. Thirdly, a newcomer of Paraná is the new waiter at the middle-age man’s restaurant, and stands out from other employees due to his European ancestry, apparent in his physical appearance and his

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good education. In fourth place, an upper-middle class carioca is always trying to minimise her contact with people of lower classes. Her husband has a pragmatic view of life – he believes rationality to be a way to take advantage of typical messy situations in Brazil. Finally, the manager of the middle-ages man’s is a captivating woman with an uncertain past, hidden behind the many stories she tells friends and sophisticated customers.

Two brothers have a common friend whom they have known since they were kids. One enters the military life, but the other and their mutual friend turn to drug dealing instead. When the drug-dealer De D1 Passing By 2003 87’ Ricardo Elias brother dies, his brother in the military returns to São Paulo and Passagem goes around town with their mutual friend, trying to recover his body, which went missing. In their desperate search, they remember a huge event from their past.

A vivacious widow and a specialist in Minas cuisine offers a

Depois special pension service to few clients, among them are her two After the D2 Daquele 2005 108’ Roberto Bomtempo Ball friends, two men who compete ferociously in a variety of hilarious Baile ways for her heart. One proposes a bet – he who wins shall have one month to win her affection. If he is unsuccessful, he must

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stand aside to allow his rival a fair shot.

A romantic comedy telling the story of Priscila, who for the first time in her life will spend some time alone at home, as her mother left for a business trip. During this short 20 days, Priscila will experience important changes in her life and various “first times”. D3 Desenrola “Unfolding” 2011 95’ Rosane Suantman This will be the time for her to conquer Rafa, the most attracting young man of her suburb, and have with him her first romantic relationship. However, there will be more obstacles than expected: confusing feelings and expectations will alter her initial plans.

A Brazilian comedy film which centres upon a part-time fisherman, a petty con artist, and a man who claims he is God. The fisherman initially disbelieves the latter’s heavenly origins when he finds him straddling a buoy several miles out to sea, though he becomes convinced after witnessing some quite miraculous demonstrations. Deus é God Is D4 2003 110’ Carlos Diegues Brasileiro Brazilian It is revealed that God has decided to take a break from his eternity of presiding over humankind and is actively seeking a temp to take over the position. With the fisherman by his side, God traverses the nation in hopes of finding someone saintly enough for the job. Eventually, they come across a young man with all the right credentials with the exception of one, glaring trait: he doubts

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the very existence of a higher power.

The fictionalised, historical account of the adventures of hired gunman Antonio das Mortes, set in the real life last days of rural banditism. The movie follows Antonio as he witnesses the descent Deus e o of a common rural worker into a life of crime, joining the gang of Black God, D5 Diabo na 1964 125’ Glauber Rocha White Devil Antonio’s sworn enemy, and the Pedra Bonita Massacre. After Terra do Sol murdering an authoritative figure, the rural worker and his wife retreat to roam the backcountry, where they find a ‘black god’, a ‘blonde devil’ and the dreaded Antonio das Mortes.

An ex-drug dealer who has been free from the trade for four years is forced to go back to the business by a corrupt policeman, when he is forced to bring thirty kilograms of pure cocaine from Colombia. To accompany him on his mission, he calls his cross- dressing fellow reformatory. On the return trip, while awaiting Dia da Caça; Cross D6 2000 116’ Marcello Antony O Country instructions to enter into Manaus, they discover they have been betrayed: the whole mission has been a set up. As a result, he devises a seemingly suicidal plan for revenge, returning to Brasília aided by the mistress of a French dealer and a journalist who is willing to denounce the involvement of police, businessmen and politicians in the drug trade. On the flight to Brasília, their lives

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intertwine through trajectories of revenge, love and death.

A unique, cinematographic portrait exploring the depths of the sentiment of the common man. Dias de Nietzsche em Turim focuses upon the enriching period of Friedrich Nietzsche, one of Dias de Days of the greatest writers of all time, throughout the months he spent in D7 Nietzsche Nietzche in 2001 81’ Júlio Bressane Turim, Italy. Here, the philosopher wrote some of his most well- em Turim Turin known books and immersed himself in his new ideas, engaging with art, science and his distinctive approach to life. The narration is quoted from his original writings.

A satiric comedy where six domestic workers share their thoughts about their employers and their experiences on the job. Although they all share a deep hatred of the people for whom they work, these employers, strangely, are never revealed. Each housemaid has a different reason for ending up in her current occupation, D8 Domésticas Maids 2001 88’ Ana Soares although it is clear that being born into such a lifestyle is the most accurate explanation. One signs up for a modelling course, only to discover she is being recruited for an escort service. Another finds herself having an affair with the chauffeur working for the same family. The third falls for a handsome criminal. Confronting, and highly illustrative of the lack of upward mobility associated with the

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jobs of Brazilian housemaids, Domésticas provides a window into the absurdities and indignities of their daily routines, shining a light on the suppressed existence these housemaids are forced to endure and their lives outside work.

In a crisis with her marriage, her empty house, her age and her tendency to question her expectations, options and the course of her life, fifty- year-old Carolina analyses her past, picturing herself when she was eighteen years old. She re-creates the story of her life through a game of numerous possibilities: what if she hadn’t Dona da Owner of D9 2004 87’ Daniel Filho gone to the ball at which she had met her husband? Would her História; A the Story destiny have been different if, instead of meeting the man of her life with whom she had had children, she had gone to the theatre instead? Throughout the film, the protagonist of the present talks to her past self, discovering what was, what could have been and what could not have been.

In a small city of Brazil, beautiful Flor marries the handsome, erotic Dona Flor Dona Flor e Vadinho. Once married she discovers he is a good-for-nothing. and Her D10 Seus Dois 1976 118’ Bruno Barreto Two She works teaching cooking to her neighbours, but he takes all her Maridos Husbands money to gamble. One day he dies. Flor misses the positive aspects of irthe marriage, so she marries again with a

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sophisticated gentleman, the owner of a drugstore. She is content again, but misses the erotic moments she shared with her previous husband. Suddenly, his ghost comes back to earth to satisfy her desires. A riveting, sensual, hilarious adventure by Bruno Barreto, Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos is one of the most prominent Brazilian films.

Durval, a single, hippie-like youth, lives with his mother at the back of “Durval Discos”, a record store they own in São Paulo, specialising in vinyl records. They lead a boring and unattractive life, until the day Durval hires a maid to help his mother with the Durval Durval D11 2002 93’ Anna Muylaert housekeeping. However, on her second day, the maid goes away, Discos Discos leaving a 5-year-old child behind and a note promising to be back in a couple of days. Durval and his mother are charmed by the child at first, but soon see some sad news about Celia and Kiki on TV that will change their whole situation.

Baby is a solitary guitar professor who strongly desires a romantic Smoke gets É proibido relationship. She could have this chance when she meets Max, a E1 in Your 2009 85’ Anna Muylaert Fumar recently divorced musician and her new neighbor, but she will Eyes need to abandon her smoking addiction to conquer him.

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A comedy centring upon a private investigator with serious financial problems who is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry

E2 Ed Mort Ed Mort 1997 102’ Alain Fresnot executive. In parallel, he agrees to search for a missing boy who works in a bakery. His investigations lead him to confront entrepreneurs and corrupt cops and ‘become involved’ with a television presenter of children’s’ programs.

A documentary depicting a unique portrayal of the daily lives of thirty-seven families living in a huge, high-rise building in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro – their drama, aspirations, intimate revelations, loneliness and dreams. For a week, a man and his team talk to the residents in the enormous building. Amongst these are a middle-aged couple, who met through the classified ads in a Edifício Edificio E3 2002 110’ Eduardo Coutinho newspaper; a call-girl who supports her daughter and her sister; a Master Master retired actor; an ex-football player and a janitor, who suspects that his adopted father, whom he dreams about every night, is his real father. The predominant themes are private life in the big city and apartments as a last stronghold of individuality. It is also emphasised that to live together in one and the same place does not necessarily ensure that a sense of community will be formed.

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A documentary that chronicles Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s life thirty days before becoming the President of Brazil from the point of view of a small team of ‘Entreatos’, closely showing his campaign to reach presidency. Through 240 hours of rare digital video

Entreatos- recording, the film depicts behind the scenes footage, including Lula – 30 Lula a 30 João Moreira E4 days away 2004 117’ private conversations, familiar gatherings, strategic meetings, Dias Do Salles from Power Poder phone calls, commutings and electoral program’s recording. Depicting some tense moments, as well some funny ones, the film reveals Lula’s personality and personal aspirations. Overall, the narrative focuses upon the more reserved of the campaign scenes – those that occur far from the public sphere.

An existential Brazilian drama, in which a nameless man from a wealthy family drifts through life without a job or a clear idea of what to do with his life. His sister feels that he has turned his back on everything his family stands for, but at the same time his best E5 Estorvo Turbulence 2000 95 Ruy Guerra friend, a radical leftist, chides him for not giving up the estate left to him by his parents – which is currently overrun by squatters, who may soon be kicked out by a gang of violent bikers. The man is somehow convinced that he’s being stalked by someone who wants to kill him, and as he wanders from one party to another in a

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daze of paranoia, he fends off the advances of his sister’s drug- addicted friend and seeks shelter from his ex-wife, who is not entirely happy to see him.

A reality-based comedy, in which an independent-minded woman decides that if one live-in husband doesn’t fulfill her needs, she can always add more. At the beginning, she returns to her small, dusty hometown in northern Brazil to receive her mother’s blessing for her young son. When she arrives, she finds that her mother has died – her funeral takes place the day she arrives. Despondent over her new predicament, she accepts an extemporaneous marriage proposal from her neighbor and moves Me You Eu Tu Eles in with him. It becomes clear to her, however, that her new E6 Them 2000 102’ Andrucha Waddington husband wants little more than a live-in maid. She becomes pregnant and bears a child, who bears no resemblance to her light-skinned husband. When his cousin comes to town and takes an immediate liking to her, she does not resist his advances, and before long, she is bearing his son as well. As her eager-to-please husband’s cousin takes over her housekeeping duties, she decides that the one thing she’s lacking in her life is true passion, and fills that void with a sugar cane worker, who moves in as well. Eu Tu Eles is purportedly inspired by the story of a woman in a

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similar alternative-living situation, with a score supplied by legendary Brazilian songsmith Gilberto Gil.

From the makers of The Motorcycle Diaries and City of God, this intimate documentary is filled with colour and rhythm and depicts the lives, dreams and intimacies of three aspiring rappers living in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Although they do not know one another, they share a common passion for rap music, and a dream Lives of to become professional musicians. The filmmaker accompanies F1 Fala Tu 2003 75’ Guilherme Coehlo Rhyme the three rappers over nine months, observing them going about their day-to-day lives. The resulting film demonstrates the way in which hip-hop music has influenced the lives of these young men; moreover, it shows how hip-hop has enabled them to express their personal experiences in their music and lyrics and bring about some form of change to their lives.

A comedy where a family with financial difficulties develops a “Family Família “brilliant” plan that would bring a lot of money and save everyone F2 selling 2011 89’ Pablo Torrecillas vende tudo from their miserable life: make their daughter Lindinha get everything” pregnant of the famous singer Ivan Cláudio.

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After diving into a shallow lake, a student activist is left a tetraplegic. In his wheel chair, he soldiers on and remembers the Feliz Ano Happy Old important facts of his life as an adolescent, in spite of losing the F3 1987 105’ Roberto Cervitz Velho Year use of his legs in the accident. He dedicates his efforts to the memory of his late father, an activist kidnapped and murdered by the military police in the late 1970s.

The aptly-titled A Love Movie focuses upon three friends who meet in a rundown downtown apartment during a weekend to chat, drink Filme de A Love and discuss and philosophize on the subject of love in this erotic F4 2003 90’ Julio Bressane Amor Movie Brazilian melodrama. The three philandering characters in Rio de Janerio occasionally put their theories into practice over the course of various trysts. Shot in black-and-white and colour.

The movie recounts the real story of Luiz Gonzaga and Gonzaguinha, father and son that found and lost each other many “Gonzaga: Gonzaga: times before truly getting to know one another. It is an emotional, From father G1 De Pai pra 2012 130’ Breno Silveiro intense and controversial story. The same music that united them to son” Filho also distanced them. When the father pursued his dream in search of fame he left his motherless son under the care of the godparents. Even though the son suffered from the absence of his

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father, he always was impatiently waiting on his return. A restrained but unconditional love unites the father and son forever.

Guerra de Canudos portrays the true story of the bloodiest war in the history of Brazil, the war of Canudos in the late 1890s, through the plight of a poor family caught up in this tragic conflict. The newly born Republic had brought nothing but oppression and discomfort to the poor people of the rural areas of northeastern Brazil. The separation of church and state and the imposition of Guerra de The Battle G2 1997 169’ Sérgio Rezende Canudos of Canudos abusive taxes, among other measures, caused people to think that the Republic was corrupt and ultimately evil. Guided by a religious leader, a group of countrymen established a community where the Republic rules wouldn’t bother them, but the Republic sent the Brazilian Army to destroy the settlement, starting this dark, gruesome period of warfare in Brazil.

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In 1550, fifty years after the Portuguese colonisation of Brazil began, German voyager Hans Staden is shipwrecked off the coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil. He works in the colony for four years. When he is about to return to Europe to receive the due recognition and gold from the King of Portugal, Staden’s Indian Hans slave disappears while fishing. Staden takes a canoe to search for H1 Hans Staden 1999 101’ Luiz Alberto Pereira Staden the Indian in a nearby river, used by feuding Indian tribes for fishing. He is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe, and in order to survive, he tries to convince the Indians that he is not Portuguese (their enemies) but a friend of the French (their allies), and that his God would be very angry if they were to eat him. Said to be a true story.

The movie depicts the life and music of Herbert Vianna, who was the leader of the band Paralamas do Sucesso, a successful Brazilian rock band. Herbert suffered an airplane accident in 2001 Herbert de Herbert Up Roberto Berliner H2 2009 92’ that left him disabled and killed his wife. Ever since, he has Close Perto Pedro Bronz reminisced the past through looking at different pictures and movies of the performances. The directors Roberto Berliner and Pedro Bronz depict their caring vision and inside story of the artist, in order to satisfy their willingness to pay tribute to the carrier of

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the talented musician.

A Brazilian film set in the 50s, based on the life of controversial and reactionary Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, famous for appearing in public wielding a machine-gun and Homem da The Man in wearing a black cloak. Nicknamed “Lurdinha”, Tenorio became an H3 Capa Preta; the Black 1986 117’ Sérgio Rezende adventurous, challenging the corrupt and powerful figures who O Cape ruled the city of Duque de Caxias. With the words “I am not a fascist, I am not a communist, I am not a coward. I am Tenorio. I am a man”, Tenório was considered a national myth.

A brilliant scientist and physics professor in Rio de Janeiro is researching an alternative source of power through the use of a device that he has designed. His wealthy friend has sponsored his The Man research and his best friend has helped him with the engineering. Homem do However, he has been a bitter and frustrated man for twenty H4 from the 2011 105’ Claudio Torres Futuro; O Future years, since he was publicly humiliated and dumped by his college sweetheart, who has become a famous top-model managed by her former boyfriend. One day, the scientist decides to test his device and accidentally travels to the past, to the day of his public embarrassment that changed his life. However, he decides to fix

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his past and warn his teenage self about what his girlfriend would do to him. Furthermore, he gives his former self and his best friend economic tips to help them earn lots of money. When he returns to the present, he finds that it has totally changed, and he does not like what he sees. He decides to travel back in time again to get the past back on track, but the situation is now even more complicated.

A romantic comedy where a young man, who is passionate about drawing and lives with his mother, describes his daily routine as a photocopier in a bookstore – the only job he can find. It becomes clear he is sadly one of millions of bright, frustrated, young Latin Americans in a dead-end career. Meanwhile, his co-worker claims that she will only sleep with wealthy men, despite the fact that Homem Que The Man H5 2003 130’ Jorge Furtado she’s dating a poor salesman. When the man develops a crush on Copiava; O Who Copied his neighbour, a young woman who works in a clothing store, he comes up with a counterfeit scam to impress her: he counterfeits a fifty-dollar bill and succeeds in changing it at a lottery. The temptation to go for broke proves irresistible, and with a casual acquaintance, he plunges into counterfeiting, and eventually, into bank robbery, violence and homicide.

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Based on the book of João Gilberto Noll, the movie tells the story of a solitary man, an actor, who leaves the city, without luggage Hotel Hotel H6 2009 107’ Suzana Amaral and plans, towards the interior of Brazil. The path to his final Atlântico Atlantico destination will be more difficult than expected and the protagonist will experience absurd, contradictory and unexpected situations.

Despite a recent wave of violent crime in the City of São Paulo, Valter and his family live a content life in the outskirts of the city. Inquilinos; When three young criminals move in next door, the family’s life will I1 The Tenants 2009 103’ Sergio Bianchi Os drastically change. The will start experiencing threat and control by their new neighbors. The movie offers a detailed portrait of the social and psychological impact of urban violence on people.

A Brazilian drama about two businessmen and previous college mates who hire a hitman to kill their third partner and are then blackmailed by the hitman as he takes over their company. At the The outset, the three comrades have been partners in a construction I2 Invasor; O 2002 97’ Beto Brant Trespasser company for over fifteen years. Everything is fine until a disagreement over the manner of conducting business arises, flinging them all into a conflict. From one side, the major partner of the three threatens to break up the partnership; from the other, the

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remaining two are cornered by the situation. Ultimately, the pair decides to eliminate their partner hoping that, in doing so, they will be able to run the company at their own suitability. They hire a professional killer, marking the beginning of a new stage in their lives, which will soon unfold into an unexpected nightmare. The assassin, who has social climbing plans of his own, slowly invades their lives, turning their own violent ways against them, believing that this will allow him to gain enough power to control the entire situation.

In the 70s, fifteen-year-old prostitute Iracema meets a truck driver and travels with him along the Amazon Forest through Transamazônica, a longest highway in Brazil that crosses the Amazon forest. When the truck driver abandons her on the road, Iracema is submitted to the most decadent types of prostitution to Iracema – Iracema – An Jorge Bodansky survive, and must confront the many harsh challenges in that I3 Uma Transa 1975 90’ Amazonian Orlando Senna Amazônica region. An amazing film that discloses the truth about the affair’ development of the Amazonas – the reason why the censorship of the dictatorship has not allowed its exhibition in movie theatres for many years. In that era, the Brazilian military dictatorship opened this highway, announcing that the official purpose of the road was to bring development to the area by settling landless peasants.

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However, what this movie denounces is the beginning of the announced ecological disaster through the uncontrolled burning of the forest and illegal extraction of wood; slave work; infantile prostitution and total corruption.

The movie shows different experiences of Brazilians that chose to live abroad. Based on a real story, the movie concentrates on the Jean Jean J1 2009 91’ Henrique Goldman life of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian immigrant that was Charles Charles shot in the subway station in London on July 22 2005 by the Police who mistook him for a terrorist.

The TV Mini-series about the life of former Brazilian President J2 JK JK 2006 7h36 Dennis Carvalho Juscelino Kubitschek.

A fascinating feature documentary and winner of several international prizes, Justiça offers an intimate look inside the

Maria Augusta Brazilian justice system, closely observing the everyday work of J3 Justiça Justice 2004 107’ Ramos attorneys, judges, prosecutors and other legal professionals, as well as the defendants passing through the system-a young man caught with a stolen car, another charged with complicity in petty theft, and a teenager arrested for possession of drugs and

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weapons. The film follows each case through its various stages, showing the defendants’ meetings with public defenders, the reading of the charges and questioning of the defendants by a judge, scenes of their detention in grossly overcrowded cells, and supervised meetings with family members. Justiça also extends its view beyond the courtrooms and jails to reveal the personal lives of a judge, a public defender, and the families of the accused.

The true story of military captain Carlos Lamarca who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted the Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders. Set over a nine month period between December 1970 and September 1971, the film chronicles the hunt L1 Lamarca Lamarca 1994 129’ Sérgio Rezende for the military renegade and leader of the revolutionary group that in 1970 kidnapped a Swiss ambassador to Brazil. Following the kidnapping, the revolutionaries were individually hunted down, killed or tortured as the authorities searched the jungles of the Bahia region in search of Lamarca.

Latitude Latitude A woman owns a forgotten bar next to a highway, where the trucks L2 2001 86’ Toni Venturi Zero Zero zip by but rarely stop. She is eight months pregnant and has been abandoned by her former lover, a colonel of the São Paulo police.

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One day, she meets a former policeman wanted for a crime he committed in São Paulo. Her former lover the policeman’s superior, and his presence is continually felt by the pair. Two further elements add texture to the plot – the inhospitable landscape and the new baby’s crying, which slowly makes life unbearable for the couple. Based on an original stage play by Fernando Bonassi, the film delves into the souls of two Brazilians isolated in one of the country’s nameless reaches. A love story and a metaphor taken to extremes, Latitude Zero provides a glimpse at an unequal society which excludes many of its citizens, pushing them into violent adventures of love and death.

A romantic comedy telling the story of the nomad rascal Leléu arriving to a new town where he meets Lisbela, daughter of Lisbela e o Lisbela and Tenente Guedes and recently engaged young woman. The two L3 2003 107’ Guel Arraes Prisioneiro the Prisoner young people meet and will desperately fall in love. Their love story will however suffer from family pressures, social class issues and personal doubts and hesitations before finally succeeding.

“Diplomacy Literatura de The movie is a report about the book “Literatura de Cordel” that L4 explained: 2000 90’ Moacyr Góes Cordel explains the life and story of Brazilian diplomats in simple and Literature of direct terms accessible to everyone, through the use of

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Cordel” biographies and short texts.

Filmed over two years, Waste Land follows the work of the renowned fine arts artist Vik Muniz in one of the world’s largest Lixo garbage dump, the Jardim Gramacho in the outskirts of Rio de L5 Extraordinári Waste Land 2010 99’ Lucy Walker Janeiro. There, he photographs a group of catadores (pickers of o recyclable materials) with the initial aim of retracting them. His work reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores when they start to imagine a different life outside of the garbage dump.

Lazy, anti-hero Macunaima is miraculously born fully grown, and to an older woman, in a small jungle settlement in the Amazonas. After the death of his mother, he discovers his life’s purpose, which leads him and his family and followers on a journey to the Joaquim Pedro de M1 Macunaima Macunaima 1969 105’ Big City, Rio de Janeiro. On the way, more miracles take place, Andrade but Macunaima still has the heart and mind of a child. He incidentally meets a killer guerrilla woman who wears an amulet made of stone, and they fall in love. Once in Rio, they begin living together and a couple of months later, she gives birth to a black baby. Macunaima is later co-opted by terrorists, who enlist him in their revolutionary schemes, and a terrorist attack where

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Macunaima carries a bomb in a stroller result in tragic consequences. Macunaima embarks upon numerous new quests, learning hilarious lessons in life, until he eventually returns to the jungle.

João Francisco dos Santos was a figure of no small infamy in Brazil during the 1930s – he was a flamboyantly gay drag performer and a notorious criminal, thoroughly unashamed of his sexual orientation and willing to defend himself with deadly force if the situation demanded. Madame Satã brings dos Santos’s story 100’ to the screen in this vibrant drama seasoned with music and dance. A tall and physically imposing man, dos Santos grew up

poor on the streets of Brazil; and once he reached adulthood, he Madame Madame M2 2002 Karim Aïnouz Satã Satã shared a home in one of Rio de Janeiro’s less picturesque

neighbourhoods with a handful of friends, including his streetwalker friend; her baby daughter; a nightclub performer who

sometimes turned tricks for extra cash; one of dos Santos’s male lovers. After landing a job at a nightspot called The Blue Danube, dos Santos grew fascinated with the elaborate costumes and choreography of the stage shows, and became a singer and dancer at the club. However, when the management declined to pay him, dos Santos took matters into his own hands and

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demanded his salary at knifepoint, leading to his first of many stays behind bars. Upon his release, dos Santos pledged to make his name as a cross-dressing entertainer, though his fiery temper made taking advantage of him a bad idea.

Based on the novel of Marcelo Rubens Paiva, the movie tells the story of Luiz Mario, a night-club entrepreneur, “bon vivant” and collector of love affairs. He is never capable of emotionally Malu de Malu on a involving himself, until the day he meets the carioca Malu, who M3 2010 94’ Julia Moraes Bicicleta Bicycle runs into him on her bike. The couple live a perfect romance, but one day Luiz Mario discovers an enigmatic love letter. He will start experiencing jealousy and confusing emotions, which will be a challenge for the new relationship.

A comedy that alternately enjoys and sends up the beliefs and superstitions of a rural population, where a peasant living in the

That boondocks has one single, unfulfilled dream in life: to eat meat. Marvada M4 Damned 1985 80’ André Klotzel However, the trickery of a little maid, who promises him a non- Carne; A Meat existent family ox in exchange for matrimony, awakens his desire to get married. He soon adjusts to marriage, no matter how it came about, gets some cash from an unlikely source and heads off to São Paulo to look for meat. Once there, his lifelong ambition

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has an odd way of being realised, but then again, the modern world has all sorts of things that he has yet to discover.

A tense and exciting trip set in a roadside bar in a border town between Brazil and Paraguay, where two killers, a young car thief and a veteran and old-style gun slinger with his own code of ethics, await the arrival of the man to be eliminated. While they wait, they tell stories of the region’s most celebrated killer and his involvement with the wife of a powerful landowner. With the use of Matadores; M5 Belly Up 1997 102’ Beto Brant Os dramatic flash backs, the film lends a modern aspect to a rural environment, where guns and money dictate the law. Winner of prizes for direction, photography, editing and the Critics Award at the 1997 Gramado Film Festival, Os Matadores is a stylish and energetic Brazilian gangster movie set in the amusingly unexpected setting of the Brazil-Paraguay border.

A film about Brazilian entrepreneur Irenaeus Evangelista de

Mauá – O Maua - The Sousa, best known as the baron of Mauá, considered the first M6 Imperador e Emperor 1999 138’ Sergio Rezende great Brazilian entrepreneur and who rivalled American’s richest o Rei and the King man in that time. Responsible for a series of initiatives to modernise the national economy in the nineteenth century, Mauá was a daring vanguard struggling for the industrialisation of Brazil.

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Mauá – O Imperador e o Rei explores his life from poverty to riches and back to poverty again, as is common in Brazil – the rich die poor.

Adapted from renowned author Machado de Assis’s classic, 19th century novel, Memórias Póstumas takes viewers on an exquisite journey where 19th century Rio de Janeiro nobleman Bras Cubas 101’ hosts a narration of his life experiences from beyond the grave, Memórias Posthumous poking fun at his life and times, despite his recent death. He

M7 2001 André Klotzel Póstumas Memories follows his younger self through the historical highlights, various

trysts and love affairs, and late life business success as inventor of

the cure-all “Bras Cubas Poultice”. Visual treats and philosophical one-liners are unusually combined with a tone of benevolent satire in this original Brazilian comedy.

Maluquinho (“Nutty”) is a boy like any other boy his age. Playful, smart and driven, he was privileged enough to be born into a Menino Young family that provides affection and allows him to enjoy all the joys Maluquinho: Maluquinho: M8 1994 102’ Helvécio Ratton and fantasies of childhood. However, this does not prevent his O Filme The Movie from experiencing several scares... those who take their parents too seriously and sometimes they do leave the chasing work to alleviate a child that “kitted out some of those.” In the late 60s,

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Maluquinho shares his adventures with seven comrades in his class. Amid car racing carts, scrumptious treats and long talks with Irene, the maid and friend of faith, his life is content.

The miracle of Santa Luzia is a tribute to Luiz Gonsaga, a famous Brazilian singer who was born in 1908. The movie depicts a journey around Brazil organized by Dominguinhos, an important The miracle Milagre de accordionist in Brazil. Through meetings with other musicians and M9 of Santa 2008 105’ Sergio Roizenblit Sta Luzia; O accordionists, the movie shows precious records of the most Luzia important people of popular Brazilian music. Through the rare images shown, the movie illustrates an emotionally profound and diverse Brazil.

 While waiting in a bar for a boat to cross a river, a man tells the story of Javé, a small town in the country of Bahia doomed to be submerged by the waters of a hydroelectric dam. When the Narradores The N1 2003 102’ Eliane Caffé illiterate dwellers of Javé find that their village will be flooded, they de Javé Storytellers decide to “scientifically” document the story of Javé to show the historical importance of the place and present motives to stop the construction of the hydroelectric. However, only person capable of writing is the former postman and persona non-grata, who used

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the intimacy of the villagers to save his job in the post office. Nevertheless, the population assigns him to register in a book the report of the remembrances of the storytellers.

An engrossing documentary about Brazilian classical pianist Nelson Freire, acclaimed by the international press as one of the greatest pianists of our time and one of the best-kept secrets in the world of the piano, and his relationship with music. Despite being compared with several legendary greats such as Sergei 102 Rachmaninov, Alfred Cortot, Josef Hofmann, Arthur Rubinstein

João Moreiro and Glenn Gould, Freire has avoided the spotlight, focusing on Salles developing himself musically. The director explains that in

Nelson Nelson constructing this documentary, he wishes to explore the idea of the N2 2003

Freire Freire tremendous modesty that Freire manifests toward exhibiting

himself as a celebrity. The film eschews the usual interviews with

friends and witnesses in favour of a direct cinematic approach, which allows Freire’s modesty and candour to eloquently and cinematically shine through. Highlights include discussions of the revered pianists Guiomar Novaes and Martha Argerich, Freire’s love for American jazz and Hollywood cinema of the 1940s, and an incredible letter that his father wrote him when Freire was eight. Nelson Freire presents a moving portrait of the soul of a unique

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Brazilian musician, facilitating one’s ability to more fully connect with his quintessential contribution to the world of music.

A psychological thriller enriched with manga-like animations about young, poor comic strip illustrator Nina, living with her mean landlady. Fragile-minded and sensitive, she sinks further and further into a violent fantasy world while seeking ways to survive a

N3 Nina Nina 2004 85’ Heitor Dhalia rough metropolis. Her petty and exploitative old landlady seems to take pleasure in crushing the will of her exhausted tenant. In the midst of the modern yet hectic scene of São Paulo, the ghosts of her subconscious continue tormenting her, until she is eventually involved in a terrible crime.

As a teenager, Noel Rosa is a funny young man who enjoys improvising sarcastic poems for his friends. He studies medicine and plays in a local band with other boys from his neighborhood. A middle-class white male, he prefers the friendship of black people Noel – Poeta Noel – The N4 2006 99’ Ricardo van Steen da Vila Samba Poet from the other side of the tracks, factory girls and prostitutes. Between declarations of love and samba duels, the irreverent Samba philosopher sidesteps his professors, family and even the police to live an intense life buoyed along by monumental quantities of cigarettes and alcohol. Until that is, an illness that is

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too powerful for the medicines of the era complicates his life.

Two friends take two prostitutes out for a night of pleasure, but the night soon turns sour for all those involved. Much bitterness is Men and N5 Noite Vazia 1965 98’ Walter Hugo Khouri Women revealed in the conversation and attitudes of the four, uncovering deeper feelings, anguish and the emptiness of their lives.

For those who thought that the difficulties of Vani and Rui had ended, here they are returning in the second movie of “So Normal”. The couple is facing a crisis and decides to spice up their Normais 2: A relationship with an extravagant idea: a threesome. The craziest Noite mais N6 So Normal 2 2009 75’ José Alvarenga Jr. night Rui and Vani ever had will start when searching for the Maluca de perfect candidate during a night out in Rio de Janeiro: they will Todas; Os meet many unusual people: a cousin, a bisexual, a karaoke regular, a French woman and a television presenter. However, finding the perfect candidate will be much harder than expected.

Nossa Vida “Our life A drama telling the story of four siblings belonging to a lower class N7 não Cabe does not fit 2008 92’ Reinaldo Pineheiro family from São Paulo. The Castilho family lives and survives num Opala into an opal” marginalised from the power and glamour of the elites in São Paulo, and none of them is living a happy life. Monk, the eldest

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one, is an ex-boxer. Lupo, the second son, lives completely marginalised from the society. Slide, the youngest one, is searching for respect. Magali, the only girl, is a talented musician but needs to work in a churrascaria in order to survive.

An old comedian is descending into a depression after his partner’s suicide. His subsequent search for his lost joy inspires him to embark upon an adventure in search of a new partner. He leaves the cold metropolis of São Paulo for a faraway state in the North of Brazil. On this journey he re-discovers his old partner and Onde Anda Where You O1 2004 103’ Sérgio Rezende ex-wife who betrayed him, despite having already been dead. He Você Come also finds a girl who could be his daughter, but is not. Finally, he finds a brilliant comedian who could be his new partner, but it is not to be. Where You Come is a film whose journey could end where it starts. It represents a subtle intertwining of humour and sensitivity.

A simple Brazilian musical set in the Rio of the 1940s, where a charming prostitute is fired from her nightclub job. As a result, her Ópera do O2 Malandro 1986 105’ Ruy Guerra Malandro pimp vows vengeance upon the girl’s odious ex-boss – he sets about to seduce the club owner’s daughter, but his plan has unexpected consequences, as she fails to respond to his

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advances. This elegant, robustly physical film derives its charm from its swinging score and colourfully extravagant dancing combined with a deceptively playful tone, bewitchingly pitched somewhere between realism and filmic fantasy. Political satire and lusty melodrama are imaginatively merged, with the camera deftly juggling various tropes of cinematic illusion. All in all, Ópera do Malandro is an extraordinary offering of wit, verve and imagination.

The movie was made to coincide with the architect’s 100th birthday as a tribute to his work in Brazil and internationally. Niemeyer, who th Oscar Oscar 90’ died in 2012, was one of the most creative modernists of the 20 Niemeyer – Niemeyer: O3 2010 Fabiano Maciel century, a talented and renowned architect who was using A Vida é um life is a inventive technics. The movie also presents his collaboration with Sopro breath of air Juscelino Kubitschek, the former president of Brazil, with whom Niemeyer planned the new capital Brasilia.

A fantastical mystery film about the disappearance of a lighthouse owner and his daughter. At the outset, a supply boat sails to a The Oyster Ostra e o lonely desert island with food and necessities for the lighthouse O4 and the 1997 112’ Walter Lima Jr. Vento; A Wind keeper and his daughter. The crewmen bring the goods to the tower and see before them a strange mystery: steaming food on the table and a broken, bloody window. There is no trace of the

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keeper and his kin. Drawn from a novel by Brazilian author Moacir C. Lopes, this haunting, lyrical film chronicles the events leading up to this strange occurrence via the lost girl’s diary. She was thirteen years old and but for her domineering father, the island’s sparse wildlife, the sea and the wind, she was alone. Having spent most of her life there, she is used to it, but as she begins to mature, she feels a strange yearning to be off the island and to be with other people. Once her father promised to take her to the mainland, but being a hermit, he broke that promise. Marcela was never the same after that. In her diary she writes of the mysterious Saulo who one day became her lover. That Saulo is the wind itself only adds to the mystery which concludes in a tense and gripping sequence.

A retired, divorced woman living in Rio de Janeiro persistently spies on everybody in her neighbourhood, until she thinks she sees an ex-cop commit murder, and becomes a police informant. The Other Outro Lado Initially, she is estranged from her only son and his family as he O5 Side of The 2004 97’ Marcos Bernstein da Rua; O Street has invited his father to live with him. She is devoted to her dog and occupies her spare time as a member of the police force’s special senior citizen program. Operating under a code name, she spends much of her time looking for wrongdoers to report to the

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police. She spends her evenings looking out her apartment window with binoculars into the windows of her neighbours across the street. When she reports what appears to be a man administer his bedridden wife a lethal injection, the police back off when they learn that the gentleman is a respected member of the judiciary. Due to the political flack she has generated, she is eventually kicked out of the program. However, she takes it upon herself to continue the investigation on her own.

'Pride of being Brazilian' is a documentary to discuss the emblematic feeling heard in Brazil. The plot in based on a Orgulho de Pride of director's personal search for the feeling to be proud of being O6 2013 88’ Adalberto Piotto ser being Brazilian. The film explores a new concept about the feeling of Brasileiro Brazilian pride in Brazil with different angles of cinematography and perspectives from interviewed personalities.

The comedy and drama depicts the story of a father and son who work as clowns in a circus, Circo Esperanca, which travels around

P1 Palhaço; O The Clown 2011 90’ Selton Mello Brazil. Benjamin, the son, is going through a phase where he starts questioning his humour and his future. He decides to follow an independent path in order to pursue his dreams: having an address, an identity and the ideal woman. However, he will soon

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realise that he misses his life as a clown, and to the great happiness of his father who has suffered from the absence of his son, he will return to the circus.

The drama tells the story of three young people, Nando, DJ Erika and Lara, who attend the famous music festival Shangri-La on a Paraísos Artifical beach in the Northeast of Brazil. Destiny will reunite them all and P2 2012 96’ Marcos Prado Artificiais Paradises their encounter will change their life forever. In the midst of electronic music and drug trafficking, they will experience a profound love story, conflicts and intense parties.

In modern Rio de Janeiro, after the death of their mother, four very different sisters gather to divide their inheritance – a luxurious apartment in Copacabana, igniting several family disputes. In A Partilha, drama and comedy take turns narrating in tender and The P3 Partilha; A 2001 96’ Daniel Filho Inheritance humorous ways. It explores the lives of women: their emotions, desires and difficulties. Each of the four women has relatable attributes, transforming the film into an accessible, comedic drama.

P4 Paulinho Da Paulinho Da 2003 86’ Izabel Juguaribe A moving documentary about Brazilian samba songwriter, Viola - Meu Viola – My

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Tempo é Time and instrumentalist and singer Paulinho da Viola, one of the most Hoje Now sophisticated musicians of the genre. The film shows his biography, inspiration, masters and friends, as well as his simple and peculiar way of life, including his activities little-known to the public, such as restoring old cars, woodwork and playing billiards. However, one of the most significant revelations of his music is centred upon time itself. For instance, in several verses he sings potent phrases such as “Only time helps us to live”.

A thrilling documentary illustrating the story of the workers who participated in the strike movement in Brazil, led by the soon-to be President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Peões consists of interviews with workers who took part in the 1979/1980 strikes in the metallurgic region called ABC, in the State of São Paulo, who unlike their leader, remained anonymous along the way. In the P5 Peões Peões 2004 85’ Eduardo Coutinho dictatorship of 1979, the metallurgic were the first class of workers that, under the command of Lula, the president of their union, organised a strike in the military regime to confront the police and the dominant class (entrepreneurs). The interviewed workers talk about their origins, the movement and their lives and the political and economic situation of Brazil in that moment.

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The Prisoner of the Iron Bars is a documentary about the notorious Brazilian ‘House of Detention’, Carandiru - a prison demolished in the aftermath of a riot in which 111 prisoners were shot dead by shock troops brought in to restore order. One year before the Prisioneiro The Prisone P6 da Grade de r of the Iron 2003 124’ Paulo Sacramento demolition in December 2002, doctor Paulo Sacramento and his Ferro; O Bars team were given privileged access to the lives of the institution’s 7,500 inmates, setting up video courses and encouraging inmates to participate in this intimate portrait of what was once the biggest prison in Latin America.

Set in the rural sections of contemporary Brazil, this modest- budget film features three stories of people who are tormented by jealousy, resentment and fear. A black field laborer is promoted to supervisor, but his best friend and co-worker becomes jealous of Almost his promotion. His friend works lackadaisically, disappearing from Quase Nada Q1 Nothing 2000 95’ Sérgio Rezende his job without an excuse, and takes advantage of their friendship. At first, the laborer covers for his friend, but he grows increasingly furious with him until a showdown becomes inevitable. In the second segment, a married couple, who work on a farm, are barely making a living. The husband is consumed by guilt over something that happened in his past and fears that there will be

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some form of retribution. After a boy is found dead, his anxiety gets out of control. In the third segment, a handsome, religious flower planter is in love with a beautiful, sensual woman. However, he is not comfortable with her sensuality and relative free- spiritedness. Eventually, their relationship deteriorates and he becomes consumed by jealousy and rage.

Set in 1910, this Brazilian story takes place in a southern rural community populated by Italian immigrants. There, an average yet hard-working peasant marries a free-spirited, lovely young woman. After the wedding he goes into business with his handsome friend, whose wife is plain but good-hearted. Their grain business grows into a major success, and as they begin raising families, the protagonist’s wife and his friend find themselves inexorably drawn Q2 Quatrilho; O O Quatrilho 1995 114’ Fábio Barreto to one another. In turn, they have an affair and abandon their less beautiful spouses. Fortunately, the two abandoned spouses discover that they too have fallen in love. The whole sinful situation becomes a thorn in the disapproving parish priest’s side, and he threatens to destroy their business. However, the business continues to flourish, and soon both couples bear more children, paving the way for a life of happiness.

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Raízes do Brasil: Roots of Uma A cinebiography of celebrated historian Sérgio Buarque de Brazil: A Cinebiogr Hollanda, who wrote the seminal “Raízes do Brasil” in 1935 with Cinebiograp Nelson Pareira dos R1 afia de 2003 146’ interviews with his large family. Included are his widow, his scholar hy of Sérgio Santos Sérgio friend and his seven children – among them, famous composer, Buarque de Buarque singer and writer Chico Buarque and singer Miúcha. Hollanda de Hollanda

The movie is a documentary depicting the life of Raul Seixas, icon of Brazilian rock that died in 1989. His story is told through the use “Raul: the Raul: O of rare images from archives, meetings with relatives and Start, the R2 Início, o fim 2012 128’ Walter Carvalho interviews with artists, producers and friends. They aim to show End and in e o meio Raul’s legendary route and intense life, filled with Rock’n’roll, between” alternative society, drugs, black magic, women and children, that ended tragically at a very young age.

Roberto Roberto While shopping in a Tokyo mall with Roberto and Erasmo Carlos, Carlos e o R3 Carlos and 1968 100’ Roberto Farias a woman decides to buy a statuette of stone in a store. The trio of Diamante The Pink- Cor de Rosa Coloured friends has an argument with a stranger that is also interested in

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Diamond the antique and they are followed by the man and his henchmen. They fight in a desert area and the man breaks the object. On the next morning, the trio has to travel to Israel, but the woman decides to buy another statuette. She never appears for the flight, but a couple of days later, an intellectual tells Roberto and Erasmo that he has come from the magic statuette and he will bring her back to her friends in Jerusalem. They find a map inside the statuette, but the stranger lures and deceives them and steals the map. However, they retrieve the map and try to decipher its content in a cat-and-mouse game with the stranger. They discover that the map indicates the location of a hidden treasure, and they head to Rio de Janeiro trying to find the stone where the mythological ibis is carved. They find that the treasure is in the Pedra da Gávea; but the stranger has not relinquished retrieving the map.

In São Paulo, a man leaves his wife and son, seeking a new beginning in life. While wandering through the streets of São São Paulo, São Paulo, Paulo, he recalls the period of his life when he was a twenty-five S1 Sociedade Anonimous 1965 111’ Luiz Sergio Person Anônima Society year-old employee of Volkswagen in the boom of the automobile industry in Brazil, working in the Quality Control of the factory. He meets the supplier, the Italian immigrant owner of the auto parts,

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and he accepts his gears, even with defects, receiving a commission in return. Meanwhile, the young Ana becomes his mistress, and he later has an affair with a romantic, nihilist, intellectual woman. When he eventually meets Ana in an English class, they begin to date, and she becomes his fiancée and wife. Over the years, he loses his job in Volkswagen and becomes manager of a factory. He then has an existential crisis, losing his identity and becoming part of the process of industrialisation of São Paulo.

Claudio and Helena are back for another adventure after the first successful “If I were you” movie. Several years have passed since the end of the first story and the couple is experiencing constant crisis. This time however, the fights are more serious and lead the Se Eu Fosse If I were you couple to separate. Making the situation even harder, at the same S2 2009 98’ Daniel Filho Você 2 2 time, they find out that their daughter will get married and that they are soon becoming grandparents. However, one more time, destiny intervenes and will create a new strange phenomenon that will save the couple from separating and help them understand each other more.

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The movie recounts the story of Leo, a 30 year old journalist who is experiencing a financial crisis. Destiny brings Marcin on his way, a young woman involved in drug business. She introduces Wilson, Se Nada If nothing a taxi driver who is about to lose his taxi, to Leo. The three will José Eduardo S3 Mais der else works 2008 120’ elaborate a plan together to perpetrate a successful assault. Belmonte Certo out Through this, an intense relationship and friendship between the three protagonists will develop. Increased opportunities for robberies and crimes will appear, which, more and more, will lead Leo towards a criminal life.

The movie tells the story of Gil who is married and lonely, Lydia who flirts with danger, Josialdo who was born to be a woman and Signo da The Sign of Carlos Alberto Monica who just would like to succeed in her life. While listening to S4 2007 97’ Cidade; O the City Ricelli a night radio show of the astrologer Teca, fate will weave everyone together and the protagonists will discover the transforming power of solidarity.

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The movie depicts the life of Simonal, ex-corporal and talented musicians. It describes the impressive trajectory of the artist examining his glory at the time when very few had a comparable Simonal: talent. However, his career ended with accusations that he was a Ninguém S5 Simonal 2010 100’ Claudio Manoel police informant during the dictatorship. The movie presents sabe o duro declarations of friends and hidden interviews of Simonal that que dei question whether he really was an informant or whether his major crime was to be a black billionaire in a country and epoch where racism was prevalent.

Fearless, young Tainá uses her wits to thwart the villains threatening her beloved rainforest. Evil jungle pirates are out to Tainá: A Tainá - Uma steal the young animals that have been adopted as pets by the New T1 Aventura na 2001 90’ Tânia Lamarca Amazon children of Tainá’s village. To rescue the animals, Tainá teams up Amazônia Adventure with a spirited six-year-old girl who wants a pet of her own, and a boy who has gotten lost in the forest with his charming pet terrier.

A beautifully presented, black and white Brazilian mystery Terra Foreign chronicling the union between a young man who is an aspiring T2 1995 100’ Walter Salles Estrangeira Land actor living in São Paulo, and a Brazil-born waitress working in Portugal. After the death of his mother, the young Brazilian

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decides to leave his country and travel to his mother’s native land, like she used to dream about as a Spanish immigrant. This decision brings him forms of danger and love. He uses smuggled goods to pay for his travel to Portugal. He is instructed to take the goods to a certain hotel where he will be paid by the contact, however, when he arrives, the contact is nowhere to be found. This incident leads him down a twisted road filled with murder, danger and intrigue that eventually lands him in the arms of Alex, an alluring Brazilian waitress. At this point, Terra Estrangeira breaks with tradition in that their story continues, for they cannot relax and enjoy their relationship unless they can somehow escape the murderous thugs sent to kill them.

The satirical story of a rich, spoiled young man who encounters a prostitute and becomes confused about the nature of his feelings for her – he cannot decide between his attraction to her and his Toda Nudez All Nudity repulsion by her means of living. Initially, the film depicts a T3 Será Shall Be 1973 102’ Arnaldo Jabor straight-laced family whose very strict morals have been governed Castigada Punished for years by their indomitable matriarch. When the elderly lady of the house dies, the family tries its best to uphold her values. At this point, the arrival of the beautiful prostitute changes everything.

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Four friends venture in search of gold in the mine of Serra Pelada. The area is controlled by the foreigner Von Bermann, whose orders are executed by a bullying henchman. Power-hungry, the Trapalhões Trapalhões T4 Na Serra in Serra 1982 88’ J.B Tanko foreigner smuggles gold, and wants to take possession of the Pelada; Os Pelada lands of the Brazilian Ribamar, who refuses make a deal before his son’s arrival. With the help of the four dabblers, the boy struggles with the thieves to help his father in danger.

A highly experimental and original film, The Hungarian Passport is an account of the endeavour to acquire a Hungarian passport of a female Brazilian artist of Hungarian descent, prior to Hungary’s entrance into the European Union. The documentary is composed of footage shot in different places and contains interviews with

Um The people ranging from employees of the Brazilian National Archive U1 Passaporte Hungarian 2003 71’ Sandra Kogut and Hungarian Embassies in Paris, Budapest and Rio de Janeiro, Húngaro Passport to family members, in particular, her Austrian-born grandmother, to whom the film is dedicated. At the centre of the narrative, the woman is as a postcolonial, diasporic subject who challenges bureaucratic and rigid notions of identity and exposes how migration laws can be arbitrary and inconsistent in a transnational context. In The Hungarian Passport, the passport is the key

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signifier, assuming growing importance for the protagonist, for whom it represents a “Europeanness” that is bound up with its status as an official paper combining nationality and mobility.

The story of the intuitive, adventurous Villa-Lobos, who loved his country and being Brazilian. Striving to be loyal to himself, his music remains a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil. The films depicts the aging Villa-Lobos going to a gala concert in the Theatre of Rio de Janeiro for a tribute in his honour – the last time he will leave his house alive. He appears feverish and attentive, and different scenes of the concert awaken memories of his life. The film also Villa-Lobos – Villa-Lobos: 134’ V1 Uma Vida de A Life of 2000 Zelito Viana conveys the great many ordeals he suffered in his life: the violence Paixão Passion of his father, his mother’s sadness, the lack of affection from his first wife, their inability to have children, the rejection of his art, the possible loss of another potential great love and the abyss between genius and madness. The pieces of this game are recreated chronologically to display his personality – energetic and fragile, humble and megalomaniac, amorous and egocentric, brilliant and naive, adventurous and independent, sensitive and brutal.

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Based on the book of Mariana Caltabiano, the drama depicts the story Marcelo Nascimento Rocha, a criminal who impersonated several people and managed to be everything from a pilot to adrug smuggler, and from a millionaire playboy to the leader of a prison gang. The movie starts with Marcelo being a teenager discovering his talent for mimicry and impersonation and using it in several situations. After running away from home, he will meet Baña who V2 VIPs VIP’s 2010 95’ Toniko Melo will teach him to fly and introduce him to the smuggling and organized crime. Attracting too much attention from the authorities, he will once again change his identity and will manage to impersonate the son of a famous airline company in Brazil at the Carnival in Recife. The different roles of Marcelo are full of surprises and portray the story of a man that did not manage to live with his own identity.

An adventure movie recounting the story of three courageous brothers that decided to participate in the Roncador-Xingu

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towns and initiate the creation of the Xingu National Park, South Americas biggest National Park. All of their actions will transform the protagonists into true heroes.

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