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Mare Nostrum 2018 star_border 5.1
Roberto and Mitsuo return to Brazil on the same day, after a long season living abroad. Their lives intersect because of land negotiated by their parents in the past. Without money, the two see on the ground a possibility of getting financially right. However, some events make them believe the terrain is magical. Like a fable, the film shows us that in order to obtain some desires, it is necessary to give up others.

Qualquer Gato Vira-Lata 2 2015 star_border 6.2
Tati and Conrado go to Cancún, where he participates in a conference to launch his book. For her, the trip has an additional purpose: to ask him to marry her. During this very special moment, with family and friends watching via the internet, Conrado responds that he would like to think. Tati's disappointment turns into hope for her ex, Marcelo, who goes to meet her. Furthermore, Conrado's ex is also in Cancún, participating in the same event.

The Rag Troop in the Rainbow Jungle 2014 star_border 7

Barefoot on Red Soil 2014 star_border 9.3
Since he arrived in Sao Felix do Araguaia, in Brazil, the Catalan bishop Pere Casaldàliga fights for the disadvantaged and the indigenous peoples. Casaldàliga must confront the landowners of the region and rethink the role of the Catholic Church.

The Great Kilapy 2012 star_border 7
Zézé Gamboa's sardonic historical drama follows a good-hearted, apolitical con man who, on the eve of Angolan independence in the mid-1970s, pulls off a massive swindle at the expense of the Portuguese colonial administration — and soon after finds himself hailed as a hero of the national liberation struggle.

Cuba Libre 2011

On The Fringes of Sao Paulo: Scavengers 2008
"On The Fringes of Sao Paulo: Scavengers" is a documentary that portrays the life of paper and recycled material collectors in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This documentary is the third piece of a combination of four films that started with the projects "On The Fringes of Sao Paulo: Homeless" and "Squatting on the Fringes of Sao Paulo".

Passing By 2003 star_border 7
When straight-laced Jefferson finds out his drug-dealing brother is dead, he returns to São Paulo with his childhood friend to identify the body. The journey raises memories of their shared childhood and poses a choice for their future.

O Tronco 1999
Vicente, a tax collector, is sent to a distant region to defy the dominion of Melo, a powerful landowner. When Melo's henchmen burn down the collector's office building, the government retaliates by deploying soldiers, overseen by Carvalho, a hard-headed judge. Carvalho orders the soldiers to invade Melo's land, which prompts the start of a full-blown war.

Litany for an old woman 1997 star_border 10
Last ride of an old beggar woman around the old São Luís city revealing the helplessness of both under the sign of an unjust time.

O Cego Que Gritava Luz 1997 star_border 4.2

Scent of Gardenias 1992 star_border 5.8
Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he forbids her from seeing their son, Joaquim. For more than a decade, Daniel nurtures a feeling of revenge for his ex-wife, which gains strength when their now adult son finds his mother in full professional decay.

The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema 1987 star_border 5.5
After meeting a beguiling woman in a movie theater, a realtor becomes embroiled in a mysterious plot involving murder, double identities and movies.

O País dos Tenentes 1987
With death getting near, a retired officer remembers the most important passages in his life and his participation in historical events in Brazil, such as the Lieutenants' Movement, and the 1964 coup.

Hour of the Star 1985 star_border 7.3
Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.

The Next Victim 1983 star_border 3.8
A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood.

The Man That Was Turned Into Juice 1980 star_border 7.3
Deraldo, a popular poet from Northeast Brazil, arrives in the capital of São Paulo, making a living only from his poetry and pamphlets. All is well until he is mistaken for a multinational worker who killed the boss at a party where he received the title of symbolic worker.

Greve 1979
A documentary about the 1979 workers strike.

Trabalhadores: Presente! 1979

Women Metalworkers 1978 star_border 6
In the late seventies, a group of Brazilian documentary filmmakers traveled to the ABC region in the suburbs of São Paulo with the purpose of recording a wave of worker strikes taking place in response to the negligence of the increasingly powerful and abusive automotive industry. Documenting striking women metal workers, Olga Futemma and Renato Tapajós’ Trabalhadoras Metalúrgicas is a particularly vigorous work among the films produced during this moment in São Paulo worker history. Scenes filmed during the first Congress of Metallurgical Women of São Bernardo and Diadema in 1978 are intercut with images documenting the appalling working conditions against which the women featured in the congress were striking.

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Descalç sobre la terra vermella 2014