Paula Pretta

6.5

É Proibido Fumar

Dec 04, 2009

É Proibido Fumar

2009 85 min 30 vues

In São Paulo, Brazil, the lonely 40-something guitar teacher Baby lives a tedious life in a low middle-class apartment. She is addicted to her only companions: cigarettes. Baby has a constant conflict with her two sisters, over a couch she inherited from their deceased aunt. When Max, a restaurant musician, moves to the next door apartment, Baby has a crush on him and sees a chance to have a life again. Soon they start having a love affair, and Baby decides to quit smoking. However, her abstinence will be tough to deal with, when she notices Max still misses his ex-wife.

Romance

7.1

O Cheiro do Ralo

Sep 27, 2006

O Cheiro do Ralo

2006 112 min 135 vues

A pawn shop proprietor buys used goods from desperate locals – as much to play perverse power games as for his own livelihood, but when the perfect rump and a backed-up toilet enter his life, he loses all control.

Comedy

5.2

Chamada a Cobrar

Oct 08, 2012

Chamada a Cobrar

2012 72 min 4 vues

A high class lady from Brazil falls into a fake kidnapping scam when she answers a stranger’s phone call. Believing that one of her daughters has been kidnapped, she is guided by a terrifying voice for 12 hours through the cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Drama

10

Salve, Guys!

Feb 17, 2023

Salve, Guys!

2023 137 min 1 vues

Comedy

5

E Além de Tudo me Deixou Mudo o Violão

May 19, 2013

E Além de Tudo me Deixou Mudo o Violão

2013 53 min 2 vues

Produced for TV Cultura within the project Telefilmes IV: Music and City, this made-for-TV film follows the story of Erica, a 14-year-old teenager growing up in Brazil, who has to learn how to deal with her British mother who is going off the rails. Living amidst an anxiety that switches between fear and love for her mother, Erica tries to find her way in a ship that seems to be sinking rapidly. It is in this moment that she picks up a guitar, and in her relationship with it, finds a way to re-shape her reality.

4.1

Quanto Dura o Amor?

Oct 02, 2009

Quanto Dura o Amor?

2009 82 min 7 vues

Three metropolitan stories entwine in São Paulo. Would-be actress Marina arrives in the city looking for independence, falls madly in love with Justine, a bisexual rock singer, and is swept up into her wild, edgy lifestyle. Marina shares a flat on Avenida Paulista with Suzana, a mysterious transsexual lawyer who begins a relationship with a male colleague who is unaware of her condition. Jay lives a few floors above them. He is a frustrated writer trying to give a meaning to his life by idealizing a stunningly beautiful prostitute, whom he transforms into a sort of muse. Following the frenetic pace of the city, the three "Paulista" characters will experience the euphoria of passion and its downside.

Drama

5.9

Amor em Sampa

Feb 25, 2016

Amor em Sampa

2016 112 min 8 vues

Cosmo is a taxi driver who loves traveling around São Paulo. One day, when he meets Mauro in a bar, he receives an unusual proposal: to record testimonials from passengers in his taxi, in which people would talk about what they like in São Paulo.

Romance

5.5

Onde Está a Felicidade?

Aug 19, 2011

Onde Está a Felicidade?

2011 110 min 4 vues

Teodora discovers that her husband was having a virtual relationship and enters a crisis, which results in the loss of her job as a presenter of a culinary program. Disillusioned, she decides to hit the road and sets out on a journey of self-discovery, walking the Way of Santiago de Compostela, in Spain.

Comedy

7.2

Comme Nos Parents

Jul 27, 2017

Comme Nos Parents

2017 102 min 92 vues

Rosa fait tout pour être parfaite dans son métier, comme mère, fille, épouse et amante, mais elle peine à tout concilier. Fille d’intellectuels engagés et mère de deux filles pré-adolescentes, elle se retrouve piégée par les exigences de deux générations. De plus, son mari la laisse souvent seule pour son travail. Sa vie bascule lorsque sa mère lui révèle un secret qui la pousse à découvrir qui elle est réellement.

Drama

6.2

Trago Comigo

Jun 16, 2016

Trago Comigo

2016 84 min 4 vues

Telmo is a retired theater director that realizes he doesn't remember the time he spent kept in jail during the military dictatorship in Brazil. He decides to stage a play and, with threads of memory, he improvises the lines with his young cast. Telmo dives into his own history and ends up revealing for himself what, being so painful, he'd rather forget.

Drama

5.5

Sequestro Relâmpago

Oct 19, 2018

Sequestro Relâmpago

2018 85 min 39 vues

Sao Paulo, Brazil. Isabel, a 25-year-old girl, is kidnapped. The first ATM the criminals try to withdraw money from is broken. It's almost 10:00pm. The kidnappers realize they will not be able to get to the next one on time. What was meant to be an express kidnapping becomes an all-night imprisonment.

Crime

5.3

Contra Todos

Feb 01, 2004

Contra Todos

2004 95 min 10 vues

A story about the lies, treachery and vengeance of a middle-class family living on the outskirts of São Paulo. Four characters try desperately to change their lives, but are unable to escape their destiny.

Drama

5.4

Antônia

Feb 09, 2007

Antônia

2007 90 min 14 vues

Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap group but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism, and violence. One by one, they succumb to their grim realities...until they discover that out of struggle come strength, and out of strength, the courage to continue on.

Drama

8.7

Doutor Gama

Jul 29, 2021

Doutor Gama

2021 92 min 12 vues

Based on the biography of Luiz Gama, one of the most important characters in Brazilian history, a black man who used the laws and courts to free more than 500 slaves. Born of a free womb, Gama was sold into slavery at the age of 10 to pay off his father's gambling debts. Even as a slave, he became literate, studied and earned his own freedom, becoming one of the most respected lawyers of his time. An abolitionist and republican who inspired an entire country.

Drama

6.8

Insensate

Aug 04, 2021

Insensate

2021 84 min 77 vues

Based on the biography of Luiz Gama, one of the most important characters in Brazilian history, a black man who used the laws and courts to free more than 500 slaves. Born of a free womb, Gama was sold into slavery at the age of 10 to pay off his father's gambling debts. Even as a slave, he became literate, studied and earned his own freedom, becoming one of the most respected lawyers of his time. An abolitionist and republican who inspired an entire country.

Mystery