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O Cangaceiro
7.2

O Cangaceiro

Jun 06, 1997
This is a remake of Brazil's first international success in the cinema world. Just as its same name predecessor was, this film is a fictional version of the story of the "cangaceiros." These were bandits who sacked towns and spread terror throughout Northeastern Brazil in the 1930s. This group of outlaws is led by Captain Galdino and his wife Maria Bonita.
Drama
Os Amantes da Chuva
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Os Amantes da Chuva

Oct 07, 1979
A curious story: it rains whenever a couple of lovers meet. Against the weather forecast, it rains all over the city. And as the love grows, the stronger becomes the rain. Found by a television crew, they receive the title of "Rain Lovers", and their dates become public spectacles.
Drama
L'Homme pressuré
7.3

L'Homme pressuré

Dec 13, 1980
Le poète Deraldo, Nordestin immigré à São Paulo, est confondu avec un ouvrier qui a assassiné son patron. Obligé de se cacher, il vit de travaux pénibles et prend conscience de l'oppression des métropoles. Il en tire un récit critique, "L'homme transformé en jus".
Drama
Anjos da Noite
5.8

Anjos da Noite

Apr 27, 1987
Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, a drag queen; Teddy, a hustler; Guto, a gay reporter; and Marta, an actress.
Drama
Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
5
The father of a family of lower middle class of São Paulo dies. But he did not realize this and starts to watch the reactions of his children and the collapse of the fragile family structure. Based on a novel of Mário Bortolotto.
Drama
Bixiga: Caminhos Para Saracura
1
During work on the orange subway line in the Bixiga neighborhood, in the city of São Paulo, archaeological sites were found with great potential to reveal more evidence about the black presence in this region. Mainly, due to the fact that this occupation is repeatedly erased to the detriment of the memories that emphasize the Italian community that also started to live in the neighborhood from the last years of the 19th century. The documentary seeks to understand what is at stake with the subway works and what challenges the neighborhood will face in the coming years.
Documentary
O País dos Tenentes
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O País dos Tenentes

May 25, 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.
Drama
Mundo Deserto de Almas Negras
1
In São Paulo, the black part of the elite, while whites take over the periphery. In this scenario, a lawyer has to deliver cell in a prison, but on the way he is robbed. Without the devices, the man begins to be threatened by the leaders of the prison, which still planning an attack in the city.
Thriller
Doramundo
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Doramundo

Feb 17, 1978
A series of murders begins to haunt Cordilheira, a small town near São Paulo, Brazil. The investigations show there is a love triangle involved.
Crime
Ils ne portent pas de smoking
8.2
Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.
Drama
L'histoire de José Aldo
6.5
Dans ce film biographique, José Aldo, élevé à la dure et né pour se battre, fait face à ses propres démons alors qu'il se hisse au rang de champion des arts martiaux.
Drama
Mulher, Mulher
6.3

Mulher, Mulher

Sep 07, 1979
Recently turned into a widow, Alice goes to the country to think about her life. There, she's courted by Luis Carlos but falls in love with Marta. However, Jumbo, a horse, also arouses strange and erotic feelings in her mind.
Drama
O Preço da Paz
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O Preço da Paz

Aug 23, 2003
In 1894, with a coup d'état, President Floriano Peixoto closed down The National Congress, soon reinstated with co-religionaries in key positions. In the south of Brazil, the Maragatos revolutionaries would not come to terms with this. They rebelled and marched to Rio de Janeiro to join Admiral Saldanha's troops and depose the President in an episode known today as the Federalist Revolution. The rebels fought bloody battles with Floriano soldiers during the march. Idelfonso Corrêa is a quiet, reserved citizen of humble origin who becomes the Baron of Serro Azul. His mature demeanor makes him a choice for mediator between both groups. Midst negotiations and difficulties to safeguard the family and his protegés, the Baron expands his domains, starts a newspaper, a bank, and exports herva-mate. With the battle over, his form of address, Baron, becomes synonymous with traitors.
Drama
Predestinado: Arigó e o Espírito do Dr. Fritz
7.3
José Pedro de Freitas, better known as Zé Arigó, was a simple man who lived with his wife Arlete in Congonhas, Minas Gerais. During the 1950s, a time when Spiritism was not as well known and respected in the country, Arigó became a symbol of hope through his surgeries and spiritual cures. Based on a true story, Arigó, with the help of the spirit of Dr. Fritz, performed numerous spiritual surgeries on people from Brazil and the world.
Drama
Menarca
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Menarca

Oct 01, 2020
In a Brazilian village infested with piranhas, Nanã and Mel are fast growing into adolescence as they dream of ways of protecting themselves against a seemingly inescapable violence. When a mysterious body appears tangled in a fisherman's net, they learn what might be their ultimate protection.
Drama
O Príncipe
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O Príncipe

Aug 09, 2002
After 20 years of exile in Paris, Gustavo returns to his native city São Paulo. Back home, he encounters a place which no longer exists. His old friends and family members have changed, almost beyond recognition. He tries to recapture the past, and make some sense of his life, that of his friends and family, and the present state of his native country.
Drama
Sinhá Moça
7.3

Sinhá Moça

Nov 15, 1986
Monarchists and Republicans confront themselves in Araruna, a small town in the interior of São Paulo, in 1886, two years before the promulgation of the Golden Law. Sinhá Moça's love story, daughter of Colonel Ferreira, Baron de Araruna, and a slave-boy, with the young Dr. Rodolfo, an active Republican abolitionist, faced with the difficulties of the campaign for the abolition of slaves. The two meet on the train, when Sinhá Moça, after completing her studies in the provincial capital, returns to Araruna. Like Rodolfo, she has abolitionist ideas and criticizes her father's attitudes, fighting for the defense of blacks. Sinhá Moça, together with Rodolfo and other abolitionists, invade the slave quarters at night and liberate the blacks, giving them to the abolitionist associations, which guide them towards freedom.
Drama