Maria do Rosário

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Edson is having an affair with a left-wing aspiring movie director during Brazil's military dictatorship years. He tries to get some easy money for her film, but ends up being arrested and tortured as his torturers suspect he's involved in a plot to overthrow the military government.

A beautiful young woman living in an isolated fishing community on an island falls in love with an outsider, a train machinist. But her father, a violent religious fanatic interferes.

A newlywed woman, frustrated after her honeymoon, decides to search for lovers on the streets and ends up causing a conflict between her husband, a baker and a black artist.

Macunaïma, « héros sans caractère », évolue avec désinvolture à travers le pays en changeant de couleur. Né noir d’une mère indienne, il devient blanc sous une pluie magique. Il rencontre des personnages mythologiques et des acteurs de luttes politiques urbaines, tels qu’une guerrillera et un grand patron transmuté en géant cannibale. Macunaíma met en scène le face-à-face problématique entre la culture noire et la culture blanche, tandis que la culture indienne n'est jamais très loin.

A true friendship develops between Jojô, a prostitute Rosa, and the young Eduardo, who survive on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Everything goes well until ambition takes over the trio, causing friends to aim for bigger goals, planning a big assault that could cost them their lives.

A true friendship develops between Jojô, a prostitute Rosa, and the young Eduardo, who survive on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Everything goes well until ambition takes over the trio, causing friends to aim for bigger goals, planning a big assault that could cost them their lives.