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Le Baiser sur l'asphalte
6.8

Le Baiser sur l'asphalte

Jun 01, 1981

Le Baiser sur l'asphalte
1981 80 min 28 vues
Avant de mourir, un jeune homme renversé par un bus demande à un passant de l’embrasser sur la bouche. L’homme en question, Arandir, est marié. Amado, journaliste sans scrupules, incite le policier Cunha à enquêter sur une supposée relation amoureuse entre les deux hommes. Soupçonné de toutes parts, Arandir doit également affronter les soupçons de son beau-père, de ses collègues et de sa femme.
Crime
O Cavalinho Azul
5

O Cavalinho Azul

Jun 01, 1984

O Cavalinho Azul
1984 93 min 1 vues
Boy from a poor family loses his only asset: a colorless little horse that his imagination turns into a magical and colorful pretty stallion. To get his pet back, he leaves home and faces all dangers ahead with courage, getting involved in many adventures.
Fantasy
Insônia
1

Insônia

Jan 01, 1982

Insônia
1982 125 min 1 vues
A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.
Romance da Empregada
6

Romance da Empregada

May 15, 1988

Romance da Empregada
1988 90 min 7 vues
Fausta, a domestic worker who lives in a slum with her husband João, a drunk and abuser. At work, she has to endure the demands of her boss, and at home, her husband breaks his leg and cheats on her with the neighbor Coizinha. One day, Fausta meets Zé da Placa, and despite the age difference between them, they begin to develop a deep affection for each other, building a beautiful friendship.
Drama
Amor Bandido
5.3

Amor Bandido

Mar 12, 1979

Amor Bandido
1979 95 min 9 vues
Police investigator Galvão is pursuing two trails, one professional and one personal. While he looks for a serial killer, he also searches for his estranged daughter, Sandra, whom he kicked out of the house. Lives intersect when the serial killer, Toninho, befriends Sandra, now an exotic dancer and prostitute living and working in the seamy underside of late 1970s Rio.
Drama
Perdida
4.4

Perdida

Mar 19, 1976

Perdida
1976 80 min 5 vues
The story of a poor woman living in the backwoods of Brazil and working as a maid. One day she is unfairly fired from the house where she was working and goes to the big city, facing a cruel and hostile world, working in factories, bars and bordellos.
Drama
Aguenta, Coração
5

Aguenta, Coração

May 25, 1984

Aguenta, Coração
1984 93 min 3 vues
The relationship among three friendly couples turns upside down when two of the men get a job on TV. Their girlfriends leave them, looking for more action in their lives.
Drama
Se Segura, Malandro!
3

Se Segura, Malandro!

Aug 26, 1978

Se Segura, Malandro!
1978 109 min 2 vues
Paulo Otávio is the host of a pirate radio station on the slums of Rio de Janeiro. He struggles to mantain the station working, since the only help he's got comes from news reporter Calói. Their story goes beyond as the city starts to face a crime wave.
Comedy
Memórias do Cárcere
6.9

Memórias do Cárcere

Jun 18, 1984

Memórias do Cárcere
1984 190 min 19 vues
In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners.
Drama
Miramar
5.7

Miramar

Nov 19, 1997

Miramar
1997 82 min 3 vues
Story with some autobiographical touches taken from director's life.
Drama
Cabaret Mineiro
4

Cabaret Mineiro

Mar 30, 1981

Cabaret Mineiro
1981 75 min 6 vues
An adventurer travels by train through the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, meeting old and new lovers and remembering love affairs of his youth.
Drama
O Mandarim
4.5

O Mandarim

Nov 06, 1995

O Mandarim
1995 89 min 2 vues
The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner who, with his special way of singing - whispering and softly saying the words - in a time when singers with potent voices ruled, was in a way a forerunner of Bossa Nova style.
History
República dos Assassinos
5.1

República dos Assassinos

Nov 11, 1979

República dos Assassinos
1979 105 min 8 vues
In 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave of reactions throughout the country. The photos of the victims, adorned by the skull, symbol of the group, caused an uncomfortable indignation. This is the story of Mateus Romeiro, the most famous of the policemen, who was part of the Homens de Aço (Steelmen) group, one of the factions in which the squadron was divided.
Crime
Bar Esperança
6

Bar Esperança

May 19, 1983

Bar Esperança
1983 119 min 10 vues
A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.
Comedy
Garrincha: Estrela Solitária
4.2

Garrincha: Estrela Solitária

Jul 08, 2003

Garrincha: Estrela Solitária
2003 106 min 8 vues
The life of Brazilian soccer player, Garrincha, considered to be one of the greatest players of all time, with his uniquely original style. He had arched legs, a passion for women and booze. Also had a much talked extramarital affair with singer Elza Soares and died in relative decadence. The movie focuses on his zenith, from 1953 until the World Championship and the Rio Regional Championship, in 1962.
Drama
O Homem Nu
5.2

O Homem Nu

Jan 01, 1997

O Homem Nu
1997 76 min 16 vues
Writer Sílvio Proença needs to travel to São Paulo in order to promote his new book. At the airport, he meets a group of old mates. With the boarding canceled due to a strong storm, the group goes to the apartment of Marialva, daughter of one of Proença's friends. Seduced by Marialva's music and charms, Proença spends the night there, where he wakes up the next day, completely naked. Still groggy from his hangover, he goes to pick up the bread left outside the apartment; that's when the wind closes the door and leaves him naked outside.
Comedy
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
4.3

Para Viver Um Grande Amor

Apr 30, 1984

Para Viver Um Grande Amor
1984 104 min 3 vues
Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl falls in love with a poor composer. Based on the musical play "Pobre Menina Rica", by Vinícius de Moraes and Carlos Lyra.
Drama
Muito Prazer
8.3

Muito Prazer

Sep 25, 1979

Muito Prazer
1979 94 min 3 vues
Two contrasting social groups get in touch: three architects and three street urchins, all struggling for survival.
Drama
Jenipapo
2

Jenipapo

Sep 10, 1995

Jenipapo
1995 100 min 2 vues
Michael is a U.S. journalist who works for a Brazilian newspaper. One day he is put in charge of interviewing Father Louis Stephen, a famed catholic missionary who helps the needy in the jungles of Brazil. Yet he has one problem: the Father has rarely ever given an interview. However, Michael decides that he will be the first to have interviewed the Father personally, and goes on a journey to the center of Brazil, in search of the priest. Michael will soon know how hard it can be to get an interview, and that the Father's apparent media-shyness has deeper implications than he thought.
Drama
Germano
1

Germano

May 24, 2007

Germano
2007 20 min 1 vues
A short contemporary story about the crew of a small Brazilian fishing boat. Part of the anthology The State of the World.
Drama
Sermões: A História de Antônio Vieira
6.4

Sermões: A História de Antônio Vieira

May 24, 1989

Sermões: A História de Antônio Vieira
1989 78 min 7 vues
Based upon the life story of Father Antonio Vieira, born in Lisbon in 1608 and deceased in Salvador, Bahia, in 1697. He's considered the first Brazilian writer and one of the most important aesthete of linguistic and of the Portuguese language of all times, a master in the art of metaphor, of verbal relations and analogy. He was persecuted and condemned by the Portuguese Court of Inquisition due to his position against native slavery, against the intolerance to the Jewish people and to the colonial politics of exploration.
Drama
Cleópatra
5.3

Cleópatra

Sep 02, 2007

Cleópatra
2007 116 min 12 vues
The great battles are the backdrop for the unfolding of the Egyptian Queen's personal life. The strategy of Cleopatra is to seduce the Roman General Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to protect their civilization.
Romance
Crônica À Beira do Rio
1

Crônica À Beira do Rio

Jan 01, 1980

Crônica À Beira do Rio
1980 61 min 1 vues
Rio de Janeiro is a city of very well defined contrast between the seafront, narrow, where the rich live and very close, the hills with their slums, where life changes very quickly in the short space of time.
Drama
Uma Aventura do Zico
3.3

Uma Aventura do Zico

Jun 09, 1998

Uma Aventura do Zico
1998 94 min 7 vues
Rich and spoiled kid, frustrated for not being chosen to join the soccer lessons his idol Zico was going to give, asks his father to clone the player. But a small girl smells something fishy going on and asks her friends to help save the Brazilian soccer star.
Adventure
Brás Cubas
5

Brás Cubas

Oct 15, 1985

Brás Cubas
1985 92 min 1 vues
Irreverent adaptation of great writer Machado de Assis's masterpiece "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" ("Brás Cubas's Posthumous Memories"). A dead man tells about his love life and adventures, specially his affair with Virgília, a dubious married woman.
Comedy
Le Chemin
6.932

Le Chemin

Jan 20, 2012

Le Chemin
2012 93 min 59 vues
Theo a une vie agréable dans une riche banlieue brésilienne. Médecin, mari et père, il est très pris par sa carrière, jusqu’au jour où son fils de 15 ans, Pedro, disparaît. Il part alors à sa recherche et c’est pendant ce long voyage à travers le Brésil qu’il découvre ce qui compte réellement pour lui.
Drama
Mulheres de Areia
7.3

Mulheres de Areia

Sep 24, 1993

Mulheres de Areia
1993 min 30 vues
The story of the rivalry between the twin sisters Ruth and Raquel takes place in the fictional Pontal D'Areia, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro. They have very different personalities. Ruth is sweet, calm and has a good heart. Raquel, on the other hand, is selfish, aggressive and mean.
Soap
Viver a Vida
5.8

Viver a Vida

May 14, 2010

Viver a Vida
2010 min 10 vues
Helena and Luciana are two supermodels with completely opposite personalities: the first is stormy and spoiled, while the second - being older - is patient and restrained. Their fate changes when Helena becomes involved with Marcos, Luciana's father, an older man recently divorced from a former model, Tereza, who does not accept the end of the marriage.
Soap