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Milagrez
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Cacaso na Corda Bamba
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Bela Noite Para Voar
Mar 13, 2009A day in the life of Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek, in a troubled period of his term, while he maintains a secret love affair.
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Bela Noite Para Voar
Mar 13, 2009A day in the life of Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek, in a troubled period of his term, while he maintains a secret love affair.
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A Grande Cidade
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O Segredo da Múmia
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Os Condenados
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Minha Namorada
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O Homem que Comprou o Mundo
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Minha Namorada
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Sons da Esperança
May 02, 2012The documentary tells the story of the "Orquestra Criança Cidadã do Coque" [Child Citizen Orchestra of Coque]. This is the realization of a social project, conceived by Judge John Targino, in which the children of one of the most violent neighborhoods of Recife - the "Coque" - receive music and instruments lessons, forming a classical music orchestra. The first part of the documentary features interviews with many parents, talking about their experiences and how the project has changed their lives, not only of their children, but their own. Then, in the second part, we have interviews with the students themselves and watch part of the preparations for the concert commemorating the anniversary of the orchestra - and, of course, all anxiety and expectation that this moment brings to their lives. Finally, in the third part, the concert is shown almost entirety. The kids brilliantly perform orchestral pieces of J. S. Bach, E. Elgar and H. Villa-Lobos.
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O Doce Esporte do Sexo
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Sons da Esperança
May 02, 2012The documentary tells the story of the "Orquestra Criança Cidadã do Coque" [Child Citizen Orchestra of Coque]. This is the realization of a social project, conceived by Judge John Targino, in which the children of one of the most violent neighborhoods of Recife - the "Coque" - receive music and instruments lessons, forming a classical music orchestra. The first part of the documentary features interviews with many parents, talking about their experiences and how the project has changed their lives, not only of their children, but their own. Then, in the second part, we have interviews with the students themselves and watch part of the preparations for the concert commemorating the anniversary of the orchestra - and, of course, all anxiety and expectation that this moment brings to their lives. Finally, in the third part, the concert is shown almost entirety. The kids brilliantly perform orchestral pieces of J. S. Bach, E. Elgar and H. Villa-Lobos.
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Veja Esta Canção
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Terra dos Índios
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O Doce Esporte do Sexo
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Rodovia Belém - Brasília
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Perdida
Mar 19, 1976The 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.
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Os Condenados
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Avaeté, la graine de la vengeance
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Chico Anysio É
Jan 01, 2006Documentary
Morte e Vida Severina
Jul 29, 1977The story of Severino, a man who tries to escape the misery and the drought prevailing in the rural backcountry of the Northeast of Brazil. He heads for Recife, passing through desert and forest regions, expecting to find a better life.
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Morte e Vida Severina
Jul 29, 1977The story of Severino, a man who tries to escape the misery and the drought prevailing in the rural backcountry of the Northeast of Brazil. He heads for Recife, passing through desert and forest regions, expecting to find a better life.
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Antonio Das Mortes
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Zabumba, Orquestra Popular do Nordeste
Oct 04, 1974Popular manifestation in extinction, presented with its local musicians and their handmade instruments.
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Cabra Marcado Para Morrer
Dec 03, 1984Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and came back to it in 1981, looking for the same places and people, showing what had ocurred since then, and trying to gather a family whose patriarch, a political leader fighting for rights of country people, had been murdered.
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Quando o Carnaval Chegar
Jul 13, 1972Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn't an easy task.
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Terra dos Índios
May 26, 1979Documentary
Terra dos Índios
May 26, 1979Documentary
Maranhão 66
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Augusto Boal e o Teatro do Oprimido
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Choque Cultural
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Choque Cultural
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Viva Marília!
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