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La Cité de Dieu
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La Cité de Dieu

Aug 30, 2002

La Cité de Dieu
2002 129 min 7499 vues
Dans une favela qui a vu le jour à Rio de Janeiro dans les années soixante, Fusée est un gamin noir, pauvre, trop fragile pour devenir hors-la-loi, mais assez malin pour ne pas se contenter d'un travail sous payé. Il grandit dans un environnement violent, mais tente de voir la réalité autrement, avec l'œil d'un artiste. Il rêve de devenir photographe professionnel. Petit Dé, un enfant de onze ans, emménage dans la Cité. Il souhaite pour sa part devenir le plus grand criminel de Rio et commence son apprentissage en rendant de menus services à la pègre locale. Il admire Tignasse et son gang, qui arraisonnent les camions et cambriolent à tout va. Tignasse donne à Petit Dé l'occasion de commettre un meurtre, le premier d'une longue série…
Drama
O Roteirista
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O Roteirista

Jan 01, 2012

O Roteirista
2012 49 min 1 vues
32 renowned Brazilian screenwriters of the contemporary Brazilian cinema talk about their creative processes. From the concept of script to their agreements and disagreements, going through their experiences with filmmakers, their reaction to the finished film, critic, and even controversies on auteurism.
Documentary
Canção da Volta
6.6

Canção da Volta

Nov 03, 2016

Canção da Volta
2016 98 min 9 vues
One day, Eduardo arrives at his house and discovers that Julia, his wife, tried to commit suicide. She left her husband and two children without saying goodbye. After some time, she comes back home. He tries everything to set her straight, but the impossibility of knowing her fully grieves him. The shadow of the suicide and the inevitable ghost of a new chance hover over their heads. Eduardo insists on understanding his wife, but an increasing jealousy and an unexpected discovery of her past torture him. He does not realize that, most of the time, the search for control easily becomes an obsession.
Drama
Quase Dois Irmãos
5.4

Quase Dois Irmãos

Apr 01, 2004

Quase Dois Irmãos
2004 102 min 12 vues
The strange friendship between two men of opposite social classes. Miguel is a senator. His childhood friend Jorge is a major drug-dealer. In the 1970s, they meet in prison: Miguel was there for political reasons, and Jorge, as a common criminal.
Drama
Era uma Vez...
7.4

Era uma Vez...

Jul 25, 2008

Era uma Vez...
2008 117 min 80 vues
Situated just above the awe-inspiring Ipanema beach in Rio is the Cantagalo slum. Every day, floods of Cantagalo residents make their way down the mountain, only to disappear into their surroundings as part of the invisible working-class that cleans apartments, works in restaurants, and sells food along the scenic, sun-drenched shores. Young Dé (Thiago Martins) is just such a man. Dé lives with his mother Bernadette (Cyria Coentro) in a cramped Cantagalo apartment, selling hot dogs on the beach in order to make the rent. His brother Beto was killed when Dé was just a young boy, and his adopted brother Carlão (Rocco Pitanga) has been jailed for a robbery that he didn't commit. One day, while working on the beach, Dé meets Nina (Vitória Frate). Nina is the only child of a successful lawyer named Evandro (Paulo César Grande), who's none to happy to discover that his daughter is dating a member of the lower class. How...
Drama
Orfeu
5.3

Orfeu

Apr 21, 1999

Orfeu
1999 110 min 35 vues
Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood. But the local drug boss Lucinho stands between them and will drastically change both their lives.
Drama
Maré: Nossa História de Amor
5.9

Maré: Nossa História de Amor

Apr 04, 2008

Maré: Nossa História de Amor
2008 104 min 4 vues
Free adaptation of Romeo and Juliet translated to the harsh life in Favela da Maré, one of largest and most violent slums in Rio de Janeiro. Living in a slum divided between two rival gangs of drug traffickers, Analídia is the daughter of one of the gangs' leaders and Jonathan is a childhood friend of the other gang leader. Both study in a dance group situated exactly in the middle of the two territories, looking for solace in art.
Drama
Faroeste Caboclo
6.3

Faroeste Caboclo

May 31, 2013

Faroeste Caboclo
2013 108 min 185 vues
Free adaptation of Romeo and Juliet translated to the harsh life in Favela da Maré, one of largest and most violent slums in Rio de Janeiro. Living in a slum divided between two rival gangs of drug traffickers, Analídia is the daughter of one of the gangs' leaders and Jonathan is a childhood friend of the other gang leader. Both study in a dance group situated exactly in the middle of the two territories, looking for solace in art.
Crime
Palace II
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Palace II

Dec 28, 2000

Palace II
2000 21 min 3 vues
Two young boys, Laranjinha and Acerola, living in Cidade de Deus, one of the most violent neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, need some money to go to a concert. The "easiest" (and most dangerous) way to get it is working for some drug-dealers.
Drama
Buscapé
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Buscapé

Sep 12, 2022

Buscapé
2022 14 min 1 vues
With executive production by Fernando Meirelles and direction by Fred Luz, actors Alexandre Rodrigues and Edson Oliveira are Buscapé and Barbantinho, two friends who meet again in today's City of God: bigger, more diverse and connected.
Action
6

Apr 22, 2003
2003 min 1 vues
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.
Comedy
7.5

Nov 05, 2015
2015 min 11 vues
Soap
7.1

Jan 05, 2018
2018 min 30 vues
L'histoire se déroule dans une favela de Rio de Janeiro, et suit les aventures de deux adolescents, Acerola et Laranjinha qui, pris entre la pauvreté de la favela et la tentation du très lucratif trafic de drogue, luttent pour grandir.
Drama
7.1

Jan 05, 2018
2018 min 30 vues
L'histoire se déroule dans une favela de Rio de Janeiro, et suit les aventures de deux adolescents, Acerola et Laranjinha qui, pris entre la pauvreté de la favela et la tentation du très lucratif trafic de drogue, luttent pour grandir.
Drama
8

Dec 20, 2012
2012 min 2 vues
Conceição is a poor girl that left Minas Gerais in search for a new life, away from the coal ovens. She runs away on a cargo train to Rio de Janeiro, where later she takes shelter with a loving family in Rio's suburbs. She falls in love with Cleiton, a hard working and rebel young man, who grew up without a father and lives between good and evil. Conceição becomes a brazilian funk star, but she doesn't loose her pure nature, reassuring her integrity before the obstacles of life. These common people face a recurring dilemma to all of us: How to maintain your notion of justice, ethics and morals, in times of violence, inequity and decadence of values?
Drama