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Aparecida - O Milagre
6.3

Aparecida - O Milagre

Dec 17, 2010
Marcos Resende is a cold and crisis man command MetalNobre company. Mark lost his faith in God when her father, Antonio, died in the construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida. He had asked the day before to Our Lady Aparecida cleats for him to play in a team and his father would buy them. Mark is separated from wife and Sonia have feuds with son Lucas, in addition to keeping a bad emotional relationship with Beatriz, an official of the company and his mother, Julia. After a misunderstanding, Lucas suffers a serious motorcycle accident. Then Mark revive its history and living with his father. And when he turns to Julia, she reveals the mysterious grace of his family.
Drama
Mulheres: Uma Outra História
1
Filmed as Brazil was transitioning back into a democracy after over two decades of dictatorship, ‘Mulheres: uma outra história’ focuses on various aspects of women's participation in the Brazilian political scene and features interviews with some of the 23 women newly elected to the Constituent Assembly who managed to gain the approval of some of their proposals for the Brazilian Constitution which was being written at the time. The film features appearances from suffragist Carmen Portilho, who reminds viewers about the long history of struggle for women to earn the right to vote in the country, and Jandira Feghali and Benedita da Silva who would become some of the most influential political leaders in the country’s history.
Documentary
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
Os Amantes da Chuva
1

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
Vazio Coração
1

Vazio Coração

Nov 01, 2013
Hugo Kari is a famous singer who decides to take a break from his schedule to find his father, ambassador Mário Menezes. Together, they try to adjust a relationship shattered by time and conflict.
Mário Lago
7

Mário Lago

Oct 05, 2013
Life and work of brazilian actor, poet and songwriter Mário Lago.
Documentary
ABC da Greve
7.6

ABC da Greve

Feb 15, 1990
ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat untouched until after the death of highly-regarded director Leon Hirszman in 1987, by which time the material had a new relevance. The gripping film captures the negotiations between the labor unions and the factory bosses and shows the birth of the region’s Worker’s Party, as well as the emergence of its charismatic leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Rising from extreme poverty, Lula gained national prominence as a union activist during the late 70s and early 80s. After being jailed during his time as a union leader, he eventually becomes Brazil’s president from 2003 to 2010.
Documentary
Bete & Deise
1

Bete & Deise

Jan 27, 2012
Van Oldenborgh's practice explores social relations through an investigation of gesture in the public sphere. Bete & Deise brings about a meeting between veteran telenovela actress and political activist Bete Mendes and Deise Tigrona, one of the most powerful voices in Baile funk, whose song Injeção was the basis for M.I.A.'s Bucky Done Gun.
Introdução à Música do Sangue
4.2
In the interior of Brazil, between the archaic and the contemporary world, a family lives its anguish in an atmosphere of desire and repression. Based on an argument by a master of the psychological introspection novel, the writer Lucio Cardoso.
Drama
Muda Brasil
1

Muda Brasil

Mar 18, 1985
The documentary recalls the political reopening of the country, and narrates in detail the events that culminated in the election of Tancredo Neves as the first civilian president after 20 years of military dictatorship.
Documentary
Vítimas do Dia
1

Vítimas do Dia

Jan 01, 1970
In the story, set in Rio de Janeiro, a pregnant woman will feel the desire to eat a certain fruit and will ask her husband to go buy it. When he is in the market, he will be the victim of a stray bullet. Meanwhile, at home, the girl will begin to give birth to her baby.
Drama
Brasília 18%
4.75

Brasília 18%

Apr 21, 2006
A star medical examiner is called to Brasília, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, young congressional aide's dead body. But his scientific rigor soon leads him to details of a multi-layered political scandal.
Drama
Vestido de Noiva
4

Vestido de Noiva

Nov 10, 2006
While in the hospital, after being run over, Alaíde thinks about her life, specially after the moment she'd found the diary of Madame Clessy, in the house where her family had moved in, which was a former bordello.
Drama
Insônia
1

Insônia

Jan 01, 1982
A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.
J.S. Brown, o Último Herói
1
João da Silva Brown, a resident of Salvador, has always been a fan of comics, movies and adventure series and superheroes. Once he learns about a course for detectives and decides to attend it. With his private detective degree, he sets up an office and places an ad in the newspaper. Now wearing a cape and hat, he waits in vain for customers.
Crime
Bete & Deise
1

Bete & Deise

Jan 27, 2012
Van Oldenborgh's practice explores social relations through an investigation of gesture in the public sphere. Bete & Deise brings about a meeting between veteran telenovela actress and political activist Bete Mendes and Deise Tigrona, one of the most powerful voices in Baile funk, whose song Injeção was the basis for M.I.A.'s Bucky Done Gun.
Memorial de Maria Moura
7.2
Adapted from the homonymous work by Rachel de Queiroz, it presents the saga of a woman against female submission in nineteenth-century patriarchal society.
Drama
Le roman de la vie
6.5

Le roman de la vie

Mar 02, 2007
Grâce aux sacrifices financiers de sa mère, Nanda se rend en Europe, à Amsterdam, pour étudier. Elle découvre un jour qu’elle est enceinte. Son petit ami Léo, fils d'un riche chef d'entreprise brésilien, la rejette car elle refuse d'avorter. Il lui donne de l'argent pour payer un médecin et rentrer chez ses parents au Brésil. Craignant sa mère Martha, une femme autoritaire, elle attend d'être sur le point d'accoucher pour revenir à Rio, sans prévenir.
Soap
Seus Olhos
1

Seus Olhos

Dec 04, 2004
Dans les années 1980 à São Paulo, Marina, âgée de 21 ans, a un talent pour la peinture et mène une vie simple avec sa mère. Vitor est un avocat prospère travaillant dans une entreprise de construction navale, dont l'héritier est Tiago. Les deux hommes sont amoureux de Marina, mais elle ignore que Vitor est marié et père d'un garçon de deux ans. Après la mort de sa mère, Marina se laisse aller à une relation avec Vitor, mais lorsque sa femme Elaine découvre leur liaison, Marina est choquée et met fin à leur relation.
Soap
Tieta
7.6

Tieta

Mar 30, 1990
Inspired on Jorge Amado's romance "Tieta do Agreste", the plot is set on the fictional city of Santana do Agreste, at Brazil's northwest, and has as main theme Tieta's life turnarounds. Twenty-five years after being chased out of town by her father Zé Esteves, she returns to her home town seeking revenge against everyone who mistreated her and laugh at her face in the past.
Drama
Caras & Bocas
5.9

Caras & Bocas

Jan 07, 2010
This is the story of a young couple, Dafne and Gabriel, who are separated by her grandfather Jaques, a millionaire who couldn’t handle that his granddaughter was in love with a poor guy. After an accident, Jacques is presumed dead and leaves his business to Dafne, but on the sole condition that she marries. Judith, her grandfather‘s stepdaughter, takes over the business temporarily and schemes to pair Dafne with her brother Nicholas in order to consolidate her claim. Dafne and Gabriel meet again when his unkown daughter decides to find her father, but discover that a passion is only completed when one fulfills the other‘s dream.
Soap
Gabriela
7.1

Gabriela

Oct 26, 2012
Naïve and provocative Gabriela is a raggedy migrant worker who arrives in town to mesmerize all with her playful and simple, yet raw sensuality. Set in 1925, the story unravels in Ilhéus, a quiet northeastern coastal city thriving with cocoa crops and aspirations for progress, even though the traditional ways still rule.
Comedy
O Rei do Gado
7.6

O Rei do Gado

Feb 14, 1997
In the struggle for land a vicious feud erupts between two men, who commit their families to a war without truce. Over two generations they are moved by love and by hatred in this epic saga of love for the land.
Soap
Fleur Caraïbes
6.7

Fleur Caraïbes

Sep 13, 2013
Petit fils d'un magnat des industries minières et de sel de Rio Grande do Norte, Alberto Albuquerque aurait préféré prendre ses distances avec les affaires. Dans le village côtier de Vila de los Ventos où son grand-père Dionisio a une image désastreuse d'exploiteur raciste, Beto est plutôt apprécié. Le jeune homme hérite d'un groupe qui s'est notamment enrichi sous l'Europe nazie. Avant de quitter la présidence, son grand-père le charge de sortir illégalement du pays des diamants vers une île caribéenne. Beto en profite pour éloigner son ami d'enfance Cassiano (fils d'un syndicaliste devenu pilote de chasse) à qui il ne confie que des cristaux de pierres ressemblant à des diamants à livrer dans les Caraïbes. Celui qui se considérait comme son meilleur ami se retrouve alors, durant des années, captif dans la propriété d'un mafieux caribéen. Sans remords, Beto n'a plus qu'à consoler l'obsédante fiancée Ester (fille d'un bijoutier juif hollandais). Dionisio, fier de son passé, est sidéré de voir son petit-fils déployer tant d'efforts pour conquérir Ester dont il est fou amoureux. Il craint que d'éventuelles désillusions n'attirent l'attention sur les malversations voire ne mettent leur vie en danger.
Drama
Passions mortelles
5.9

Passions mortelles

Aug 19, 2011
Leonardo Brandão, l'ainé d'une famille aisée de Florianópolis (Floripa), manipule ses proches par la flatterie. Il considère son père Raul comme un entrepreneur complaisant, sans ambition, et la modestie de son frère Pedro, un pilote d'avion, l'exaspère. Léo multiplie les escroqueries pour expliquer son indépendance financière. Pour avoir voulu dérober une cargaison transportée par son frère, il cause un accident. Pedro alors accusé de négligences sur l'avion qu'il pilotait est emprisonné et tenu responsable du décès de sa fiancée qui l'accompagnait. Léo séduit facilement une aide-soignante frustrée, Norma, pour voler son patron. Condamnée par la justice et obnubilée par cet homme, Norma décide de s'endurcir et jure de l'humilier à sa libération. Horácio Cortez est à la tête d'une grande banque de Rio de Janeiro. Veuf une première fois, le banquier a su se faire un carnet d'adresses et avoir une reconnaissance dans l'élite carioca grâce à sa deuxième épouse Clarice. Fraudeur en affaires et infidèle en amour, Cortez soigne hypocritement son image médiatique. Natalie Lamour, une candidate de télé-réalité aussi bien connue pour sa futilité que pour ses photos dénudées, exploite sa notoriété soudaine pour grimper socialement avec son frère et sa mère femme de ménage. Elle souhaite se marier le plus vite que possible à quelqu'un qui pourrait assouvir ses caprices. Vitória Drummond, une des femmes d'affaires les plus puissantes de Rio, n'apprécie pas beaucoup les mondanités. Elle craint de voir ses petites filles, dont elle s'est occupée, se faire approcher par des hommes intéressés par leur fortune. L'une d'elles, Marina suit ses traces au sein de son groupe. L'autre, Bibi, bien au contraire, une femme cougar, profite de son statut et aime se venter.
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O Tempo e o Vento
7.2

O Tempo e o Vento

May 31, 1985
It tells the story of the Camabará family for many generations, which were fundamental to the social and political formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The stories are remembered by Dona Bibiana, who remembers the life of her grandmother Ana, her husband, the Captain Rodrigo, his son Bolivar and his daughter-in-law Luzia.
Drama
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo
7.2
The series exhibited several stories based on folklore and mythology , with characters such as Cuca, Saci Pererê and Iara from Brazilian folklore and then later with several characters from fairytales, fables, literature and greek mythology. The residents of Sítio, Emília, Narizinho, Pedrinho, Dona Benta and Tia Nastacia live several adventures with a lot of the mystery and dangers that haunt the remote town of Arraial do Tucanos.
Family
A Casa das Sete Mulheres
8.4
When the men go to war, the women also battle. This tale takes place in the XIX century, during a terrible civil war. Italy’s revolutionary leader Garibaldi must choose between two loves: a sweet aristocratic lady or a brave woman who leaves her husband to accompany him into battle. This super-production recounts the saga of women who do not go to war but must bear pain, solitude and new passions while their husbands and fathers fight the battles.
Action & Adventure
Anos Rebeldes
7.5

Anos Rebeldes

Nov 24, 1992
Mini series about the 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, when a politically engaged student falls in love with a left wing journalist's daughter who doesn't care for politics. The romance follows 15 years of Brazilian history, since President João Goulart deposition by military reactionary forces, until the first signs of restoration of democracy, in the 1980s.
Drama
Quatro por Quatro
10

Quatro por Quatro

Jul 21, 1995
A traffic accident causes four women's destinies to intertwine. In the series, the four enter a pact of revenge against the men who hit them and caused them to suffer. Auxiliadora struggled to help her husband Alcebíades prosper, but when he leaves her for a younger woman, is thrown out of the house. The shy Tatiana was engaged to Fortunato, who failed to show up at their wedding. The Babalu hurricane caught mechanic Raí in bed with another woman. Abigail, a preppy psychologist who is struggling in a failing marriage, decides superficially to continue it but revolts against her husband, Gustavo, who humiliates her in public at a congress. Gustavo has custody of Ângela, a girl who longs to know her true father, Bruno. Her mother died in the childbirth, traumatizing him.
Soap