Dira Paes

Short stories revolving around a bar and a hotel in Recife, unveil a mosaic of exotic characters living in the Brazilian underground: a butcher married with an evangelical woman, a necrophile in love with a bar owner, a transvestite, and many others. (imdb)

After the son of engineer Bill Markham is abducted by an aboriginal tribe on the edge of the rain forest, the engineer spends the next 10 years searching for him.

Francisco, a poor tenant farmer in the hinterlands of Goiás, pursues what appears to be an impossible dream, to turn two of his nine children into a famous country music duo. (Columbia TriStar)

Dissection of Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São Paulo as models to illustrate political and sociological theses. (imdb)

Boy tries to help his uncle, guilty of a murder case, to prove his innocence. He thinks the uncle has confessed the crime as a cover-up for his girlfriend, who was the wife of the dead man. So he starts a private investigation, with the help of his own friends, also involving the girl he loves. (imdb)

During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil), we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor and music. (imdb)

A dolphin takes the form of a human man in order to seduce the women of a fishing village. (imdb)

The film shows as Lineu and Nenê if they had gotten passionate in a ball. Many years later, already married, Lineu it discovers that it must give attention on account to its style of life of a health problem. However, its new attitudes cause general confusions. To get worse, Carlinhos, with who Lineu disputed the love of Nenê in youth, is in return.

For 20 years, a small population of the upper Amazon has celebrated the Feast of the Dead Girl. The event celebrates the miracle performed by Santinho, related to a missing girl. The girl was never found, but the fabric torn and stained with blood is to be worshiped and considered sacred. The festival has grown indifferent to the pain of the dead girl's brother, Thaddeus...

Told by gauchos from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai, the legend says that Anahy de las Missiones wandered around the Plata Basin during the time of Cisplatina War (1825-1828), stealing the dead.

Two women, from opposite worlds, Louise and her maid Luzia, both share a passion for music and finding the perfect man. What can happen during a luncheon where the tastes of both women coincide and clash, while in the presence of two desirable men? (imdb)

Matinta, an amazon legend half human half animal, appears transformed in a bird or an old woman.

In a secluded Brazilian coastal village, where everything seems to stand still, Clarisse watches her life over the course of a day, unlike those around her who live that day just like any other. She tries to understand her obscure reality and the destiny of the people around her in a circling, disturbing sense of time (2011.festivaldorio.com.br)

The real first comedy about love.

A mourning and depressed truck driver goes on the road to forget his sad past and ends up meeting a boy that might bring him back to life.

Short movie director struggles to shoot her first feature film, specially trying to raise the necessary funds. (imdb)

During the military dictatorship, Dr. Athos Moreira Brazil is a coroner, cold and lonely doctor who provides services to the organs of political repression, forging reports natural for victims of torture regima death. He falls for Tana Divino, sensual, mystical and loving, who works at a nightclub, voicing famous singers.

Téo (Marco Ricca) is a lonely architect who is going through a difficult time in his life due to the passing away of his dearest childhood friends. His best friend is Majú (Dira Paes), mother of two children and she keeps on trying to get Téo a girlfriend. Throughout the day, Téo is lost in his memories of the past, what makes him go visit the widow Lígia (Sandra Corveloni). (adorocinema.com)

A man's love, obsession and madness. (imdb)

Two childhood friends are reunited on Christmas Eve, bringing to the fore a shared trauma. (imdb)

A children's party entertainer who dresses up as a cat becomes a real cat.

Brasil, 2027. A deeply religious woman uses her position in a notary's office to try to prevent couples from divorcing. Whilst waiting for a divine sign in recognition of her efforts, she's confronted with a crisis that ultimately brings her closer to God. Written by Divine Love Team

The real-life story of Zeneida, a girl who moves to a farm with her mother and finds herself having an unusual connection with a forest spirit.

Cruel and brave Brazilian outlaw called Corisco, living in the backcountry in the Northeast, an arid region, rapes 12-year-old Dadá, who becomes his woman, following him and his gang. Although they were supposed to fight against social injustice, they terrorized the small villages along their way.

More than a decade passed since the events of the first movie, and Roque is on the eve of releasing his first song, optimistic that he will achieve success as an artist. Meanwhile, Joana, in turn, saw her bar taken over by a group with a questionable reputation. (wikipedia.org)