José Wilker

An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle (imdb)

In Rio de Janeiro of the 80's, Maria Cecilia, the virgin seventeen years old daughter of the wealthy and powerful Dr. Werneck, is raped by five black men when her car has an engine problem nearby an isolated junkyard. Her upper class family decides that Maria Cecilia needs to get married, and Werneck assigns his manager Peixoto to find a fiancee among the employees of the family's company... (imdb)

The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along... (imdb)

Maiquel has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This little event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which Maiquel goes from nobody to hero to outlaw--all in 24 hours. (imdb)

The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil... (imdb)

Biography of Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, who used to appear in public carrying a machine-gun, and wearing a black cloak. (imdb)

Based on the true story of the tragic war of Canudos in the late 1890's. The newly born Republic has brought nothing but oppression and discomfort to the poor people of the rural areas of northeastern Brazil. The separation of church and state and the imposition of abusive taxes, among other measures, made this people think that the Republic was the Anti-Christ... (imdb)

During the Second World War, the U.S.A. established a military base in Natal, Brazil, changing in many ways people's lives and behavior. (imdb)

Luiza is an architect who just got out of a ruined relationship. Gabriel is a biologist and he has finished a long-term marriage with divorce. When they both meet, chances that they can do well together are not that big. But they will try to, even if their friends Barata (a convict bachelor totally skeptical when it comes to love) and Marta (a mathematic analyst who wishes that human relations were just as exact as numbers are). (imdb)

Based on an actual historical incident, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade's stylish, subversive The Conspirators is set in the late 18th century, when a group of provincial intellectuals, inspired by the revolutions in France and the U.S., plots an uprising to liberate Brazil, only to be brutally crushed by the Portuguese colonial authorities. (myTelus.com)

In a small city of Brazil, Flor (a very good looking woman) marries Vadinho, a very handsome and erotic man. Once married she finds he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking to her neighbours but he takes all her money to gamble. One day he dies... (imdb)

Winner of the Best Film Award at the 2006 Montreal Film Festival, Carlos Diegues's intensely moving drama follows the personal odyssey of a 55-year-old man who returns to the Rio slums in an attempt to discover why his mother abandoned him at birth. (phillyfests.bside.com)

The existential questions of two young women who live together and want to produce a play based on Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa. "Baixo Gávea" is a region in Rio de Janeiro crammed with bars where actors and other artists used to get together.

Ana (Letícia Sabatella) and Pedro (Wagner Moura) healthy two young actors that itself become passionate during the theatrical assembly of Tristão and Isolda. At the same time that recreate the history of this mythic couple that is in the origin of all of the romantic couples, they are going to uncover for itself own a new form of be related. (yahoo)

The adventures and misadventure of a group of mobsters who share an apartment in the district of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro.

The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine attributes" in order to get power. (imdb)

Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star. (imdb)

Maria is a sweet child. She has no father and does not like her mother. She has a boyfriend who is a bandit who would like to change his class. There are two more bandits: a very tall singer and a guy who is a very short and a full of life's experiences. Neither of these two do much thinking, one even less than the other.

The story of João "Jango" Goulart, the Brazilian left-wing president deposed by the military. (imdb)

A poor college student becomes a homosexual millionaire's lover in order to get ahead in life. The latter marries a woman for convenience, and the newlyweds end up sharing the young man. (imdb)

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his disguise, he gets involved with high society, and with industrialists who were financing repression to the groups he stood for. (imdb)

Elvis & Madona is a romantic comedy that deals with an unusual subject in a delicate and realistic way: a love story between young lesbian Elvis and a transgender hairdresser named Madonna.

Brazilian remake of the Chilean Sexo con amor (2003)

Two beggars analyze leftovers from fancy restaurants.

An adaptation of a play by Dias Gomes

The series tells the story of a criminal investigation into the murder of the businessman Paulo Gomes de Aguiar, at the beginning of August. During the Vargas government crisis, the case is taken by the police commissioner Alberto Mattos, an honest and incorruptible man, who is not well regarded by colleagues, since the place is totally surrendered to corruption. (imdb.com)

The story of two couples - Xico and Olga, Tuca and Dina - through 20 years of friendship, from adolescent dreams to maturity frustrations. They meet in a small town in the State of São Paulo, but one of the couples decides to try their luck in the big city. As background, the political events in the 60's and 70's, and how they affect their lives. (imdb)

The story, recounting the traversies of a German scientist/stage magician eking out a miserly life in Rio de Janeiro's favelas until getting involved in an improbable kidnapping/ransom plot, is paper-thin and little more than an excuse to show "exotic" locales. (wiki)

Shady and beautiful art dealer involves her former lover and an art expert in a scheme to deceive a rich collector. Exposed, she escapes to the State of Bahia backcountry with her new lover, a pilot. (imdb)

After 20 years of absence, the TV star José Castro returns to his homeland - Lençóis - Bugrinha and rediscovers his childhood love, a poor black girl who holds all this time for him. The two love each other but she refuses commitments, exposing the differences and barriers that exist between them. Joseph react to this attitude and keeps secret meetings with Rita who is married to Tiburcio, former professional killer.

Three women in conflict (played by the same actress, Lucélia Santos), for lack of a strong father presence in their childhood: a writer, whose relationship with the husband is falling apart; a passive woman having to face an opressive and empty marriage; and a young woman who've decided to get shelter in a world of her own. (imdb)

A couple, Lauro and Renata, travels to a remote area surrounded by rain forest in Rio De Janeiro. Once they are there, Lauro is told by a bar owner that gruesome murders are taking place in that area. Intending to keep this information hidden from his girlfriend, Lauro and Renata discover they might be not alone when staying in a isolated house. (imdb)

An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world. (imdb)

Cris is Christopher Columbus boy. Since childhood, an adventurous hero. He and his friends Leo and Lisa will do anything to find treasure island, as they must save their father from bankruptcy. Together, they have to escape from terrible pirates, decipher the mysteries of the people of the waters and face Nautilus, the fearsome sea monster.

After being presumed dead, a messianic figure returns to the small city he once helped to defend from a criminal mob, shaking everyone's lives up. (imdb)