José de Abreu

The forbidden love affair between Peri, an Indian, and the beautiful Ceci, a Portuguese white girl, in the 17th century Brazil. (imdb)

A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face ideological and ethical questions, brought back by a left-wing former boyfriend and her own colleagues. At the same time, a free-lancer spy is sent by an obscure figure in politics to manipulate the elections and its media coverage. (imdb)

The real story of a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders. (imdb)

Hillbillies who live in a farm in the backwoods of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, go to the nearest town looking for fun, but they find some serious girlfriends instead. (imdb)

This film tells the story of Silvino Santos, the Brazilian filmmaker who first captured and projected images of the Amazon at the dawn of the century. In 1913, as the Amazonian rubber boom was at its peak, Silvino Santos made the first of nine feature-length documentary films that chronicled a unique time and place in Brazilian history. In his lifetime Santos was acknowledged as a pioneer of Brazilian cinema and he acquired mythic status in the jungle region. (www.afcy.org)

1950s. At the village of Rio Bonito, cowboy Diogo leads a horde of oxen to the Ouro Fino Ranch. When passing by the Remanso Farm, he meets Rodrigo, a boy who dreams of becoming a cowboy. Soon they become friends and witnesses of the wrong doings that happen in the region due to Major Batista's greed... (imdb)

The Brazilian Faca de Dois Gumes stars Paulo Jose as a cuckolded husband. When he can stand no more humiliation, Jose kills both his wife and her lover. It is to be expected that Jose would run afoul of the law for this act of violence. But what Jose never suspected was that the man he killed had criminal connections, meaning that now he's been targeted by the crooks as well. (All Movie Guide)

The film follows the parallel lives of two brothers of Danish ancestry in the "Pampas" of the Brazilian-Argentine-Uruguayan rural area. The rough life these "gauchos" (South American cowboys) lead means they must share all aspects of their lives. Suddenly, enter "A Intrusa" (the Intruder). How is this new element in their lives to be shared? (imdb)

A poor mechanic tries to enter the auto racing world to impress his son.

A group of students in the senior year of high school who have to face to choices of the everyday life. The problems within groups in the school and with having to face the future. (imdb)

Movie director in his forties and in existencial crisis falls in love with an unknown teen girl he sees walking down the streets, without knowing she's the daughter of the woman he's having a relationship with. (imdb)

Guel is a guy who lives for surf. But he falls in love with a rich girl, and she gets pregnant. Soon he is forced to choose between surfing or a job at his father-in-law's business. (imdb)

My Sweet Orange Tree telsl the story of Zezé, a boy of eight years who lives in a very humble house with his family. Zezé finds an orange tree, which he talks everyday. However, for being extremely extrovert he got involved in several confusions. He tries to ride on the bumper of Manoel Valadares, but is caught and spanked. The boy feels humiliated and wants revenge, however Valadares ends up understanding Zezé, which turns to share his world of fantasies, and a new friendship arises. (Wikipedia)

A young girl is raised as a man by an old cowboy. Her purpose is to kill her parents' murderers and go to the sea. (imdb)

The documentary recalls the country's political reopening, and details in detail the events that culminated in the election of Tancredo Neves as the first civilian president after 20 years of military dictatorship. (wikipedia)

Eight contestants enter a TV Reality in which trapped in a secluded Maximum Security Prison where a massacre occurred in the nineties they must endure various hard tests in order to win an important sum of money. Each of the participants has its own reasons to be there. After a couple of hours where everything seems fine one participant dies, and all of a sudden the prison loose contact with the channel Production which leaves them uncommunicated in a desert of salt.

Depicts the moral values of Rio de Janeiro's middle class in the 1950s as Lurdinha and Marcos fall in love at first sight, but her parents don't approve of the boy because his parents are divorced. They are very conservative and try to keep the young couple apart at any cost. Unable to defend her love for Marcos, she keeps her love affair a secret.