Leandra Leal

A story of love, art, robbery and photocopying. In combining magical realism and comedy, director Jorge Furtado creates a new cinematic vision that is propelled by a lively Brazilian soundtrack and a first-class ensemble cast.

It tells the story of acclaimed Brazilian fashion designer Zuzu Angel at the time her son Stuart Angel was captured, tortured, and murdered by the government because of his fight along with the student's movement against the military dictatorship which took over the country in the 60's and 70's. (MadeInBrazil.com)

The life and times of Cazuza, Brazilian singer/poet/enfant terrible, from his start with rock group "Barão Vermelho", to his death from Aids, in 1990, showing his career, love affairs, and involvement with drugs. (imdb)

A cinematographic essay, without dialogues, about the months Nietszche spent in Turin, Italy, with narration quoted by his original writings. (imdb)

A fantasy/mystery about the disappearance of a lighthouse owner and his daughter. (imdb)

The story of Camila, a young woman intent on becoming a writer.

Leo (Cauã Reymond) is a journalist with financial problems living with his depressed flatmate Ângela (Luíza Mariani), the mother of a small boy. After meeting transvestite Marcin and cab driver Wilson, the four decide that with nothing else working out, their only option is to plan a heist. (Barbican Film)

Fortune takes four human beings to the last frontier of passion. There, where love becomes almost inhuman and divine. As if he was a comet, Rafael, the traveler, appears at the party for the cities patron saint, in a small town in the interior of Minas Gerais. He is the one who brings passion and crime, vanishing afterwards, leaving a poetic feeling in the air, which is always deadly to the ones who stay... (imdb)

Tells stories of unrequited love. "Love and Loss. Loss, mostly", says a character. In an empty city, scorched by the sun, the young and old confuse the fever of sunstroke with the delicate birth of passion. (imdb)

The story of a young doctor who faces an unexpected illness.

Eden' is a contemporary drama that is set in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. It tells the story of a woman who loses her husband whilst she is pregnant and is given shelter by a charismatic Pastor in his Evangelical church. As the story develops, the Pastor attempts to convert her to his faith and involve her in his campaigns. Leandra Leal and Joao Miguel both star in 'Eden'. (lbbonline.com)

A nerve-rattling tale of a kidnapped child and the distraught parents left behind, Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Coimbra's suspenseful feature debut captures the darkness that ensues when panic breeds suspicion and love turns to hate. (tiff.net)

Marina returns to Rio de Janeiro after 10 years when she receives a postcard. Looking for answers, her paranoias starts to disturb her.

In his anthological play, Pretty, But Sluty, the renowned Brazilian writer, Nelson Rodrigues, works with the idea of temptation that has chased man since the beginning of time... (imdb)

The day a man almost runs-over a puppy, he meets the love of his life. The couple and their dog live the dream, until she wants out. (imdb)

Biopic of Assis Chateaubriand, also known as Chatô. He was the first magnate of communications in Brazil, especially between the late 1930s and early 1960s has come to be called the brazilian Citizen Kane. Founder of the Daily Associates, TV Tupi and the São Paulo Art Museum. He was a senator of the Republic and had a close relationship and controversy with President Getulio Vargas. The film went into production in 1995 and ended in 1999 and was completed in 2015.

A young couple, Pedro and Antônia, have their relationship weakening after meeting Luana. Romance, seduction, fear and anguish from the future are established in this story of liquid love. (imdb)

Two friends hit the road to Buenos Aires aboard an orange Opala 72, with a mission: be with as many women as possible. This is all a plan to wash the honor of "Caco", a man who found his girlfriend in bed with an Argentine. (imdb)

An actor and a screenwriter meet at a short film festival and struggle to keep up their affair as films, festivals and other partners hamper their burgeoning romance. (imdb)

The story of Augusto, aka Bingo, the most famous clown in Brazilian television, and his drama of not being allowed to reveal his identity to the public, his drug abuse and the troubled relationship with his family.

A young physician coordinating the transfer of patients between state-run hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro struggles with a mystery: a patient goes missing one night and completely disappears from the system. As the doctor attempts to find out the truth, he slowly loses his sense of reality. (imdb)

A dreamy making-of about the two other episodes and also a cinematographic essay (in picture, text, sound and music) about cinema and filmmaking and, above all, about love. 'What is this thing called love? This funny thing called love? Just who can solve its mystery? Why should it make a fool of me?' So goes the short, poetic synopsis provided by the filmmakers Bruno Safadi and Ricardo Pretti for this third part of their trilogy Operation Sonia Silk.

Lóri is a lonely and melancholic woman who divides her time between her tasks as an elementary school teacher and her romantic relationships, always quick and superficial. By chance, she meets the Argentine Ulysses, a professor of philosophy, self-centered and provocative. Even though he doesn't understand much about women, it is with him that Lóri will learn to love and face her loneliness. The film brings Clarice Lispector's novel "Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres" to our days. (IMDb

Four ordinary people under arrest in one single night in different stories of crime, justice and revenge that will intertwine and forever haunt the lives of those involved. (imdb)

A man's journey from his humble origins to his life as a millionaire patriarch. his dedicated first daughter, and the unscrupulous efforts of a woman who is obsessed with him. (imdb)