Lima Duarte

Based on the true story of a woman who lived with her three husbands under the same roof in Ceara in northeastern Brazil. From this unusual situation, director Andrucha Waddington and screenwriter Elena Soarez created a fictitious plot that blends humor and passion and tells a story of an uncommon love quartet, led by Darlene, a strong intuitive woman full of the joy of living. (Sony Pictures Classics)

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)

The film consists of 3 stories adapted from the Brazilian TV series Além, Muito Além do Além (Beyond, Much Beyond the Beyond): O Acordo (The Agreement), A Procissão dos Mortos (Procession of Dead), and Pesadelo Macabro (Macabre Nightmare).

Tribute to the world of soccer in Brazil. Group of ex-soccer players gather in a bar in São Paulo to remember old stories of their prime. (imdb)

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

Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira examines the life of 17th century priest and activist Father Antonio Vieira in this biographical drama based on Vieira's own writings. (answers.com)

Pros 2 is about brazilian football. Rich players, poor players, businessmen, managers, lawyers, journalists and young women.... (brazilianfilmfestival)

Noronha (Lima Duarte) is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda (Thelma Reston) and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene (Cristina Aché), is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for having killed a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events. (imdb)

Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof. (imdb)

The film focuses on subway construction workers, with the story revolving around the death of a worker due to lack of job security. The contractor responsible tries to bribe a widow, but the problem is taken up by a companion of the victim. From there unfolds a series of relationships between contractors and workers. (meucinemabrasileiro.com)

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)

In Fortaleza, Brazil, a bunch of guys commits one of the most daring thefts in the history. Based on real facts...

A family with financial difficulties has a brilliant idea: to make their daughter Lindinha get pregnant of the famous singer Ivan Cláudio to inherit a lot of money and get them out of the choke. They plan the right day that the girl should go out with the star and begin to follow his performance schedule. They just didn't count with one thing: the jealous Jennifer, wife of Ivan, who will not let this story cheap. (Written by Versão por Guilherme O.)

Theo is living the good life in an upscale Brazilian neighborhood. He's a hardworking doctor, husband, and father. However, Theo has chosen his career over his family, and little by little he discovers that his world is crumbling around him. His beloved mentor and surrogate father is dying, and his wife announces that she wants a divorce. (sundance.org)

The boy Jesus tries to find young Barabbas in Jerusalem, to warn him that the romans were crucifying thieves. (imdb)

In the 40s, sergeant is ordered to escort a political prisoner from Paulo Afonso to Aracaju, Brazil. During the trip, there's a change in the Government and he is ordered to release the prisoner. But he decides to go all the way. (imdb)

Overbearing man changes after a few drinks, becoming affectionate and generous. His driver takes advantage of these moments. (imdb)

Extracted from "O Tempo e o Vento" by Erico Verissimo. Two warlords, two families fighting. Surrounded in the "Sobrado", without water and without ammunition they have to resist the provocations with courage and decision. The enemy does not pass the threshold of the manor.

Comedy in 4 segments. In "Arroz e Feijão", owner of a boarding-house seduces her young countryboy tenant. In "As Três Virgens" three spinsters are influenced by the behaviour of their teenager niece, whom they are lodging. In "O Arremate" a colonist turns his virgin daughter in to a landowner, to have his debts forgiven. And in "Vereda Tropical", a man becomes sexually obsessed by a watermelon, to the point of having sexual intercourse with it. (imdb)

One day, three young people with Down syndrome, inspired by the movie "Thelma & Louise", decide to run away using the gardener's old car to have a freedom experience. They travel to uncommon places in search for three simple wishes: Stalone wants to see the sea, Aninha looks for a husband and Marcio needs to fly. During this search, they embark on several adventures as if life was just a children's play. (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.

The dreams and problems of three friends: Malagueta, an inveterate gambler; Perus, former factory worker who abandoned the assembly line to earn his living at the billiards; and Bacanaço, trickster who puts on chic airs, always dreaming of performing the ultimate big swindle. (imdb)

In the Brazilian 30s, a blacksmith is accused of his wife's death and becomes a hero and political leader. (imdb)

A small group of artists travels the Brazilian backlands presenting a show. Upon arriving in a small village, they find an abandoned city with houses, a church, and a fountain spouting clean water, like a miracle of a biblical desert. Tired of and battered by their life as wanderers, the artists decide to settle in the village and start a new community, assigning themselves different roles from those they have played throughout their lives. (imdb)

This film seeks to rescue the role of filmmaker Neville D'Almeida by using many rare images, numerous interviews, vast archival and audiovisual material.

Life and work of Luiz Sérgio Person. The film reconstitute the filmmaker's history by the point of view of his daughter, Marina Person.

A man facing several crisis in his life after losing his job and dealing with alcoholism decides to move to a farm, owned by his grandfather. Followed by his wife and child, the turmoil in his life increases in strange ways when the phantoms of two slaves comes to haunt the place seeking revenge on the man's forefathers.

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)