Milhem Cortaz

Based on a true story, Carandiru is an adaptation of the book Carandiru Station by Drauzio Varella. Through the eyes of a doctor who worked in So Paulo's infamous Casa de Detneco, over twelve years, it tells stories of crime, revenge, love and friendship, culminating in the fateful massacre of 1992. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Psychological thriller larded with manga-like animations about the young, poor comic strip illustrator Nina, living with her mean landlady. She sinks further and further into a violent fantasy world. (imdb)

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operation Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged. Captain Nascimento is trying to find a man to replace him because his wife is pregnant and he intends to quit the command and become a trainer of the new recruits... (imdb)

Alex, Lino and Liz, three sons of diplomats, live together in Brasilia enjoying the freedom inside an empty apartment with no parents, seemingly unaware of the world outside. Their lives change irrevocably when they meet 'X', a person with no name or past, who suggests taking the idea of living every day as it was the last one. (mezipatra.cz)

A revolutionary, fighting against dictatorship in Brazil, is wounded in a gun-fight with the police, and is isolated in another man's apartment, where he meets a young woman who will change his life. (imdb)

The gravedigger Zé do Caixão continues his search for the perfect woman to bear his son. (imdb)

Hong Kong director Yu Lik-wai's phantasmagorical tale of Chinese underground traders, Brazilian erotic dancers, and international politico-gangsters is set in the sleazy, steamy commercial and entertainment demimonde of Sao Paolo, Brazil. (viff)

Querô is an orphan teenager, living alone near the docks in Santos, Brazil. Her mother, a prostitute, died when he was a baby, and he was raised in the bordello where she worked. He also doesn't know who his father is. Believing he rules his own destiny, he refuses to compromise with anyone else, the corrupt policemen always chasing him, the oppressive discipline in the juvenile institution Febem, or the drug dealers who try to lure him. But this independence has a price. (imdb)

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

The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politician in Brazil's history. (imdb)

2010. Nascimento faces a new enemy: the militias. In clashing with the system that dominates the Rio de Janeiro, he discovers that the problem is much bigger than he thought. And not only that. He needs to balance the challenge of pacifying a city occupied by crime with the constant concern for a teenager. When the universes of the personal and professional meet, the result is explosive. (entretenimento.r7.com)

Based on the play by Mario Bortolotto, the story starts with the death of the patriarch of a family of lower middle-class São Paulo. He starts to watch the reactions of children to their death and the collapse of the fragile family structure.

Marcelo is a young boy who search for his real identity. He takes diferent ways to get it but he doesn't think about the consequences.

Two people meeting and falling in love

Elias sees its world threatened when its ex-woman, one recouped junkie, asks for the guard of its son. Fito after enters in desperation to lose its father because of Elias. Isis, that if hides in a vagabond hotel, can be the exit for Fito and Elias. (imdb)

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

Selma, a retired nurse, is an extremely loving mother for his son Raimundo, in an almost incestuous relationship. One day, she becomes aware of some changes in her son's behavior. At first, she thinks it may be some girlfriend. But soon she learns it's something else. (imdb)

An anesthesiologist who is living under pressure, both at work and at home, have to fulfill a mission which sounds simple, but is hampered by a number of obstacles: to bring a birthday cake to the party of his daughter, in the middle of a Saint Paul always stopped traffic.

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)

Doca, Danillo, Carlinhos, Branco and Samuel are five policemen working undercover at the Complexo do Alemão, an area which gathers several slums and is considered one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. Their operation goes wrong after the government threatens to raid the place using military vehicles, which leads drug lord Playboy to cut off all the slum's communications, leaving them unable to contact their boss, Valadares, forcing them to hide at the basement of Doca's pizzeria. (Wikipedia)

Man neurotic women call at dawn, he pretends to be a gorilla.

Vini and Diogo are two brothers who want to make a movie. Vini is a filmmaker and Diogo is a journalist, but they have a big problem: a lack of funding. Thus, start to look at the business the money needed to run a new movie, even if it means passing false invoices or engage in corruption

Santana works as a dogcatcher, picking up stray animals. One day, he catches a very big dog in a school. Some days later, comes the animal's owner: Babyface, a sociopath ex-cop. The man is furious, considering his dog to be "kidnapped", and demands immediate restitution of his pet. But the dog is not coming back: according to the law, the animal was put to sleep. In a misunderstanding, Babyface argue with Santana, blaming him for his pet's death.

The Story of longtime UFC Featherweight champion and the struggles facing him on the road to the top.

Rio de Janeiro, 1983. in order to pay off his gambling debts and to please the love of his life, Peralta and his happy-go-lucky buddy Borracha decided to commit a striking heist. (imdb)

Biopic about the late Joãozinho Trinta, a self-taught classical dancer who turned Rio's Carnival into an international phenomenon in the 1970s and '80s by directing parades for samba schools and putting focus on costumes and decor. (imdb)

The movie tells the story of a family where no one is just what it seems. Paradoxically, all the betrayals and conflicts are resolved when a tragedy befalls them.

Known in Brazil for her romantic comedies, Julia Rezende shifts gears in this feature film with a dark Coen Brothers-like drama about 4 friends -Vladimir, his wife Clivia, Regina and Primo- who concoct an outrageous plan to get out of their financial doldrums: to kidnap a millionaire, Regina's former boss. However, They lack experience and the proper "criminal" element in their individual souls. As the plan moves forward, their frustrations, ambitions and fears emerge, often hilariously. (imdb)

A woman moves back, from São Paulo to her hometown Rio de Janeiro, to support her husband's job. On their new residence, she forms an unlikely bond with her young neighbor based on their past memories, sadness and loneliness. (imdb)

Bob finds himself trapped in a post-apocalyptic desert inhabited by glamorous mutant '80s pop stars out for blood - Bob's blood.

A heart touching story Based on real events. An unlikely love between a massacre survivor and a mysterious police officer trapped in his past. Love, impunity and revenge in a breathtaking detective novel.

When truck driver Roger loses everything, he receives a tempting but dangerous offer: to work as the getaway driver for a gang of thieves. (netflix)