Patrícia Andrade

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)

Falling in love on Rio's Ipanema beach, Dé - a hot dog vendor and slum dweller struggling to maintain his dignity - and Nina - the only child of a wealthy family - must stake their romance against deeply entrenched attitudes of prejudice and intolerance. (TIFF)

While Salve Geral's main storyline is fictional, its background story draws inspiration from a true happening: on the 12th of May 2006, the criminal organization PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital - First Command of the Capital) led a series of violent attacks against security forces and a few civilian targets spread all over the city of São Paulo.Several police officers were brutally killed in well organized actions that targeted no civilians although the deaths of 4 citizens were registered. (imdb)

Based on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission. (imdb)

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)

A mourning and depressed truck driver goes on the road to forget his sad past and ends up meeting a boy that might bring him back to life.

The story of Brazilian popular singer Luiz Gonzaga and his son Gonzaguinha. (imdb)

After being released from prison, Dr. Nise da Silveira is back at work in a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeirom where she refuses to employ the new and violent electroshock in the treatment of schizophrenics. Ridiculed by doctors, she is forced to take on the abandoned Sector for Occupational Therapy, where she would start a revolution through paintings, animals and love. (imdb)

In the thirties, two sisters separated by fate face prejudice and sexism, one by the high society in a big city and the other by a group of renegades in the countryside. Despite the distance, they know that they can only count on each other and both of them will assert themselves in their own and surprising way. (imdb)