Cast: Ivan de Almeida

Direction Héctor Babenco

Cast Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos · Milton Gonçalves · Ivan de Almeida · Ailton Graça

Synopsis The acclaimed director of 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' dramatizes the 1992 prisoner revolt and massacre at São Paulo's infamous Carandiru penitentiary. A tender, forceful, and personal film for Babenco and ultimately an insightful metaphor of contemporary Brazilian society.

Direction Mauro Lima

Cast Selton Mello · Cléo Pires · Cássia Kiss · Eva Todor

Synopsis The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

Direction Ola Balogun

Cast Jorge Coutinho · Sonia Santos · Zózimo Bulbul · Lea Garcia

Synopsis A Deusa Negra is a love story that spans two centuries. In 18th century Yorubaland, Prince Oluyole is taken prisoner in the course of internecine warfare fanned by overseas slave traders. He is sold into slavery in Brazil. In present...

Direction Reynaldo Boury · Daniel Filho · Milton Gonçalves

Cast Lúcia Alves · Maria Alves · Sônia Clara · Clementino Kelé

Synopsis A simple and generous man is a prospector and finds a valuable diamond, which is stolen by the most powerful and unscrupulous man in the region, who has a sick daughter who suffers from triple personality, and for whom he...

Direction J.B. Tanko

Cast Renato Aragão · Dedé Santana · Mussum · Zacarias

Synopsis The friends Curió, Boroca (Dedé Santana), Mexelete and Bateia they venture in search of gold in the mine of Serra Pelada. The area is controlled by the foreigner Von Bermann, whose orders are executed by the bully Bira. Thirsty of...

Direction Vinicius Coimbra

Cast Júlio Andrade · Chico Anysio · Rômulo Braga · Ivan de Almeida

Synopsis Augusto Matraga is a bankrupt and violent farmer who lives above the law in Minas Gerais' hinterland. During a difficult time, he finds himself in the middle of a trap that nearly kills him. Born again, Matraga resorts to faith...

Direction Carlo Mossy

Cast Jayme Barcellos · Jotta Barroso · Estelita Bell · Ney Costa

Synopsis A lawyer leaves his career and fiancée behind to chase the criminals who killed his family.

Direction Daniel Filho · Cris D'Amato · Amora Mautner

Cast Adriana Esteves · Bárbara Paz · Alinne Moraes · Sônia Braga

Direction Miguel Faria Jr.

Cast Tarcísio Meira · Sandra Bréa · Anselmo Vasconcelos · Silvia Bandeira

Synopsis A film that tells the story of a group of police officers that acts as a death squad in Rio de Janeiro in the 70s. This elite group was created by the state governor himself with the support of a...

Direction Héctor Babenco · Márcia Faria · Walter Carvalho

Cast Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos · Ivan de Almeida · Ailton Graça · Antônio Grassi

Synopsis A doctor volunteers to carry out AIDS prevention work at the largest prison in Latin America, Carandiru, in São Paulo. There he lives with reality behind the bars, which includes violence, overcrowding of cells and poor facilities. But despite all...

Direction Héctor Babenco

Cast Reginaldo Faria · Ana Maria Magalhães · Milton Gonçalves · Paulo César Peréio

Synopsis Story of Brazilian bank-robber Lúcio Flávio, who fascinated some people in Rio de Janeiro during the 1970s for his bold robberies and spectacular escapes, and also because he was thought to be intelligent and "politically aware". Before dying, he disclosed...