Josie Antello

Have you ever imagined Xuxa Meneguel as a villain? So, get prepared, because in Xuxa Gêmeas, Xuxa faces the challenge of impersonating two characters, at the same time: The shrew, Elisabeth Dourado, and her twin sister, the sweet Mel Montiel.

For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwards and forward. The various pasts – the 60s, the 80s, the 2000s – comment on each other in a way that sheds light on Bressane’s themes and obsessions, which become increasingly apparent and finally, a whole idea of cinema reveals itself to the curious and patient viewer. Will Bressane, from now on, rework The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus when he makes another film? Is this his latest beginning? Why not, for the eternally young master maverick seems to embark on a maiden voyage with each and every new film!

Sentimental Education centers on the unique relationship between Áurea, a lonely 40 year old teacher, and a young man she has just met by chance – one of these encounters which mythology and literature are full of. A delicate soul who finds itself attracted to a beauty that seems to demand, disturb and move her. That shakes her up entirely. During the days following their first conversation, she will expose all her feelings through classes in which he will let himself be carried away. Until an unusual episode from the past is revealed and changes everything.

Comedian Sérgio Mallandro is going through a bad phase in his life. Money is getting tighter and tighter, and he even tries to work as a ride-hailing driver, but he can't because, even in disguise, he always ends up being recognized by his passengers. Then an opportunity arises to return to television, but the comedian ends up in trouble and can no longer say any of his famous catchphrases. Mallandro now needs to reinvent himself to get one last chance at his artistic career.

Kira is a botanist with magical abilities, though the origins of her powers remain unknown to her. Her life takes an unexpected turn when her friend Nanda discovers an elf named Damiz trapped in her room. They soon learn that Damiz is the prince of the elves and has been captured by Gorgon, a greedy executive who seeks to purchase the house where Nanda’s family lives. In order to help defeat Gorgon, Kira decides to venture into the world of the elves, where she uncovers hidden secrets about her past.

The story of José Abelardo Barbosa, narrated from the time of his youth, when he was at medical school, and dropped everything to become a radio announcer. After that, we follow the transformation of his life and the creation of his alter ego, Chacrinha.

Everything changes in Fani's life when the opportunity arises to do an exchange program and live in another country for a year. The revealing conversations by phone or MSN and the constant notes during the class turn to another subject: the upcoming trip.

“If you had to choose between me and your mother, who would it be?” Capitu asks provocatively of her problematic lover. Elsewhere, they dance to inaudible music with their friends, each couple keeping to a rhythm of their own. At times, this depiction of the memories we see one Dom Casmurro commit to paper with a flamboyant pen seems to be an interplay of conflicting emotions – particularly when jealousy raises its head. Adapted from the Brazilian classic novel 'Dom Casmurro' (1899) by Machado de Assis as an ironic/philosophical essay on poetry and jealousy, and featuring fragments of Bressane’s previous works.

The life story of Claudinho e Buchecha, greatest icons and most successful duo of the Brazilian funk melody in all time, showing how the rhythm and poetry of the periphery conquered Brazil.

The great battles are the backdrop for the unfolding of the Egyptian Queen's personal life. The strategy of Cleopatra is to seduce the Roman General Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to protect their civilization.

Over a tense day in the emergency hospital, we follow the surgeon's work Evandro and staff in three cases that require risk surgery: a drug dealer, a military police officer and a rich family child, all injured during a shootout in a slum next to the hospital.

In this story, Narizinho visits the world of Prince Escamado, meets the frog Major Agarra-E-Não-Larga-Mais, quarrels with Dona Carochinha, and receives the most dazzling dress—crafted especially for her by Dona Aranha, the world's best seamstress. In the Kingdom of Clear Waters, Emília comes to life, takes Doctor Caramujo’s pills, and begins to chatter away. Meanwhile, back in the city, Pedrinho prepares for his long-awaited vacation at the Yellow Woodpecker Farm, alongside his grandmother Dona Benta and Tia Nastácia’s delicious treats.

Three friends, Hilda, Matilda and Gaspar, meet in a rundown downtown apartment during a weekend to chat, drink and experience pleasure.

Two women, long-time friends, embark on a love story. They are writers who do not write to publish but for themselves. Their mutual conversation, their desires, the risks and phantoms of existence, the privilege of the wounded and of condemnation, traverse their speech, are a confession.

Inspired by Jorge Luis Borges’ The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan, Garoto follows a young couple who find themselves in an enchanted place where they experience an amorous and spiritual adventure.

The film is a rendition of Resurrection, Tolstoy’s last novel. It begins with a reading of the beginning of the first part in Naples, in September 2012. It moves on to Berlin, Locarno 2013, Oneglia, Paris, Casalborgone, and it ends in Milan with the beginning of the second part. The places and times change, and so do the people doing the reading. But also, in the middle, real people and voices surface, like Adamo Vergine at his home and Jean François Neplaz in Marseilles. The film searches for the possible faces of Tolstoy’s two protagonists in Oneglia, Procida, and Casalborgone.

Is it possible that in a world ruled by appearance, there is room for loyalty, ethics, true love, honesty and solidarity? Is it possible, today, when unrelenting consumption is a way of life, to find someone who equates more value to being rather than having? Cobras & Lagartos is an urban tragic comedy, modern and humanist, that deals with two increasingly different worlds: one which values loyalty and solidarity and the other, where the seduction of superfluity and the power of money reign.

Paloma is a willful woman whose newborn baby is kidnapped by her own brother, Félix, who plans to become sole heir to the family’s fortune. Bruno is an honest man who, during the same night, loses his wife and son in childbirth and miraculously finds Paloma’s child in a dumpster. Destiny will unite their lives in a plot of secrets, revelations, and disputes, with the unpredictable consequences of lives based on a dangerous and surprising network of lies.

The adventures of a man with amnesia who struggles to rediscover his past while learning to live in the present.

The former expert in fireworks, José Clementino gets a job as a bricklayer in the construction of a magnificent shopping center, one of the many works carried out by the construction engineer, César Toledo. During the feast of the ridge, where engineers and workers gather to celebrate the laying of the slab work, Clementino's wife flirts with several men. At one point, when he gives for the missing woman, Mason goes looking for her and is in a far corner of the building having sex with two men. Overcome with rage, Clementino kills his wife and one of the men paddle strokes. The family hears the screams and Toledo contains Clementino, with the help of a group of workers. Shocked by the violence of the employee, the employer called the police, and even later, an indictment against him at trial. His testimony is crucial to the conviction of Clementino, to discover their terrible crimes and audacious, which is a court suspicious.

The encounter between a young nanny and a lonely child serves as the starting point for a show about affection, companionship, human relationships, and the diverse forms of motherhood.

Inside a chaotic emergency room in Rio de Janeiro, a team of doctors are torn between their internal personal conflicts, the difficulties of the profession and the surprising dramas behind each patient‘s history, in a heroic attempt to save lives...See more

Doctors, nurses and drivers of a special mobile service unit navigate personal and professional dramas while burdened by the responsibility to prevent others from dying.

A shrink and an event planner form an agency catering to celebrities, swingers and others who need special help breaking up with spouses and lovers.

When Suzano assumes the role of police chief at a new precinct, the timid newbie will have to prove his mettle to his fearless squad.

A "normal" couple are living a "normal" life together, but they have many complaints about themselves and each other.

Set at the turn of the year 2000, the series follows a group of friends at the end of their teenage years. Everything becomes even more dramatic when Beta dies, at the age of 17, on the night of their high school graduation.

The story of an enmity that spans decades. Waging a war without truce, the neighbors go to the last consequences to make each other's lives miserable.

In this supernatural thriller, the dark mysteries of the quest for immortality take over the scorching rural roads of the Goiás countryside.