Rubens Santos

Brezilya, 1977. 40'lı yaşlarının başındaki teknoloji uzmanı Marcelo, bir kaçaktır. Oğluyla yeniden bir araya gelme umuduyla karnaval haftasında Recife şehrine varır, ancak çok geçmeden şehrin aradığı şiddetten uzak sığınak olmadığını anlar.

São Paulo'da daha önce hiç görülmemiş bir şiddet dalgası yaşanırken yeraltı dünyasıyla bağları olan bir avukatın kaçırılan yeğenini kurtarmak için polisle anlaşma yapması gerekir.

Anaerkil bir köy, bir cenaze ve köyün haritalardan silinmesine yol açan bir komplo… Yakın bir gelecekte, Brezilya kırsalında geçen gizemli ve gerilimli Bacurau türler arasında geziniyor. Yönetmenler, dışarıdakilerin küçümsediği, “yabancılar”ın tehdidi altındaki küçük bir topluluğun hikâyesini westernle bilimkurguya öykünen, mistik ve gerilimli atmosferini kaybetmeyen özgün bir tarzla aktarıyorlar.

Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that’s just part of the story.

Recife’de servet sahibi sakinlerin yaşadığı özel güvenlikli, dolambaçlı sokakta geçen bu çıkış filmi Brezilya Rüyası’nın iki tarafını resmediyor. Filho paranoya, korku ve intikamla sarılı bir kültürün parlak zeminini kazıyor.

65 yaşındaki Clara, Brezilya’nın Recife şehrinde zengin ve köklü bir ailenin üyesi olarak dünyaya gelmiş olan emekli bir müzik eleştirmenidir. Üst sınıf insanların yaşadığı deniz kenarındaki Boa Viagem Avenue’da 1940’larda ilk olarak iki katlı bir bina olarak inşa edilen Aquarius’ın son sakinidir. O bölgeyi başka planları için kullanmak isteyen bir şirket, etraftaki tüm apartmanları satın almış durumdadır. Clara ise, ancak ölümüyle terkedeceğini söylediği evinden çıkmayı reddeder ve şirket ile arasında soğuk bir savaş başlar. Bu gerilim Clara’yı rahatsız etmekle birlikte günlük hayatını da etkiler. Bütün bunlar ona sevdiklerini, geçmişini ve geleceğini düşündürtecektir.

Sürekli istismara uğradığı evliliğinden kaçmaya kararlı bir anne, iki çocuğuyla birlikte bir geri dönüşüm arabasıyla São Paulo sokaklarında özgürlüğe doğru yol alır.

In 2027 Brazil, civil servant Joana mainly deals with divorce cases. As a member of a branch of evangelical Christians known as the Divino Amor group, she uses her position to offer a kind of physical therapy to couples who want to separate. Although Joana and her husband Danilo regularly consummate their marriage, neither her constant prayers nor any other methods of assistance seem to be able to fulfill their desire for a child.

Izaquiel works as a cleaner in Recife, a Brazilian city intertwined with rivers and mangroves. At night, he dangerously ventures out in search of secret encounters in the mangrove forest. His world shifts when he crosses paths with Jeremias, an intriguing and magnetic fisherman.

Paralysed by fear of the future, a middle aged French bureaucrat escapes to Brazil where a destructive affair with a boy forces her to learn to live in the present.

Matheus is the owner of a very simple amusement park and has the dream of visiting the famous parks in the USA. But when his family finally gets the opportunity to travel abroad for the first time, things don't go as expected.

When a con man on the run gets mistaken for a poor church's visiting priest, he is tapped to lead the parish in a grand caroling for the holiday season.

The creepy stories and imaginaries from one of Brazil's most important cities.

A girl discovers that the only TV in town is going to be closed by the Mayor and the only people who can help her are the residents and a character who lives inside the television.

A coastal city in Brazil. Kai arrives from Taiwan for holidays with a broken heart. A broken air conditioner sends her into Fu Ang’s umbrella store. He could become a friend, but the rainy season doesn't arrive and his shop disappears. While looking for Fu Ang, Kai discovers the story of Xiaoxin and a group of Chinese workers in a posh skyscraper. Kai finds herself strangely mirrored in Xiaoxin’s tale.

When an ocean-fascinated cowboy from the Brazilian backlands discovers that the farm where he has worked all his life will be sold, he abandons everything to, finally, get to know the sea. Guided by an old postcard sent by a long-lost love, he embarks on a quest that will redefine his life.

Curral is a political drama set in the rural Brazilian city of Gravatá. During the mayoral elections, the population is divided between the Blue and Red parties, two political oligarchies fighting each other for power. A recent severe drought means water is the main bargaining chip when it comes to securing a majority of people's votes. Chico Caixa is a former city employee. He lost his job trying to take water supplies to a poor neighborhood which had been abandoned for political reasons. Caixa is invited by a childhood partner, Joel, to work on his councilor campaign. Joel presents himself as a new alternative to the older candidates, who have been in power for decades. But as the campaign progresses, Chico Caixa soon realizes that breaking apart from the established political game is not always as easy as it may seem

Sérgio is determined to take over his family's construction company to pursue a long-buried dream. But when he uncovers a hidden chapter from his father's past, his ambitions are shaken, forcing him to confront the man he has truly become.

The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner who, with his special way of singing - whispering and softly saying the words - in a time when singers with potent voices ruled, was in a way a forerunner of Bossa Nova style.

In the heart of the neighborhood of Pina, in Recife, a quiet supermarket sees its daily life changed by an inexplicable phenomenon of nature, "Multicor Sky Flashing". Among Superpina's shelves and stocks, customers and employees experience "Amor Primo".

In this realistic and touching series told in an innovative format, seemingly independent plots intertwine to show how justice can sometimes be a personal matter.

Maria de Déa, Lampião's companion and first woman in the Cangaço, is a fearless young woman who dares to have a voice in a group of outlaws. In a life of escapes and armed disputes, Maria faces a pregnancy and is subdued to the harshest law of the Cangaço: handing over her baby to be raised by someone else. She begins to live between life in the group and the hopeless desire to raise her daughter.