Julia Ianina

'Carandiru', içinde yaklaşık 8000 mahkum barındıran, halk arasında 'Carandiru' olarak bilinen Brezilya Sao Paulo Hapishanesi'nde 1992 Ekim'inde gerçekleşen bir isyanın öyküsünü beyazperdeye taşıyor. Babenco, bir isyan olarak başlayıp bir katliama dönüşen olayı ('9. Koğuş Katliamı'), öykünün merkezine AIDS'le mücadele için hapishaneye gelen, idealist bir doktor karakterini koyarak işlemeyi tercih etmiş. Zamanla hapishanedeki farklı grupların saygısını kazanan doktor, hızla gelişen olaylar karşısında çaresiz kalıyor.

Small-town trickster Pedro Malasartes has to face two great enemies: Próspero, who will do anything to impede such a lazy, cowardly person like Malasartes from dating his sister, Áurea; and Death incarnated, who wants to take a vacation after two thousand years collecting lives and intends on tricking Malasartes into assuming his tedious job.

A post-apocalyptic thriller set in near-future Brazil, where a select few are allowed to join a privileged society after undergoing an intense and competitive process.

Andre and Diego are two former filmmakers that are dealing with the 30-years-old crisis. Diego think that the solution to his problems is to get married and have kids while Andre seek to reestablish his youth again by having a relationship with a 20-year-old girl. An intimate portrait of relationships by Latin American elite.

Two lives look for meaning into a time that was lived, dreamed, and above all, felt.

This is the story of Vicente, a successful, married, economist with a nine-year-old son. It also tells the story of Antônio, the same man, living as a hugadores—one of the homeless, trash scavengers who live and work in Brazil’s enormous garbage dumps. Vicente seems to have it all, but as we watch his life begins to crumble little by little. Meanwhile, Antônio, already at rock bottom, struggles to rebuild his life.

During the Brazilian military dictatorship in the seventies, two brothers working on a play will risk their lives to help the resistance.

Video for Thiago Pethit's "Moon."

A man bored with his reality, works in the São Paulo government censorship department, is married to Isabel, but falls in love with Dora Dumar, an actress of the films he has the obligation to censor.

The story of Cadu, a public defender who sees his life change after being mistaken for a drug dealer.

In each episode, a story unfolds about how a couple's passion turned sour, as love succumbed to jealousy, hate and even crime.

Pedro Malasartes is an original character from Ibero-American culture who spends all his time trying to escape the duty of taking Death's place.