Acting
Amador is a retired and ostracized gunman. Alone and bitter, he collects newspaper clippings of his old crimes in an album. After several humiliations, he will react with violence to the world’s hostility that surrounds him while also trying to get back to action.
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Maria was born on April 21st 1960, the same date as the inauguration of Brazil's new capital, Brasília. The film shows parallels in the lives of both Maria and Brasília.
Brasília. Vital is a Brazilian federal police deputy who leads a special investigation group that aims to capture the international drug trafficker Beque Batista. Three other officers make up the group: Dani, Rock and Lua. In parallel, Vital need to take care of Leila, his pregnant wife, and does everything so she does not participate in the violent world in which he lives.
A separated couple still share the same roof as a seemingly conventional family. The balance is broken with the arrival of the new ex-husband's girlfriend, highlighting the neuroses of the family's routine.
The routine of a group of brazilian teenagers living in Brasília, Brazil's capital. Their aspirations, dreams and illusions presented in a context of a country that was on the final years of a dictatorship back in the 1980s.
Following the clues of a map, a boy and some adventurers go into the forest in search of treasure from the pioneers, and end up going back two centuries in time, in search of the legendary Minas dos Martírios.
A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face ideological and ethical questions, brought back by a left-wing former boyfriend and her own colleagues. At the same time, a free-lancer spy is sent by an obscure figure in politics to manipulate the elections and its media coverage.
A star medical examiner is called to Brasília, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, young congressional aide's dead body. But his scientific rigor soon leads him to details of a multi-layered political scandal.
While waiting for her at the airport, a film critic recounts to a receptionist how he met his great love, Celeste.
A period piece set in the 1920s and 1930s. It tells the story of Santa Dica, leader of the messianic movement in Goiás, a peasant girl of rare beauty who comes back to life after mysteriously appearing dead at the age of 13. The film covers the Prestes Column, the Revolution of 1930 in Goiás, and the Revolution of 1932 in São Paulo, episodes in which Santa Dica participated. The film maintains the original locations and features approximately 3,700 extras in its ensemble.
Biela, a humble young woman, born and raised in an isolated farm, is brought to a small town to live with her bourgeois cousins, her only relatives. Once in town, she encounters great difficulty adapting to city life.
Movie director gets crazy while shooting a film, and goes to a mental institution. There, he leads a revolt, kidnapping a group of Human Rights activists and demanding a camera as ransom.
From sweeper and does everything in theaters in the 1950s, Gê became a nationally renowned artist and one of the most prolific actors in Brasilia. With more than 60 years of career, he has acted in more than 50 films and over a hundred plays, in addition to numerous participations in commercials and soap operas. For some, he is just one among many other excellent national actors, but for those who know him up close, he is a true intangible heritage of Brasília.
