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A hardworking physical therapist, Adriana is facing multiple challenges at once. After being fired from the clinic where she works, her house is hit by a flood that ends up killing her husband, Carlos. Now homeless and struggling to support her family, Adriana starts working for the BrandĂŁos, a traditional wealthy family from SĂŁo Paulo, as the caregiver for Artur, the grumpy patriarch. The millionaire jeweler, known for driving away every employee, gradually forms a genuine bond with Adriana, who must also deal with the distrust of the rest of the family.
An honest lawyer reaches a moral crossroads after the cops force her to inform on her incarcerated brother, the leader of a rising criminal faction.
A personal tragedy causes young forensics investigator Paula to have a breakdown, which results in her admittance to a psychiatric hospital. There, she is pulled into the darkest and most terrifying corners of her mind by a mysterious doctor.
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At the end of a year full of competitions, a group of young athletes decides to spend their last vacation together on an island paradise. Far from their families and isolated from the world, it seemed like the perfect trip. But when the body of one of them is found lifeless in the sea, friendships are tested and secrets come to light in a breathtaking thriller where each and every one is a suspect.
In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.
LĂşcio who live with his family in a village near the sea has to cope with the daily psychological violence of his father, Jorge. LĂşcio loves mermaids and on his birthday his mother gives him a surprise, but quickly the little joys are put in check by the guy who refuses to accept things as they are.
1970. Beatriz is an 18-year-old student. She is detained by the military dictatorship in Curitiba, Brazil, and tortured for ten days accused of belonging to the subversive student movement and an armed guerrilla that fights against the regime, VAR-Palmares.
A pit bull attack in a suburban neighborhood and its tragic aftermath.
Brazil. It's night. Mother and son discover they are not alone during quarantine.
A drama with touches of suspense, where a mother and daughter get lost in a cave.
GlĂłria manages to get a divorce and moves away, taking her daughters and the desire to start over. As she tries to turn the new house into a home and her body into a place of belonging, she faces, on the factory floor, a delicate competition for a supervisor position between colleagues and her best friend. Courage takes shape as anguish seeps into the flesh.
A film on childhood in Brazilian countryside. The boy faces changes which leave no alternative than maturity.
There are some days that, even without major events, force us to grow. Andrea is only 10 years old and may not yet realize that her day was like this.
"Imunidade" explores the fabulation of futures through an experimental audiovisual narrative woven by women artists. Grounded in the idea that “to speak is to act,” it replaces apocalyptic discourse with the urgency of a situated voice — the “throat of flesh” that carries the memory and corporeality of Latin America. Through vocal performances and choreographies of words, the video creates a vibratory territory of resistance, challenging historical silencing to project other ways of existing.
In a small Brazilian seaside town we follow the efforts of Paula, who is pregnant of her third child, to build a pool in her humble beach house, so the family can enjoy the rest of their vacation. Financial difficulties will interrupt the work and reveal certain aspects of a tense family routine, full of small frustrations.
In a happy family perfectly protected in a gated community, a mother is harshly accused of hurting her twin daughters and newborn baby. However, the truth behind the high walls may reveal unexpected cruelty.
Boris, a young gamer, is sent to spend a few days in the countryside of Paraná with his grandfather Stanislau, the leader of a Ukrainian community. Their meeting reveals a clash between the digital world and tradition, giving rise to a transformative relationship about family, belonging, and true connection.
The name of Brazil’s biggest airport, Guarulhos, references the fact that it was built on indigenous territory. In a blend of realistic and stylised scenes, the film follows a member of the ground staff as she seeks her roots beneath the runway.
