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Dirlinho and his cousin’s childhood is marked by deprivation and violence. They try to escape by working as jockeys. While the punters bet on them, they gamble with their lives for a better future by riding doped horses.
A terrified young woman is staring at a disturbing monstrosity, a kind of Pagan spirit that has sprung out of a river. Such is the opening scene of PajeĂş, named after the creature, a fantastic character which follows the meanderings of the river and drives the story. Eager to get rid of a nightmare that is infecting her life, Maristela is looking into the story of PajeĂş, the now forgotten figure buried in the depths of the city of Fortaleza. The film goes through successive urban transformations leading to the burying of PajeĂş, a mystery imbued with supernatural elements.
What can 20 actors’ faces, waiting for a casting call, reveal?
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The cinematographic and literary versions of the same macabre plot are incorporated and establish tortuous relationships in an atmosphere where maintaining the mystery can be a matter of survival.
Two musicians from different generations meet at an audition for a competitive music lab in the city of Fortaleza. Tuca is 50 years old and feels frustrated with his career. Kaio, 18, is an aspiring artist who dreams of becoming successful with his own compositions. In an attempt to win this important position, the two place their hopes and dreams on the possibility of being accepted.
Deusimar is the owner of Inferninho, a dark and run-down bar that is a refuge for dreams and fantasies. Her dream is to leave everything behind and go away to any distant land, as far as possible from that place. Falling in love with Jarbas, the handsome sailor that arrives at the bar, dreaming of finding home, will completely change her life and the lives of the bar employees: Luizianne, the singer; Rabbit, the waiter; and Caixa-Preta, the cleaning lady.
It's so normal to be normal, isn't it?
Pedro is given leave from jail to visit his family in Patos. During his visit, he confronts old ghosts and plans a new direction for his life, while discovering in Pamela, his teenage cousin, the same flame that burned in his heart.
Dayane suddenly leaves. Her mother Marluce, her sister Mariana and her fiancé Antônio stay. Between the incessant search, silent resignation and silent denial, this touching family drama from Ceará is located.
Joana, a 14-year-old teenage girl, shows up to spend a week with her father, Renato, a comedian who performs his shows in steak houses, bars and nightclubs in Fortaleza dressed as Silvanelly. Despite barely knowing each other, having had little contact so far, and leading very different lifestyles, father and daughter need to live together during this period of time. Together they will meet the young actor Marlon, live new experiences and try new feelings. This week together will profoundly transform their lives.
Guided by a messiah, cosmonauts take over a planet, transforming its original inhabitants into workers in their work: the construction of a nation. But Ning, a collective consciousness of revolt, emerges, bringing the imminence of a general strike.
MATRACA reveals, in old urban spaces in the city center, a fortress of sounds and silences; urban presence and voids; vestiges of the enjoyment of the future, present and past times of this multifaceted society. Echoes of this past erupt in an unexpected ghostly visit, which appears to scare or to be scared? Vitor Colares strolls through the center of Fortaleza reflecting and recalling excerpts from the controversial book A Normalista by Adolfo Caminha, explaining the historical stays and ruptures that persist in wandering around the city.
A travel agency employee is tasked with providing a new and unusual service to his boss. It is the delivery of a document that seems to be essential for the company to run. In this context, the precarious working conditions are contrasted with the obscurity and magnitude of the final product offered.
In 2040, at the abandoned Messejana Lake, a pair of egrets struggles to find a safe place to nest and protect their eggs as a large-scale construction project brings workers and heavy machinery dangerously close.
