Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures

Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures 2005

7.00

1942, in the middle of Northeastern Brazil, two very different men meet along the road: Johan, an aspirin salesman avoiding the German draft, and Ranulpho, a rural Brazilian seeking escape from the drought.

2005

Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This

Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This 2007

7.00

During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.

2007

Good Manners

Good Manners 2017

6.50

Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child.

2017

Brainstorm

Brainstorm 2001

8.00

Neto is a middle class teenager living a normal life. After his father finds a marijuana cigarette on his pocket, he is sent to a mental institution, where he gets to know a completely absurd and inhumane reality in which people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel system.

2001

The Devil's Scarab

The Devil's Scarab 2016

5.00

A series of crimes against redheads scares the people from a little town. After the death of his brother, the 13 year old Alberto decides to investigate what is happening and is helped by the experienced but forgetful Inspector Pimentel.

2016

Durval Records

Durval Records 2002

7.10

Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of "Durval Discos", a record store they own in São Paulo, specializing in vinyl records. They lead a boring and unattractive life, until the day Durval hires a maid, Celia, to help his mother with the housekeeping. However, on her second day, Celia goes away leaving a 5-year-old child behind, Kiki, and a note promising to be back in a couple of days. Durval and Celia are charmed by the child at first, but soon they see some sad news about Celia and Kiki on TV that will change the whole situation.

2002

Don't Call Me Son

Don't Call Me Son 2016

6.50

Pierre is seventeen and in the middle of puberty. He plays in a band, has sex at parties and secretly tries on women’s clothing and lipstick in front of a mirror. Ever since his father’s death, his mother Aracy has looked after him and his younger sister Jacqueline, spoiling them both. But when he discovers that she stole him from a hospital when he was a new born baby, Pierre’s life changes dramatically. In her new film, director Anna Muylaert explores the mother-child relationship through the eyes of a rebellious son whose whole world unravels overnight.

2016

Vazante

Vazante 2017

6.90

Brazil 1821. Upon his return to the imposing farmhouse, Antonio, a rich cattle herder, finds out that his wife dies in labor. Forced to live in the property with numerous African slaves, he marries his wife's niece. A restless soul, he returns to droving, leaving his young wife behind alone with the slaves.

2017

Two Streams

Two Streams 1999

5.40

Young executive woman returns to small town of Dois Córregos and remembers the time, in the late 1960s, when she met her uncle there, a man who was running away from the military dictatorship ruling Brazil at the time.

1999

Play a Song for Me

Play a Song for Me 2009

7.00

In a small town in the countryside in the south of Brazil, a teenager that uses the codename Mr. Tambourine Man spends his time in Internet, at school, smoking pot with his best friend Diego and with his dysfunctional mother. He dreams on leaving his hometown to watch a Bob Dylan's show but seems to be hopeless stranded in the spot.

2009

We Still Have the Deep Black Night

We Still Have the Deep Black Night 2019

5.10

Karen sings and plays the trumpet in a vigorous rock band in Brasilia, but no one there is interested in it. At 27, she has lost hope in the city her grandfather helped to build. She follows in the footsteps of her ex-partner in the band, Artur, and tries her luck in Berlin.

2019

Buccaneer Soul

Buccaneer Soul 1993

6.20

50 years of Brazilian history seen from the point of view of a friendship among two intellectuals.

1993

Once Upon a Time Veronica

Once Upon a Time Veronica 2012

5.90

Veronica, a young woman, lives in Recife, one of the most violent cities in Brazil. Her life is filled with fleeting love affairs and passing romances. As her father feels his death approaching, he asks a favor: that she finds true love before he passes away.

2012

Hard Labor

Hard Labor 2011

6.50

After her husband loses his job, Helena opens her own grocery store. Soon, increasingly strange events begin to plague her store, making her question her sanity.

2011

Fake Blonde

Fake Blonde 2007

6.20

Silmara, an industrial worker and a woman of exuberant beauty, supports her arsonist father and gets involved with two different pop stars, from whom she learns traumatic life lessons.

2007

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Ó Paí, Ó - O Filme

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Ó Paí, Ó - O Filme 2015

8.00

During Carnival at the historic site of Pelourinho, we follow the lives of tenants in a run-down rental house who try to survive using creativity, irony, humor and music. This is an adaptation of the TV show, not the 2007 movie which inspired the TV show.

2015

People Forward

People Forward 2014

6.00

Through the recovery of found Super-8mm footage captured by his brother during the 70´s dictatorship, André tries to revive the memories of his father, who’s been waiting for his missing son for over 30 years.

2014

Cidade; Campo

Cidade; Campo 2024

7.00

Two tales of migration. In the first, after a tailings dam disaster floods her hometown, rural worker Joana (55) moves to São Paulo to find her sister Tania, who lives with her grandson Jaime. Joana enters the universe of insecurity, replying to an application for house cleaning. She bonds with her colleagues, and their struggle for better conditions gives Joana’s life a new meaning. Her relationship with young Jaime brings back old memories. In the second part, after the death of her estranged father, Flavia (32) moves to her farm with her wife Mara. The couple suffer a shock of reality when facing the harshness of rural life. The contact with the abandoned house reveals to Flavia unknown aspects of her father. She begins to suspect that there is something supernatural in the woods.

2024

A Window to Rosália

A Window to Rosália 2017

6.60

Rosália is a woman from São Paulo who has spent decades of her life working in a factory. One day, she is fired.

2017

América

América 2011

6.50

In a Portuguese village by the sea, a family sees their house become a transit point to innumerous migrants due to a passport forgery business created by its patriarch, Vítor, and his Spanish ex-wife Fernanda. His Russian wife Liza and his son Mauro—who stops talking—see the newcomers alter the dynamics, relationships and aspirations of the house's residents.

2011