Carandiru 2003 ( 7.599)

When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.

Hour of the Star 1985 ( 7.3)

Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.

Aquém das Nuvens 2010 ( 8)

Nenê has been married to Geralda for 30 years. One Sunday afternoon, as usual, he goes to a samba to meet his friends. When he comes home, he finds a surprise. His wife was taken to the hospital. Without letting the ball drop, he finds a solution to be near his beloved wife.

Pixote 1980 ( 7.962)

10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.

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