A poor community in Salvador organizes a resistance against the destruction of the Água de Meninos street market.
The adventures of a gang of thieves and murderers led by violent Caveirinha. A radical disruption proposal from the postulates of the Cinema Novo, a film with a loose narrative structure. Through the actions of a group of outlaws, the director sews in scenes that propose iconoclasm and elation as forms of opposition to the military dictatorship oppression.
Recalling the films "Sol Sobre a Lama" and "A Grande Feira", which portrayed the living conditions of Bahian society in the 1960s, the scenario was the Feira de Água de Meninos that was set on fire. Today the Feira de São Joaquim and its marketers live situations similar to those of the Cinema Novo films, in parallel they wait with hope for the beginning of the revitalization and expansion of the largest open market in Bahia.
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The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist Ziraldo, and tells the tale of a happy-go-lucky 10-year-old child growing up in a city in the 60s.
Mahkota Mayangkara
Mahkota Majapahit
A nurse falls in love with her patient and secretly marries him. When treating another patient, he falls in love with her and, pretending to be in agony, asks for one last wish: to marry him, and she accepts.
A model is found dead in the bathtub of her own mansion. A policeman tries to investigate, inquiring the rich and powerful men who knew her.
A love story of a Moslem freelance journalist and a Catholic college girl, in resistance by their different cultures and religion.
A women's prison gang battle for their lives against demon-possessed, private school girls.
Musical documentary about the trajectory of people of color in Brazil.
Wednesday, in Rio de Janeiro, is different from other days for having football at night. “Wednesday: Game Day” traces the journey of some workers through the Bafo de Onça radio station. But as not everything is about football, there are those who prefer to dance to cheesy music at Feira de São Cristóvão at the end of the day.
Mechita, was a fabulous railway pole in the Buenos Aires plain, today two locals undertake the task of exposing their village through art. Juan Doffo and Pirulo Giommi, a self-taught blacksmith who feeds his work from railway remnants.