Xica 1976 ( 7.158)

The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributes" in order to get power.

N/A N/A ( 7.777)

Angels of the Night 1987 ( 5.8)

Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, a drag queen; Teddy, a hustler; Guto, a gay reporter; and Marta, an actress.

Backyard 2015 ( 7.1)

Another day in the life of an elderly couple in the suburbs.

She Comes Back on Thursday 2016 ( 6.2)

With its obvious simplicity, the film’s title happens to set the mood of the film, or at least its guiding principle: staying anchored in everyday life. More precisely, the life of Maria José and Norberto, who have been married for 35 years and who live in Contagem, in the suburbs of Belo Horizonte. Their marriage is on the rocks, which leads their two sons to also wonder about the future of their own relationships with their wives. The story is quite ordinary. How can one capture such an impercep- tible shift in the heart of the banality of things, only made more noticeable by a crisis? Filming his own family, his own parents, his brother and himself, André Novais Oliveira has chosen to take his time. He shots long sequences, leaving enough time for the fictional situations on which he puts his characters to grow and unfold. Then he uses wide frames to linger on more mundane, concrete or at times farcical moments: eating an orange, cooking, watching television...

Long Way Home 2019 ( 7)

In order to take a new job as an employee in the public sanitation department, Juliana moves from the inner city of Itaúna to the metropolitan town of Contagem in Brazil. While waiting for her husband to join her, she adapts to her new life, meeting people and discovering new horizons, trying to overcome her past.

The Dead, The Flesh, and The Devil 1973 ( 6)

A writer's dead wife returns from the grave to haunt him, and he finds himself attracted to her "spiritual" sexuality.

The Flowers of Fear 1972 ( 6)

Three individuals find out their experiments into fear and the dead may have gone too far.

Lula, the Son of Brazil 2010 ( 5.5)

The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politicians in Brazilian history.