No Terreiro Mora Deus Também 2024

No Terreiro Mora Deus Também is a medium-length observational-participatory documentary produced by Retravo. It focuses on portraying and immersing the viewer in the cultural setting of Umbanda through interviews with workers and participants, interwoven with the full recording of the gira process. The project's aim is to demystify and break stereotypes associated with Umbanda's popular image in Brazilian culture, offering an emotional and personal perspective to bring the stories of those involved with the religion to the screen. It aligns with the general research areas of Communication: Ethics, Philosophy, and Religion, emphasizing religion (as a set of cultural systems, beliefs, and worldviews that establish symbols connecting humanity to spirituality and moral values), along with the specific research areas of narratives, memories, and identities.

Salve, Guys! 2023 ( 10)

Trilogy of Terror 1968 ( 4.2)

An anthology divided in three segments, helmed by three of the most important Brazilian directors of the 20th century. A mother becomes involved with black magic and offers a virgin woman to the Devil in exchange for curing the illness of her only son. A poor laborer is the only man in the village with courage to face a group of guerrilheiros ("guerrilla ghosts") that haunt the minds of the locals. A young man is afflicted by fear of reptiles and spiders and the fear of being buried alive. When he undergoes a shocking event, he becomes unresponsive and is mistakenly buried, only to revive in the coffin after burial.

O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões 1971 ( 4.8)

João-Sem-Direção knows Carvalhaes that proposes a blow to him. John does not accept the proposal, but ends up earning a hefty cash in the game.

A Pantera Nua 1979 ( 4.5)

Norma is a low middle class young woman trying to find a rich husband to have comfortable life. She poses naked for a men magazine expecting to be known in the upper class. She engages the gay Marcelinho, who is imposed by his father to get married to have the right to his inheritance, but when Marcelinho's father dies, he calls their deal off. Meanwhile, Norma meets the opportunist and gigolo Lincoln, who pretends to be a tycoon farmer, and they have a torrid affair. But Lincoln believes she is a rich woman from a wealthy family and he intends to marry her to have money.

Um Suburbano Sortudo 2016 ( 5.9)

Street vendor Denilson's life changes when his father dies and leaves him his entire legacy. Along with the fortune, however, Denilson also inherits the family that will do everything to get their hands on this inheritance.

Nóis por Nóis 2018

The Ball rolls freely and while the RAP echoes from the speakers, four friends roam the dance floor with very different goals. What they don't know is that their fates will be sealed forever after this night.

The Lonely Sailor 2022

In one of his voyeur photography sessions, Virgil, an introspective mortician, notices Eden, a young musician at the beginning of her career. From the lens to an obsession, Virgil must face old demons to get Éden not only in his photos.

Amazon Jail 1982 ( 4)

Young women in the Amazon are kidnapped by a ring of devil-worshipers, who plan to sell them as sex slaves. Some of the women escape, but are pursued into the jungle by their captors. The women must band together to turn the tables on their kidnappers.

Zé 2023

Brazil 1970. Zé walks away from his upper-middle-class life and joins the resistance against the military regime. Together with his partner Bete, he abandons public life to fight the system, while also raising two kids. Based on the life of José Carlos Novais da Mata-Machado who died under torture at the age of 27, falsely accused of betraying his companions.