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The life of Brazilian soccer player, Garrincha, considered to be one of the greatest players of all time, with his uniquely original style. He had arched legs, a passion for women and booze. Also had a much talked extramarital affair with singer Elza Soares and died in relative decadence. The movie focuses on his zenith, from 1953 until the World Championship and the Rio Regional Championship, in 1962.
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.
This is the story of Diane (Alex Gonzaga), an optimistic rich girl who seems to have everything; and Ysabel (Yen Santos), an average working girl who led a rather ‘lifeless’ life since her boyfriend died. One day, because of an accident, Diane and Ysabel’s fates became entwined. In her state of coma, Diane discovered through the mysterious “Scheduler” (Matt Evans) that she was not destined to die yet. Then she will be given a second chance at life, that is, after completing a special task–to gather three “pure” teardrops shed out of pure love by three people outside her family within the next 40 days. To help her accomplish her task, Scheduler gives Diane the chance to inhabit the body of Ysabel. Will Dianne and Ysabel succeed in bringing their lives back after the 40-day ordeal fate has put them through?
Leafing through a family album, filling memories and emotions centered on the charismatic figure of the grandfather, captain of a cod fishing boat. A personal landscape, breaking with reality—exposed in the allusive photographs—and the confluence of these two languages—one evocative, the other enchanting—through the Woman, a virtual character. Chapters: 1 - "Spring - Work in White" 2 - "Summer - Work in Red" 3 - "Autumn - Work in Black I" 4 - "Winter - Work in Black II"
A young woman travels to solve a matter of life or death. As she seeks to do what she needs, the city exposes itself with its curious characters.
