Brazil

Young man inherits small fortune from his old uncle, on condition he lives in the old man’s house for a time. Soon the uncle’s spirit begins to manifest itself through the nephew’s personality, requiring the presence of an exorcist.Read More »

When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.Read More »

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In São Paulo, Vanessa who is normally spoiled rotten, is neglected and rejected by her mother, practically raised alone by Pedro, her butler and driver and the maid, Dalva who are a married couple. She has disturbing daydreams and sexual fantasies, but doesn’t let Arlindo, a teenager that flirts with her get close to her. Her best friend, Denise is a promiscuous girl that has intercourse with different men. When she discloses her problem to Denise, Denise gives her the address of her psychotherapist Dr. Artur. The unethical shrink pushes Vanessa to the edge, bringing memories of a severe trauma of her childhood. Then the disturbed Dr. Artur induces the girls to commit suicide.Read More »

The psychology and life of Brazilian hitmen, common in the Northeast part of the country. In this particular case, the story revolves around a young and idealistic politician from Salvador, whom the enemies are eager to eliminate.Read More »

Traffic on the roads of São Paulo, old family photographs, and the voice-over tale of Arthur Alvaro de Noronha, a doctor coming back from Paris after finishing his Medicine studies in Europe. Arthur with his family, Arthur in Paris… The voice tells us of the doctor’s adventures with friends André Breton, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, and Pablo Picasso. This is how Omar announces the surrealist biography he weaves in Triste Trópico around the figure of an imaginary doctor who ends up as indigenous messiah. Described as a “anthropological mock documentary,” Triste Trópico is a film whose title alludes to Levi-Strauss’s ethnographic memoirs of Brazil and triggers a chain of evocative references to the carnival-cannibal avant-garde of Oswald de Andrade’s Cannibal Manifesto.Read More »

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After spending a few months in the Vila Verde Village, the yamiyhex (women-spirit) prepare to leave. The filmmakers Sueli and Isael Maxakali register the preparations and the great feast for their farewell. During the feast days, a legion of spirits crosses the village. The yamiyhex go away, but they always come back missing their fathers and mothers.Read More »

Synopsis
Parada 88 is a city with some european vibe where there’s no lack of forests, huts and a lot of fog. Nobody ever got out or even tried to from this place.Read More »

Housemaids are an integral part of the household in Brazil, and participate in the day-to-day life of the family. The employment of housemaids is almost obligatory among the middle and upper classes of the country. The vast majority of these housemaids are black women, who face high levels of inequality based on their gender, race and social class. Their role in the household raises important questions about public and private space, endurance and choice, and labor and family life.Read More »

Synopsis
A film starting from naught. With no prior research, no characters, no sites, nor specific themes, a film team arrive to the hinterland of Paraíba state in northeastern Brazil in search of people with stories to tell. In the village of São João do Rio do Peixe they come to Sítio Araçás, a rural community of 86 families, mostly relatives. With a girl from Araçás as mediator, the residents, in their majority, elderly, tell their life story, marked by popular catholicism, by a hierarchy, by a sense of family and honor – in a world fast disappearing.Read More »