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Kanopy
73
6.8
/1643/
69
/104/
63
/75/
3.3
/5889/
83
/18/
66
/5/
77
/7/

Don't Call Me Son (2016)
Pierre is seventeen and in the middle of puberty. He plays in a band, has sex at parties and secretly tries on women’s clothing and lipstick in front of a mirror. Ever since his father’s death, his mother Aracy has looked after him and his younger sister Jacqueline, spoiling them both. But when he discovers that she stole him from a hospital when he was a new born baby, Pierre’s life changes dramatically. In her new film, director Anna Muylaert explores the mother-child relationship through the eyes of a rebellious son whose whole world unravels overnight.
poster
79
72
7.7
/7343/
78
/240/
79
/225/
4.0
/50670/
84
/35/

Brainstorm (2001)
Neto is a middle class teenager living a normal life. After his father finds a marijuana cigarette on his pocket, he is sent to a mental institution, where he gets to know a completely absurd and inhumane reality in which people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel system.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.4
/711/
76
/33/
70
/20/
3.1
/1104/
85
/34/
65
/5/
68
/12/

Vazante (2017)
Brazil 1821. Upon his return to the imposing farmhouse, Antonio, a rich cattle herder, finds out that his wife dies in labor. Forced to live in the property with numerous African slaves, he marries his wife's niece. A restless soul, he returns to droving, leaving his young wife behind alone with the slaves.
poster
Kanopy
72
66
6.7
/4615/
67
/342/
65
/238/
3.5
/27273/
96
/47/
71
/17/
73
/11/

Good Manners (2017)
Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child.
poster
77
55
7.3
/3324/
76
/99/
69
/112/
3.8
/7730/
86
/7/
85
/6/

Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (2005)
1942, in the middle of Northeastern Brazil, two very different men meet along the road: Johan, an aspirin salesman avoiding the German draft, and Ranulpho, a rural Brazilian seeking escape from the drought.
poster
63
51
6.3
/2711/
70
/193/
69
/196/
3.8
/24607/
39
/21/

Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This (2007)
During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.
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Kanopy
67
46
6.6
/1092/
71
/69/
63
/45/
3.6
/8377/
86
/7/
62
/5/
55
/6/

Hard Labor (2011)
After her husband loses his job, Helena opens her own grocery store. Soon, increasingly strange events begin to plague her store, making her question her sanity.
poster
74
42
7.1
/1439/
77
/59/
70
/38/
3.8
/11984/
76
/11/

Durval Discos (2002)
Eccentric Durval is a bit like the record shop he operates with his mother: rundown and pathetic. When their home becomes too much for his mother to care for, Durval hires a maid who no sooner disappears, leaving a young girl and a note behind.
poster
The Roku Channel
63
36
6.1
/781/
58
/28/
58
/27/
3.4
/1104/
70
/10/
58
/5/
73
/6/

Once Upon a Time Veronica (2012)
Veronica, a young woman, lives in Recife, one of the most violent cities in Brazil. Her life is filled with fleeting love affairs and passing romances. As her father feels his death approaching, he asks a favor: that she finds true love before he passes away.
poster
56
33
5.8
/615/
61
/16/
46
/7/
3.1
/1309/
63
/8/
48
/4/

All the Dead Ones (2020)
The story of the decline of the Soares family in the final months of the 19th century. Isabel is the dying mother, and her daughters are Maria and Ana. The three women try hard to forget about their pasts in the coffee farm and face the industrial times that start to take over Brazil.
poster
64
32
6.1
/171/
56
/6/
58
/5/
3.3
/2972/
83

Cidade; Campo (2024)
Two tales of migration. In the first, after a tailings dam disaster floods her hometown, rural worker Joana (55) moves to São Paulo to find her sister Tania, who lives with her grandson Jaime. Joana enters the universe of insecurity, replying to an application for house cleaning. She bonds with her colleagues, and their struggle for better conditions gives Joana’s life a new meaning. Her relationship with young Jaime brings back old memories. In the second part, after the death of her estranged father, Flavia (32) moves to her farm with her wife Mara. The couple suffer a shock of reality when facing the harshness of rural life. The contact with the abandoned house reveals to Flavia unknown aspects of her father. She begins to suspect that there is something supernatural in the woods.
poster
68
31
6.6
/802/
63
/39/
70
/13/
3.5
/2086/
75
/18/

Play a Song for Me (2009)
In a small town in the countryside in the south of Brazil, a teenager that uses the codename Mr. Tambourine Man spends his time in Internet, at school, smoking pot with his best friend Diego and with his dysfunctional mother. He dreams on leaving his hometown to watch a Bob Dylan's show but seems to be hopeless stranded in the spot.
poster
71
28
7.3
/297/
72
/15/
61
/13/
4.0
/2511/

Buccaneer Soul (1993)
50 years of Brazilian history seen from the point of view of a friendship among two intellectuals.
poster
65
27
6.8
/668/
64
/32/
65
/31/
3.3
/1761/
65
/3/

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2009)
In São Paulo, Brazil, the lonely 40-something guitar teacher Baby lives a tedious life in a low middle-class apartment. She is addicted to her only companions: cigarettes. Baby has a constant conflict with her two sisters, over a couch she inherited from their deceased aunt. When Max, a restaurant musician, moves to the next door apartment, Baby has a crush on him and sees a chance to have a life again. Soon they start having a love affair, and Baby decides to quit smoking. However, her abstinence will be tough to deal with, when she notices Max still misses his ex-wife.
poster
56
25
5.5
/459/
64
/40/
49
/40/
2.8
/1180/

The Devil's Scarab (2016)
A series of crimes against redheads scares the people from a little town. After the death of his brother, the 13 year old Alberto decides to investigate what is happening and is helped by the experienced but forgetful Inspector Pimentel.
poster
63
22
6.9
/291/
72
/7/
58
/19/
3.7
/2009/
45
/2/

Girls from ABC (2003)
Aurélia is a young black woman who works at a factory and lives in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo, whose boyfriend Fábio gets involved with a racist neo-nazi group.
poster
61
12
7.2
/434/
61
/9/
57
/15/
3.4
/494/
50
/3/

Friendly Fire (1998)
Brazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the four friends still see each other. Only Miguel is politically active. On a photograph from a political meeting in Sao Paolo he recognises the policeman who tortured them 25 years ago and who was responsible for the death of Miguel's girlfriend. The policeman has been officially dead for a few years. On one of their fishing trips together, Miguel tells his friends of his discovery. When they hunt down and confront their nemesis they come into conflict with both themselves and each other.
poster
68
11
7.0
/120/
72
/8/
61
/7/
3.5
/700/

A Stem (2007)
Clarisse notices a small green leaf growing out of her right arm.
poster
68
11
6.4
/174/
72
/12/
66
/10/
3.5
/448/

A Window to Rosália (2017)
Rosália is a woman from São Paulo who has spent decades of her life working in a factory. One day, she is fired.
poster
?
20
/1/

Long Take (2002)
Fictional documentary about Rubs, one of Brazil's greatest film stars.
poster
?
68
/8/
80
/8/

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Ó Paí, Ó - O Filme (2015)
During Carnival at the historic site of Pelourinho, we follow the lives of tenants in a run-down rental house who try to survive using creativity, irony, humor and music. This is an adaptation of the TV show, not the 2007 movie which inspired the TV show.
poster
?
6.7
/6/
95
/2/
50
/1/

Borá (2017)
N/A
poster
?
5.8
/6/
43
/3/
70
/1/

Almoço Executivo (1996)
Five friends meet for lunch. Nothing could be more mundane, but for some reason, no one stayed for dessert.
poster
?
5.6
/27/
50
/2/

Equilíbrio e Graça (2002)
A short film about the meeting of a Trappist monk and a Zen Buddhist master.
poster
60
?
6.4
/160/
65
/4/
66
/4/
3.4
/927/

The Club of Angels (2022)
Over the years, the monthly meetings of the Stew Club – a fraternity that has gathered seven long-time friends for decades – has gone from rituals of power to melancholic failure assemblies. The end would be its only worthy fate. Until a mysterious cook appears, and starts serving them magnificent feasts. The bonds of friendship are back, gluttony as a celebration of life. But there is a catch: after each dinner, a member of the brotherhood is found dead the next morning.
poster
?
7.4
/75/
82
/4/
78
/5/

Person (2007)
Person is a documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Luiz Sérgio Person. The documentary brings the reconstruction of the history of the São Paulo filmmaker through the personal journey of his daughter, Marina. Through interviews with friends, family, and people who worked with Person, she seeks to discover more than dates and biographical data.
poster
72
?
6.8
/637/
78
/35/
61
/23/
3.9
/13571/

Fake Blonde (2007)
Silmara, an industrial worker and a woman of exuberant beauty, supports her arsonist father and gets involved with two different pop stars, from whom she learns traumatic life lessons.
poster
75
?
6.2
/236/
100
/1/
64
/9/

América (2011)
In a Portuguese village by the sea, a family sees their house become a transit point to innumerous migrants due to a passport forgery business created by its patriarch, Vítor, and his Spanish ex-wife Fernanda. His Russian wife Liza and his son Mauro—who stops talking—see the newcomers alter the dynamics, relationships and aspirations of the house's residents.
poster
61
?
6.8
/215/
55
/4/
54
/5/
3.5
/457/

Two Streams (1999)
Young executive woman returns to small town of Dois Córregos and remembers the time, in the late 1960s, when she met her uncle there, a man who was running away from the military dictatorship ruling Brazil at the time.
poster
71
?
7.0
/144/
78
/5/
52
/7/
3.5
/312/
86
/1/

Swirl (2012)
Bastu's grandchildren and friends help her pick up the strands of her life after her husband dies.
poster
61
?
6.5
/107/
50
/3/
68
/4/
3.4
/231/
58
/4/

The Moving Creatures (2013)
Three families, in three different situations, have to deal with a sudden change in their lives, caused by a loss or a re encounter. Three mothers sing their love for their children while facing difficult times. A film about affection on the borders of painful happenings.
poster
60
?
6.0
/124/
52
/7/
60
/4/
3.4
/201/

People Forward (2014)
Through the recovery of found Super-8mm footage captured by his brother during the 70´s dictatorship, André tries to revive the memories of his father, who’s been waiting for his missing son for over 30 years.
poster
52
?
5.5
/168/
58
/5/
45
/4/

Sunstroke (2010)
In an empty city, scorched by the sun, the young and old confuse the fever of sunstroke with the delicate birth of passion. Like ghosts, they hover around buildings and endless flatlands in search of the ever elusive love. Inspired by 19th century Russian short stories, the plots weave and unravel together in the improbable city of Brasilia – a distorted mirror-image of the Soviet utopia – located in the heart of the Brazilian desert.
poster
56
?
6.4
/114/
45
/2/
51
/5/
3.2
/262/

We Still Have the Deep Black Night (2019)
Karen sings and plays the trumpet in a vigorous rock band in Brasilia, but no one there is interested in it. At 27, she has lost hope in the city her grandfather helped to build. She follows in the footsteps of her ex-partner in the band, Artur, and tries her luck in Berlin.
poster
?

Por la ventana (2017)
Rosalía is a factory worker who dedicated her life to working in a factory on the outskirts of São Paulo. Fired and depressed, she is taken on a business trip by road to Buenos Aires. For the first time in an unfamiliar world, she begins a journey that will transform an essential part of her.


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