Genre: Brazilian Movies
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Xingu (2012)
Cast: João Miguel, Felipe Camargo, Caio Blat …
Directed by: Cao Hamburger
In 1943, three brothers befriend the Xingu Indians deep in the Brazilian jungle. When tragedy befalls the community, the men become their advocates, but their battle with the military and…
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A Arte do Insulto (2011)
Cast: Rafinha Bastos
Directed by: Leonardo Liberti
Talented Brazilian funnyman Rafinha Bastos doles out 60 minutes of rib-tickling comedy -- and stirs up plenty of controversy -- in this blunt, uncensored and no-holds-barred performance.
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Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
Cast: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro …
Directed by: Jose Padilha
Tenente-Coronel Nascimento, a hardened vet of Rio de Janeiro's drug wars, is now head of a special police unit. With his new title comes new responsibilities and dangers, which the…
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VIPs (2010)
Cast: Wagner Moura, Juliano Cazarré, Jorge D'Elia …
Directed by: Toniko Melo
In this intriguing look at society's worship of celebrity above all else, Wagner Moura stars as Brazilian con man Marcelo, who uses scores of aliases to climb the heights of the social…
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Waste Land (2010)
Cast: Vik Muniz, Karen Harley
Directed by: Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim …
Renowned artist Vik Muniz embarks on one of the most inspired collaborations of his career, joining creative forces with Brazilian garbage pickers who mine treasure from the trash heaps of…
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Astral City: A Spiritual Journey (2010)
Cast: Renato Prieto, Fernando Alves Pinto, Rosane Mulholland …
Directed by: Wagner de Assis
Based on the visionary book by noted medium Chico Xavier, this inspiring drama chronicles the journey of an ordinary man who finds himself in the afterlife, where he undergoes a spiritual…
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Adrift (2009)
Cast: Camilla Belle, Vincent Cassel, Laura Neiva …
Directed by: Heitor Dhalia
When a teenaged girl finds out that her debonair father, Matias (Vincent Cassel), is a philanderer, she enters into a voyeuristic world while trying to figure out her own burgeoning…
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The Assailant (2009)
Cast: Aílton Carmo, Jessica Barbosa, Anderson Santos de Jesus …
Directed by: João Daniel Tikhomiroff
In this action film based on a true story, Brazilian orphan Manuel Henrique Pereira becomes a master practitioner of capoeira -- a blend of martial arts and dance moves -- which he uses to…
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Lula, the Son of Brazil (2009)
Cast: Rui Ricardo Diaz, Cléo Pires, Glória Pires …
Directed by: Fábio Barreto, Marcelo Santiago
Adapted from a biography by journalist Denise Paraná, this big-budget epic chronicles the formative years of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -- aka Lula -- who overcame formidable obstacles to…
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Secrets of the Tribe (2009)
Directed by: Jose Padilha
In the 1960s and '70s, a flood of researchers descended on the Amazon Basin to study the Yanomami Indians. Filmmaker José Padilha investigates the ongoing controversy over their…
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Garapa (2009)
Directed by: Jose Padilha
Filmmaker José Padilha journeys beyond dry global statistics and startling television images to examine in-depth the sustained, day-to-day effects that chronic malnutrition has on three…
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Last Stop 174 (2008)
Cast: Michel Gomes, Cris Vianna, Marcello Melo Junior …
Directed by: Bruno Barreto
Based on the true events of a 2000 bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this tense drama traces the human story behind the tragedy, providing an inside look at the history of the violent…
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Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008)
Cast: Thiago Martins, Vitória Frate, Rocco Pitanga …
Directed by: Breno Silveira
Impoverished young Dé (Thiago Martins) lives in the slums of Brazil, perched on a mountain above fashionable Ipanema beach, and helps his mother (Cyria Coentro) pay rent by selling…
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Linha de Passe (2008)
Cast: Sandra Corveloni, João Baldasserini, Vinícius de Oliveira …
Directed by: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
Four young, fatherless brothers -- bike courier Dênis (João Baldasserini), soccer player Dario (Vinícius de Oliveira), the religious Dinho (José Geraldo Rodrigues) and the…
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Birdwatchers (2008)
Cast: Claudio Santamaria, Alicélia Batista Cabreira, Chiara Caselli …
Directed by: Marco Bechis
After two young tribespeople commit suicide, leader Nadio (Ambrósio Vilhava) decides to move his Guarani-Kaiowà community from its federal reserve to the road near a rich farming…
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Elite Squad (2007)
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Janqueira …
Directed by: Jose Padilha
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, some cops are just as crooked as the drug lords who run the slums. On the brink of retirement -- and burnout -- Capitão Nascimento (Wagner Moura) must find a…
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City of Men (2007)
Cast: Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen …
Directed by: Paulo Morelli
In director Paulo Morelli's follow-up to Fernando Meirelles's Oscar-nominated City of God, 18-year-old best friends Acerola and Laranjinha are struggling to come to terms with the…
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Manda Bala (2007)
Directed by: Jason Kohn
In this film that won a Documentary Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, director Jason Kohn aims his lens at Brazil, widely considered one of the world's most corrupt and violent nations, to…
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Alice's House (2007)
Cast: Carla Ribas, Berta Zemel, Vinicius Zinn …
Directed by: Chico Teixeira
Manicurist Alice (Carla Ribas) is the dutiful center of a crowded Sao Paolo apartment that includes her oafish cabbie husband (Zecarlos Machado), her put-upon mother (Berta Zemel) and her…
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The Last Madness (2007)
Cast: Eduardo Moscovis, Milena Toscano, Vanessa Gerbelli …
Directed by: Cris D'Amato
Director Danilo Porto (Eduardo Moscovis) is so devastated by the failure of his latest play -- about the last man sentenced to death in Brazil -- that he suffers a nervous breakdown and must…
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The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006)
Cast: Michel Joelsas, Germano Haiut, Paulo Autran …
Directed by: Cao Hamburger
When his parents' political leanings force his family to flee Brazil in haste, 12-year-old Mauro (Michel Joelsas) is left behind to live with his grandfather on the outskirts of São…
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Antonia (2006)
Cast: Negra Li, Leilah Moreno, Cindy Mendes …
Directed by: Tata Amaral
Wide-eyed with the collective dream of turning their all-girl rap group into a viable enterprise, four Sao Paulo friends (Negra Li, Cindy Mendes, Leilah Moreno and Jacqueline Simão)…
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The Man Who Copied (2005)
Cast: Lazaro Ramos, Leandra Leal, Luana Piovani …
Directed by: Jorge Furtado
When a 19-year-old Brazilian photocopier need to come up with some money to impress the girl of his dreams, he hits on a brilliant idea: counterfeiting cash on the copy machine. But his plan…
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Two Sons of Francisco (2005)
Cast: Ângelo Antônio, Dira Paes, Márcio Kieling …
Directed by: Breno Silveira
In this moving drama, overbearing yet well-meaning father Francisco de Camargo pushes his sons Zeze and Luciano into becoming country music megastars. But with nine kids to feed,…
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Lower City (2005)
Cast: Lazaro Ramos, Wagner Moura, Alice Braga …
Directed by: Sergio Machado
Temptation, lust and jealousy combine to make a volatile situation explosive for two childhood friends, who are entangled in a steamy love triangle with an exotic dancer -- the tantalizing Karinna.