Reflections of a Blender

Reflections of a Blender 2010

7.90

After receiving a patch, a blender suddenly gains consciousness. As it grapples with existential questions, it becomes the sole companion to the grieving wife of a missing man.

2010

Between Valleys

Between Valleys 2012

6.40

This is the story of Vicente, a successful, married, economist with a nine-year-old son. It also tells the story of Antônio, the same man, living as a hugadores—one of the homeless, trash scavengers who live and work in Brazil’s enormous garbage dumps. Vicente seems to have it all, but as we watch his life begins to crumble little by little. Meanwhile, Antônio, already at rock bottom, struggles to rebuild his life.

2012

The Cambridge Squatter

The Cambridge Squatter 2017

7.40

The Cambridge Squatter tells the story of refugees, recently arrived in Brazil who, together with a group of low-income workers, occupy an old abandoned building in downtown São Paulo. Daily dramas, comical situations and different views on the world commingle with the threat of impending eviction.

2017

A Comédia Divina

A Comédia Divina 2017

6.10

The Devil himself comes to Earth to open his own church and the world becomes a pandemonium of delights and confusions. Based on a short story by Machado de Assis, the most famous realistic Brazilian writer of the XIX century.

2017

My Drywall Cocoon

My Drywall Cocoon 2024

8.00

Virginia’s death during her 17th birthday shakes up a luxurious building complex. For most residents, it’s a passing tragedy. For her mother and her friends, it is the beginning of a transformation: the crack in their drywall cocoon.

2024

The Package

The Package 2013

2.80

At a new school Leandro and Jefferson form an instant attachment and soon realize that theirs is no ordinary friendship. But young Jeff has something to tell. If they want to be together there's one irreversible thing Leandro must deal with. Something that is a part of the package.

2013

Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema

Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema 2015

1

A documentary on Cosme Alves Netto (1937-1996), former head of the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Arts at Rio de Janeiro.

2015

The Daughter of the Lawyer

The Daughter of the Lawyer 1926

6.00

In Recife, Dr. Paulo is an important lawyer that has a daughter, Heloísa, with his paramour and living in the country. A few days before traveling to Europe, Dr. Paulo asks to a close friend to bring Heloísa to Recife. Meanwhile, his bohemian and irresponsible son Helvécio meets Heloísa, and without knowing that she is his sister, he tries to rape her, and she kills him. Heloísa is arrested and goes to trial without any evidence to prove that she self-defended her honor.

1926

We're Together

We're Together 2011

4.50

A sensitive drama located in São Paulo, Brazil, about a young doctor who gets involved with two men and a homeless community at the same time.

2011

Meeting Sebastião Salgado

Meeting Sebastião Salgado 2013

6.20

Part activist and part globe trekking photographer, Sebastião Salgado is most famous for recording the migration of people and culture around the world. In this extensive conversation, Sebastiao Salgado revisits his adventurous career via the breathtaking images he captured.

2013

Jurando Vingar

Jurando Vingar 1925

5.00

Julio is enchanted by a coffee shop attendant and confuses himself with a bad element. To get revenge, the thug kills his sister and kidnaps the waitress. Classic representative of the Ciclo do Recife.

1925

A Luz de Mario Carneiro

A Luz de Mario Carneiro 2020

1

One of the most respected names in national cinema, always remembered for his work as cinematographer in the classics of Cinema Novo, Mario Carneiro is honored in this film.

2020

Aitaré from the Beach

Aitaré from the Beach 1925

5.20

The fisherman Aitaré courts Cora, an innocent girl from a small village. Several disagreements separate the heroes, until the expected happy ending. The film shows both the beautiful beaches of the region and the sophisticated milieu of the aristocracy in Recife. The clash between tradition and modernity can been seen in an obvious way in the film.

1925

A Margem da Paisagem

A Margem da Paisagem 2013

1

The film shows the creative process of a land art artist Jean Paul Ganem through his path over the last 20 years. The documentary touches everbody by its transformative power of the art and by revealing recreated landscape in agricutural fields in France and Canada, in the suburbs of Paris and Montreal, and now, also in the heart of São Paulo.

2013

Sidewalk Angels

Sidewalk Angels 2017

1

An old man seeks for a new purpose to his life, trying to get accepted by reluctant ambulance crew, assisting homeless people.

2017

A Grande Viagem

A Grande Viagem 2011

1

Mr. Mario can't distinguish anymore the past from the present. He lives again, inside his own mind, a period of his life when he was a salesman going door to door selling travel guides. However, Mr. Mario has never traveled, but now, an opportunity to see the world arises. Felipe, his grandson, will be his loyal partner on this great journey.

2011

Retribuição

Retribuição 1924

1

A young woman is told by her dying father about a treasure he left for her buried in the woods. Later, after helping a man assaulted by a gangster, she confides in him her hidden inheritance. Unfortunately, a bandid listens to the whole conversation, and a race for the treasure ensues.

1924