The Best Mother in the World
(A Melhor Mãe do Mundo)
Drama. 2025. 105 min.
Directed by
Anna Muylaert
Starring
Shirley Cruz, Seu Jorge, Rihanna Barbosa, Katiuscia Canoro, Luedji Luna.
A desperate mother flees with her kids, hiding them in her recycling cart. Homeless and vulnerable, she transforms their harsh reality into a thrilling journey, shielding them from the truth of their precarious situation.
Manas
(Manas)
Drama. 2024. 112 min.
Directed by
Marianna Brennand
Starring
Jamilli Correa, Dira Paes, Rômulo Braga.
In a riverside community in the Amazon, a 13-year-old girl realises her future offers few possibilities. Determined to break free, she dares to challenge the violent system that controls her family and oppresses the women around her.
City of God
(Cidade de Deus)
Crime, Drama. 2002. 2h10m.
Directed by
Fernando Meirelles
Starring
Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge
In the slums of Rio de Janeiro, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin. One of the all-time greatest Brazilian classics.
Basic Sanitation,
the Movie
(Saneamento Básico)
Comedy. 2007. 1h52m.
Directed by
Jorge Furtado
Starring
Fernanda Torres, Wagner Moura, Camila Pitanga, Lázaro Ramos, Paulo José.
In rural Brazil, a small community of Italian descendants makes an amateur fiction film to address the basic sanitation problems plaguing their village.
Same Old West
Drama, Western. 2024. 1h32m.
Directed by
Erico Rassi
Starring
Adanilo, Ângelo Antônio, Rodger Rogério, Babu Santana, Tuanny Araújo.
In the arid hinterlands, two ruthless men—both forsaken by the same woman—turn their bitterness into a violent feud. Within this lawless landscape, others scarred by romantic disappointments are drawn into the conflict, and what begins as private resentment soon erupts into duels, hired gunmen, and the corrosive forces of wounded pride and fragile masculinity.
(Oeste Outra Vez)