
Umberto Magnani
1941 - 2016A Hora da Estrela
Suzana Amaral
Marcélia Cartaxo, José Dumont
Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.
Hour of the Star
What Is It Worth?
Sérgio Bianchi
Danton Mello, Leona Cavalli
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.
What Is It Worth?
Presença de Anita: O Filme
Edgard Miranda, Alexandre Avancini
Mel Lisboa, José Mayer
Adapted from the series aired in 2001. Looking for inspiration during the holidays, Nando sees Anita as the ideal character for his novel. She lives in a townhouse where a passionate crime happened in the past. Intense, Anita seduces Nando and awakens to
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Presença de Anita - O Filme
Cronicamente Inviável
Sérgio Bianchi
Dan Stulbach, Dira Paes
Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São Paulo as models to illustrate political, sociological and economic disparities between Brazil's upper and lower classes.
Chronically Unfeasible
Os Inquilinos
Sérgio Bianchi
Caio Blat, Cássia Kis Magro
Valter's life turns upside-down when a gang of smalltime criminals move in next door. Valter's wife Iara wants something to be done about their new neighbors whos nigthtly activities does not allow them to sleep. Valter just wants to be left alone.
The Tenants
Kuarup
Ruy Guerra
Taumaturgo Ferreira, Fernanda Torres
This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit priest Nando. Fed up with civilization, he ventures deep into Amazon country to live with and work among the Xingu Indians.
Kuarup