Caio Junqueira

Elite Squad

José Padilha

Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.

Central Station

Walter Salles

Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira

An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

Behind the Sun

Walter Salles

Rodrigo Santoro, José Dumont

Brazilian badlands, April 1910. Tonho is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother. The young man knows that if he commits this crime, his life will be divided in two: the twenty years he has already lived and the few days he has left to live, before the other family avenges their son's death. He is torn between fulfilling his ancestral duty and rebelling against it, urged by his younger brother Pacu. That's when a tiny travelling circus passes through the vast badlands where Tonho's family lives.

1 Contra Todos

Breno Silveira

Júlio Andrade, Sacha Bali

O Que é Isso, Companheiro?

Bruno Barreto

Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. Cesare, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.

Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria

Hugo Carvana

Marco Nanini, Louise Cardoso

Apolônio Brasil was a pianist at a famous nightclub in Rio de Janeiro, from the 1950s until his untimely death. Quite a character, Apolônio was loved by women and idolized by his audience and friends. His contagious joy attracts the attention of American scientist Dr. Boris Lewitsky, who comes to Brazil in order to interview Apolônio's close friends and make them a most unusual offer concerning the remains of the late musician.

Gêmeas

Andrucha Waddington

Fernanda Torres, Evandro Mesquita

Identical twins Iara and Marilena like to play games and deceive men by pretending to be each other. But when they fall in love with the same man, a rivalry with devastating and horrifying consequences begins.

Zuzu Angel

Sérgio Rezende

Patricia Pillar, Daniel de Oliveira

Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zuzu Angel follows the case of her activist son Stuart's arrest, torture, murder, and subsequent corpse disposal by the military forces in early 1970s Rio de Janeiro, during the darkest era of Brazilian military regime and media censorship.

Delicado

Daniel Filho

Caio Junqueira, Yoná Magalhães

Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta

Lui Farias

Reginaldo Faria, Marieta Severo

In Nilópolis, Eliane, a 15-year-old girl, who is the daughter of a lower-middle-class couple, falls in love with Otávio, a 33-year-old divorcee. Upon learning of the relationship, Eliane's parents forbid her to meet her lover.

Quase Nada

Sérgio Rezende

Camilo Bevilacqua, Genézio de Barros

Three stories set on Brazil countryside. In Foice, a weeder becomes head of his group and awakes the envy of his best friend. In Veneno, a cowboy cannot sleep, waiting for the revenge from a enemy of the past. And in Machado, a quiet and rude rose maker decides to end his wife's joy of living.

Manôushe

Luiz Begazo

Breno Moroni, Thelma Reston

In the darkness of a rural night, a gypsy clan gathers to mourn their beloved patriarch's in a ritual celebrated through music and dance.

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória

Luiz Carlos Lacerda, Buza Ferraz

Betty Faria, José Wilker

1943, World War II. The northeastern coast of Brazil is an strategic region for the Allies. Giancarlo, an Italian immigrant married to a Brazilian woman, lives nearby the Parnamirin Field, the largest military base built by the USA outside of their territory. In this new base, Brazilian recruits who speak English suddenly find themselves reaching privileged positions.

Seja O Que Deus Quiser!

Murilo Salles

Rocco Pitanga, Caio Junqueira

Os Penetras

Andrucha Waddington

Marcelo Adnet, Eduardo Sterblitch

"Party Crashers" chronicles the amusing encounter between Marco Polo (Marcelo Adnet), a Copacabana trickster, and Beto (Eduardo Sterblitch), a shy and insecure man, on the New Year's Eve in Rio. Together they crash parties and create a lot of confusion in search of the beautiful Laura.

Rio, I Love You

Nadine Labaki, Stephan Elliott

Венсан Кассель, Fernanda Montenegro

The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story line of each segment focuses on an encounter of love in a different neighborhood of the city, demonstrating the distinctive qualities and character of that location. The film serves to bridge gaps between cultures, educating and entertaining the audience, while celebrating unique and universal expressions of love.