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Shining Girls

Serien-Adaption der Buchvorlage: Chicago zur Zeit der Großen Depression. Harper Curtis ist kaltblütig, hochgefährlich, von Wahnvorstellungen getrieben und lebt auf der Straße. Seitdem er die hübsche Tänzerin Jeanette sah, träumt er von seinen „Shining Girls“ und will nur eines: ihr Licht für immer auslöschen. Durch einen Zufall findet er ein Portal, mit dem er durch die Zeit reisen kann – um zu töten. Niemand scheint ihn stoppen zu können, da die Spuren, die er am Tatort hinterlässt, nicht ...

Tropa de Elite

Nascimento jagt als Hauptmann einer Polizei-Eliteeinheit in den Favelas von Rio de Janeiro im Jahr 1997 Drogenbosse und Gangmitglieder. Nach der Geburt seines ersten Kindes will der Mann die Einheit verlassen, muss aber zuvor noch einen geeigneten Nachfolger finden. Zudem hat der Papst seinen Besuch in der Metropole angekündigt und will in Schussweite der brandgefährlichen Slums nächtigen. Nascimento hat also alle Hände voll zu tun, mit weisser Weste aus dem Schlamassel herauszukommen, und ...

Sergio

Im Chaos nach der US-Invasion im Irak hängt das Leben des UN-Diplomaten Sergio Vieira de Mello in der Schwebe, als er die tückischste Mission seiner bisherigen Laufbahn erfüllen muss.

Futuro Beach

Donato fails in his attempt to save a drowning man, and meets one of the man's friends. He decides to start his life over, but pieces of his past keep coming after him.

Bald Mountain

In 1980, best friends Juliano and Joaquin join the gold rush at Serra Pelada, Bald Mountain, a mountain town near the mighty Amazon river. As the town grows in numbers, it also sees an explosion in violent crime and pollution. Soon the friends' dreams of hitting the jack pot are shattered. Winner of the 2014 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize.

Father’s Chair

Theo is living the good life in an upscale Brazilian neighborhood. He’s a hardworking doctor, husband, and father. However, Theo has chosen his career over his family, and little by little he discovers that his world is crumbling around him. His beloved mentor and surrogate father is dying, and his wife announces that she wants a divorce. Yet nothing prepares him for the day when he comes home to discover that his 15-year-old son, Pedro, has disappeared. Theo takes to the road in search of ...

VIPs

A human look on the life of one of the biggest frauds in the world happened by important people in Brazil.

The Man from the Future

Zero (Wagner Moura) is a brilliant scientist, but unfortunate because 20 years ago was publicly humiliated and lost in college Helena (Alinne Moraes) the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions makes him travel in time, more precisely, to the past. After the chance to change his story, Zero returns to this totally changed.

Elite Squad: Im Sumpf der Korruption

Zehn Jahre ist es her, dass Capitão Nascimento ein Einsatzkommando der BOPE, DIE Elitetruppe der brasilianischen Militärpolizei, anführte, um für den damals anstehend Papst-Besuch zumindest zeitweilig für etwas Ruhe und Ordnung zu sorgen. Inzwischen leitet Nascimento die BOPE und kann bereits auf einige Erfolge im Kampf gegen die Drogenmafia zurückblicken. Während die Kriminellen der Stadt jedoch meist ein klares Ziel abgeben, muss Nascimento mehr und mehr auch gegen einen neuen Feind ...

Basic Sanitation, The Movie

When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, Brazilian villagers decide to make a short sci-fi monster movie about the problem.

Ó Paí Ó: Look at This

During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.

Elite Squad

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.

Lower City

Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna, and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bounds of their friendship to the limit.

The Middle of the World

Romão, illiterate and unemployed, feels destiny drawing him on an odyssey to Rio de Janeiro in pursuit of a job and a decent life. A family of seven journeys 2,000 miles across the hinterlands of Brazil on bicycles. Along the way, the story explores the inner dynamics of a family facing a great challenge with the courage to pursue dreams.

God is Brazilian

God decides to take a vacation, but first He has to find a saint who can rule the universe while He's away. So He goes to the Northeast of Brazil, where He believes there's a very good man for the job. As soon as He comes down to Earth, a young man comes along to help on His quest.