Zé Mário Farias
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Once Upon a Time in Rio
2008-07-25
Once Upon a Time in Rio
Overview: Situated just above the awe-inspiring Ipanema beach in Rio is the Cantagalo slum. Every day, floods of Cantagalo residents make their way down the mountain, only to disappear into their surroundings as part of the invisible working-class that cleans apartments, works in restaurants, and sells food along the scenic, sun-drenched shores. Young Dé (Thiago Martins) is just such a man. Dé lives with his mother Bernadette (Cyria Coentro) in a cramped Cantagalo apartment, selling hot dogs on the beach in order to make the rent. His brother Beto was killed when Dé was just a young boy, and his adopted brother Carlão (Rocco Pitanga) has been jailed for a robbery that he didn't commit. One day, while working on the beach, Dé meets Nina (Vitória Frate). Nina is the only child of a successful lawyer named Evandro (Paulo César Grande), who's none to happy to discover that his daughter is dating a member of the lower class. How...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-07-25
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Seven Minutes
2007-09-17
Seven Minutes
Overview: In the favela, two drug dealers decide to meet to settle scores.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-09-17
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Legalize it!
2017-10-06
Legalize it!
Overview: The meeting between two young guys, Marcelo —in the future, Marcelo D2— and Skunk , who sold t-shirts and cassette tapes in the center of Rio de Janeiro to survive, resulted in one of the most popular bands in Brazil in the 1990’s, Planet Hemp. Suppressed by a prejudiced society, the two made of their music a cry of alertness and resistance, conquering the hearts and minds of an entire generation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-10-06
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Outlaw
2024-06-20
Outlaw
Overview: At the age of nine, Rebeca is sold by her grandmother to the bookseller who ran Rocinha. Disputed by bicheiros and drug dealers, the community is going through changes in power. Rebeca becomes the wife of the chief drug dealer and, with the death of her partner, his successor. The electrifying trajectory of crime, violence, drugs and love of a female drug kingpin in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-06-20
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The Seeker
2019-11-29
The Seeker
Overview: In an attempt to reconnect with her family after four years, Isabela decides to introduce her liberal and free-loving boyfriend Giovani. HIs presence will be more important than they could ever imagine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-11-29
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Praça Saens Peña
2008-10-03
Praça Saens Peña
Overview: Paulo works as a high school literature teacher, his wife Teresa is a local shopkeeper, and their daughter Bel is still in school. They live in a rented flat in Saens Peña Square, in the heart of Tijuca, a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. An unexpected and alluring job offer may have a profound effect on the routine of this family and even jeopardize a 20-year marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-10-03
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