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Call Me by Your Name
Is it better to speak or die?
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- Italy, France, Brazil • 2017
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Netflix, YouTube, Apple TV
Zama
An officer must find a way to escape from South America in this film based on the 1956 novel.
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- Argentina, Brazil, Spain • 2017
- Director Lucrecia Martel
- Cast Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Juan Minujín, Nahuel Cano, Mariana Nunes
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, MUBI
Aquarius
Sometimes staying put is the greatest challenge.
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- Brazil, France • 2016
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cast Sônia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão, Fernando Teixeira, Zoraide Coleto
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
The Territory
The Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people fight back against deforestation and illegal settling on their land.
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- Brazil, Denmark, United States • 2022
- Director Alex Pritz
- Cast Neidinha Bandeira, Bitaté Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, Ari Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Disney Plus
I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You
(Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo)
A geologist is sent on a solitary expedition to the wilds of northeastern Brazil to survey routes for a canal.
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- Brazil • 2009
- Director Marcelo Gomes
- Cast Irandhir Santos
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel
Divine Love
(Divino Amor)
Devoted Christian Joana continually uses her bureaucratic authority to mend broken marriages, but even God might not be able to save her own.
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- Brazil, Uruguay, Denmark • 2019
- Director Gabriel Mascaro
- Cast Dira Paes, Júlio Machado, Emílio de Mello, Teca Pereira, Mariana Nunes
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
The Ornithologist
(O Ornitólogo)
A lone ornithologist is swept away by rapids while looking for black storks along a river, waking to an unfamiliar world.
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- Portugal, France, Brazil • 2016
- Director João Pedro Rodrigues
- Cast Paul Hamy, Xelo Cagiao, Jules Elting, Flora Bulcão, Isabelle Puntel, Chan Suan
- Genre Adventure, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
The Salt of the Earth
(Le sel de la terre)
A journey through the Earth's wrath and beauty with Sebastião Salgado.
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- France, Brazil, Italy • 2014
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders, Hugo Barbier
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Bus 174
(Ônibus 174)
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- Brazil • 2002
- Director José Padilha
- Cast Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel, Luiz Eduardo Soares
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Too Late to Die Young
(Tarde para morir joven)
In a very dry summer in an isolated community far from the city, Sofia, Clara and Lucas face their first loves and fears.
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- Chile, Brazil, Argentina • 2019
- Director Dominga Sotomayor
- Cast Demian Hernández, Antar Machado, Magdalena Tótoro, Matías Oviedo, Andrés Aliaga
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, OVID, Kanopy, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Diamantino
A delirious comedy about a disgraced footballer.
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- Portugal, France, Brazil • 2018
- Director Daniel Schmidt
- Cast Carloto Cotta, Cleo Tavares, Anabela Moreira, Margarida Moreira, Carla Maciel
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Dekkoo, Kino Now, Kanopy, Metrograph, YouTube, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
The Second Mother
(Que Horas Ela Volta?)
Unspoken class barriers within a home come crashing down when the live-in housekeeper's daughter suddenly appears.
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- Brazil • 2015
- Director Anna Muylaert
- Cast Regina Casé, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli, Michel Joelsas, Helena Albergaria
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Araby
(Arábia)
A collection of life experiences. A road movie for Brazil's underclass.
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- Brazil • 2018
- Director João Dumans
- Cast Aristides de Sousa, Murilo Caliari, Gláucia Vandeveld, Renata Cabral, Renan Rovida
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, OVID, Kanopy, Apple TV
Bacurau
A Brazilian village is targeted by a group of armed mercenaries… who may have met their match.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles
- Cast Bárbara Colen, Udo Kier, Sônia Braga, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Wilson Rabelo
- Genre Mystery, Thriller, Western
- Available on DIRECTV, fuboTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Showtime, Vudu, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, Kino Now, Kanopy, Metrograph, YouTube, Showtime Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Paramount+ Showtime
Mars One
(Marte Um)
A middle class Black family in Brazil adjusts to life under a far-right extremist president.
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- Brazil • 2022
- Director Gabriel Martins
- Cast Rejane Faria, Carlos Francisco, Camilla Damião, Cícero Lucas, Ana Hilário, Russo Apr
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Sócrates
After his mother’s death, 15-year-old Sócrates must survive on his own in the São Paulo favelas while wrestling with his grief.
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- Brazil • 2018
- Director Alexandre Moratto
- Cast Christian Malheiros, Tales Ordakji, Caio Martinez Pacheco, Rosane Paulo, Jayme Rodrigues
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, FlixFling, Apple TV
Invisible Life
(A Vida Invisível)
Two estranged sisters struggle to make lives for themselves despite the restrictive expectations of 1950s Brazil.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Karim Aïnouz
- Cast Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler, Fernanda Montenegro, Gregório Duvivier, Bárbara Santos, Flávia Gusmão
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video
The Edge of Democracy
(Democracia em Vertigem)
A disturbing exploration into the complex truths behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Petra Costa
- Cast Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Michel Temer, Eduardo Cunha, Jair Bolsonaro
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Loveling
(Benzinho)
There's nothing more bittersweet than letting your kids grow up.
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- Brazil, Uruguay, Germany • 2018
- Director Gustavo Pizzi
- Cast Karine Teles, Otávio Müller, Adriana Esteves, César Troncoso, Mateus Solano, Camilo Pellegrini
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy
Elena
Elena — who spent her childhood in Brazil fearing an authoritarian regime — moves to New York and pursues a lifelong dream shared with her mother: to be a movie actress.
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- Brazil, United States • 2013
- Director Petra Costa
- Cast Li An, Elena Andrade, Petra Costa
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Vudu, OVID, Kanopy, Netflix, YouTube, Pantaflix, Apple TV
Black Orpheus
(Orfeu Negro)
A retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice that introduced Bossa Nova to the world.
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- Brazil, France, Italy • 1959
- Director Marcel Camus
- Cast Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Marcel Camus, Fausto Guerzoni, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
- Available on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Amazon Video, Vudu, Alamo on Demand, Kanopy, Apple TV, HBO Max
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela
(Érase una vez en Venezuela, Congo Mirador)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Venezuela, United Kingdom, Brazil • 2020
- Director Anabel Rodríguez Ríos
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Central Station
(Central do Brasil)
He was looking for the father he never knew. She was looking for a second chance.
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- Brazil, France • 1998
- Director Walter Salles
- Cast Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra, Othon Bastos, Otávio Augusto, Matheus Nachtergaele
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Prayers for the Stolen
(Noche de fuego)
Three young girls come of age in a small and war-torn town in Mexico.
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- Mexico, Germany, Brazil • 2021
- Director Tatiana Huezo
- Cast Mayra Batalla, Norma Pablo, Olivia Lagunas, Teresa Sánchez, Guillermo Villegas
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Boy & the World
(O Menino e o Mundo)
A boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic, surreal world.
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- Brazil • 2014
- Director Alê Abreu
- Cast Vinicius Garcia, Lu Horta, Marco Aurélio Campos, Felipe Zilse, Alê Abreu, Cassius Romero
- Genre Animation, Adventure, Family, Science Fiction
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Criterion Channel, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Kiss of the Spider Woman
In a South American prison, a gay man imprisoned for immoral behavior and a political prisoner come to understand and respect one another.
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- Brazil, United States • 1985
- Director Hector Babenco
- Cast William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga, José Lewgoy, Miriam Pires, Milton Gonçalves
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Nossa Chape
This is bigger than the game.
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- Brazil • 2018
- Director Michael Zimbalist
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Neon Bull
(Boi Neon)
An intimate depiction of a rodeo troupe touring the Brazilian Northeast.
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- Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands • 2016
- Director Gabriel Mascaro
- Cast Juliano Cazarré, Maeve Jinkings, Aline Santana, Vinícius de Oliveira, Carlos Pessoa, Josinaldo Alves
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Ad Astra
An astronaut ventures into space, hoping to find his father.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil, United States • 2019
- Director James Gray
- Cast Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Kimberly Elise, Loren Dean
- Genre Science Fiction
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, fuboTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Sunday Ball
(Campo de Jogo)
A documentary following the annual championship game among neighborhood soccer teams in Rio de Janeiro.
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- Brazil • 2014
- Director Eryk Rocha
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV
City of God
(Cidade de Deus)
Three young men embark on different yet intertwined paths as they try to survive in the dangerous favelas of Rio.
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- Brazil, France • 2002
- Director Fernando Meirelles
- Cast Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on DIRECTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, YouTube, Pluto TV, Paramount Plus, Apple TV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel
7 Prisoners
(7 Prisioneiros)
An 18-year-old is trapped in human trafficking, but escaping will put his family's livelihood at risk.
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- Brazil • 2021
- Director Alexandre Moratto
- Cast Christian Malheiros, Rodrigo Santoro, Bruno Rocha, Lucas Oranmian, Cecília Homem de Mello
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Shine Your Eyes
(Cidade Pássaro)
A Nigerian musician searches for his missing brother in this familiar but unique immigration narrative.
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- Brazil • 2020
- Director Matias Mariani
- Cast OC Ukeje, Chukwudi Iwuji, Indira Nascimento, Paulo André, Ike Barry
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Waste Land
What lies at the heart of the world's largest trash city?
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- Brazil, United Kingdom • 2010
- Director Lucy Walker
- Cast Vik Muniz
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Curiosity Stream, Vudu, Kanopy
Tabu
When Pilar's befriended neighbour Aurora dies, he starts to dig into her past.
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- Portugal, Germany, Brazil • 2012
- Director Miguel Gomes
- Cast Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Henrique Espírito Santo, Carloto Cotta, Isabel Muñoz Cardoso, Ivo Müller
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Kino Now, Kanopy
August Winds
(Ventos de Agosto)
Where things change, nature remains.
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- Brazil • 2014
- Director Gabriel Mascaro
- Cast Dandara de Morais, Geová Manoel do Santos, Gabriel Mascaro, Maria Salvino dos Santos, Antônio José dos Santos
- Genre Documentary, Mystery
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, Metrograph, YouTube, Apple TV
Neighboring Sounds
(O Som ao Redor)
Life in a neighbourhood in Recife, Brazil takes an unexpected turn after the arrival of an independent private security firm.
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- Brazil • 2012
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cast Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Gustavo Jahn, W.J. Solha, Irma Brown, Sebastião Formiga
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Don't Call Me Son
(Mãe Só Há Uma)
Ever since his father’s death, Pierre's mother has looked after him and his younger sister Jacqueline, spoiling them both, but when he discovers that she stole him from a hospital when he was a new born baby, Pierre’s life changes dramatically.
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- Brazil • 2016
- Director Anna Muylaert
- Cast Naomi Nero, Daniel Botelho, Dani Nefussi, Matheus Nachtergaele, Lais Dias
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Now, Kanopy
Rojo
When everyone becomes silent, no one is innocent.
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- Argentina, Brazil, France • 2018
- Director Benjamín Naishtat
- Cast Darío Grandinetti, Andrea Frigerio, Alfredo Castro, Laura Grandinetti, Claudio Martínez Bel
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
Found Memories
(Histórias que só Existem Quando Lembradas)
Nothing ever changes in the small town of Jotuomba, until one day a curious photographer shows up.
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- Brazil, Argentina, France • 2011
- Director Julia Murat
- Cast Sônia Guedes, Lisa Fávero, Luiz Serra, Ricardo Merkin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV
Armageddon Time
A coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.
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- United States, Brazil • 2022
- Director James Gray
- Cast Banks Repeta, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Jaylin Webb, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Sell
- Genre Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Peacock Premium, YouTube, FlixFling, Apple TV
Tito and the Birds
(Tito e os Pássaros)
Tito is a shy 10-year-old boy who lives with his mother. Suddenly, an unusual epidemic starts to spread, making people sick whenever they get scared. He embarks on a journey to save the world from the epidemic with his friends.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director André Catoto Dias
- Cast Pedro Henrique, Mateus Solano, Denise Fraga, Matheus Nachtergaele, Otávio Augusto
- Genre Animation, Adventure, Drama
- Available on Freevee, Microsoft Store, Shout! Factory TV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VRV, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Apple TV
Murina
A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.
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- Croatia, Brazil, United States • 2022
- Director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
- Cast Gracija Filipović, Danica Ćurčić, Leon Lučev, Cliff Curtis, Jonas Smulders
- Genre Drama
- Available on Showtime, Showtime Amazon Channel, Hoopla, fuboTV, DIRECTV, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy, Paramount+ Showtime
Behind the Sun
(Abril Despedaçado)
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- Brazil, France, Switzerland • 2001
- Director Walter Salles
- Cast Rodrigo Santoro, José Dumont, Rita Assemany, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Ravi Ramos Lacerda, Flavia Marco Antonio
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Good Manners
(As Boas Maneiras)
Always prepare for the worst...
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- Brazil, France, Germany • 2017
- Director Marco Dutra
- Cast Isabél Zuaa, Marjorie Estiano, Miguel Lobo, Cida Moreira, Andréa Marquee, Felipe Kenji
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Shudder, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, OVID, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Once Upon a Time Veronica
(Era uma vez eu, Verônica)
A finely tuned, emotionally raw portrait of a woman’s conflicted entry into adulthood, Once Upon a Time Veronica is a thoroughly modern anti–fairy tale.
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- Brazil, France • 2012
- Director Marcelo Gomes
- Cast Hermila Guedes, João Miguel, Maeve Jinkings, W.J. Solha, Júlio Rocha, Anthero Montenegro
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Kanopy, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
In the Intense Now
(No Intenso Agora)
A personal essay which analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s.
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- Brazil • 2017
- Director João Moreira Salles
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV
Tony Manero
A dark comedy about a man obsessed with "Saturday Night Fever" under the Pinochet regime.
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- Chile, Brazil • 2008
- Director Pablo Larraín
- Cast Alfredo Castro, Amparo Noguera, Paola Lattus, Héctor Morales, Elsa Poblete, Maité Fernández
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Kino Now, Kanopy
Memory House
(Casa de Antiguidades)
A Black Indigenous man facing racism in South Brazil reconnects with a deeper cultural past through the objects in his house.
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- Brazil, France • 2020
- Director João Paulo Miranda Maria
- Cast Antônio Pitanga, Soren Hellerup, Sam Louwyck, Ana Flavia Cavalcanti, Aline Marta
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Way He Looks
(Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho)
Not every love happens at first sight.
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- Brazil • 2014
- Director Daniel Ribeiro
- Cast Ghilherme Lobo, Fábio Audi, Tess Amorim, Lúcia Romano, Eucir de Souza, Selma Egrei
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
(Tropa de Elite 2)
Accused of murdering prisoners during a riot, a lieutenant and his second in command are swept into a bloody political dispute.
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- Brazil • 2010
- Director José Padilha
- Cast Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro, Pedro Van-Held, Maria Ribeiro, Sandro Rocha
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama
- Available on VUDU Free
Carandiru
Dr. Drauzio Varella listens to the stories of prisoners in the Carandiru Penitentiary.
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- Brazil, Argentina, Italy • 2003
- Director Héctor Babenco
- Cast Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Milton Gonçalves, Ivan de Almeida, Aílton Graça, Maria Luísa Mendonça, Aida Leiner
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV
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