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In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

A widower's transcontinental quest to find answers about his wife's death leads him to explosive secrets.

Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict XVI and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.

A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

A realistic yet humorous look at the lives of Laranjinha and Acerola, two friends who live adventurous and dangerous lives in a Rio de Janeiro slum.

Facing a violent military dictatorship and an intimidated opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella articulates a resistance all the while ousting heinous crimes of torture and the infamous censorship instituted by the regime.

Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.

To provide a better life for his family in the country, 18-year-old Mateus accepts a job in a junkyard in São Paulo for his new boss, Luca, but becomes trapped in the dangerous world of human trafficking.

Three strangers' lives collide in the Amazon: Janalice, kidnapped by traffickers; Preá, a reluctant gang leader; Mariangel, seeking vengeance for her family's murder.

A modern and stylish kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century.

Twenty years after City of God, Buscapé recounts how conflicts between police, traffickers, and militias impacted the community.

Ubaldo receives an inheritance that will change his destiny for good. In the heart of the northeast desert, he'll become the leader of a pack of ruthless bandits, fulfilling the legacy of his biological father - a mythical "Cangaceiro".

A former professional wrestler is hired to be the bodyguard/nanny for a couple of bratty kids whose inventor father is being stalked by a rival.

A 1980s-set drama about a teenage girl undergoing her sexual awakening when she learns about her father's infidelities.

A group of young explorers get lost on a trail and end up in a peculiar village hidden under an eternal mist.

The tale of a son and his father separately plotting to escape the desolation of their lives in the lurid underworld of Brazil's sex industry.

A hard-working lawyer discovers that her missing brother has been jailed for years and is a leader of an ascendant criminal faction.

How far would you go to have your desires fulfilled? Directed by Fernando Meirelles, Happily Ever After? tells the story of a couple in crisis. When the mysterious call girl Danny Bond comes on the scene, a crime of passion changes forever the lives of all involved. Who will the victim be? And the villain? After all, in a story so full of secrets and infidelity, who can get away with it to live happily ever after?

Raul Seixas abandons his career as a music producer to become a singer, mixing rock with baião. He adopts a radical style and fall into addiction, but becomes a Brazilian rock icon.

The life of a trans woman who has just gained her independence takes an unexpected turn when an unknown son she had with a woman ten years ago shows up out of the blue.

To investigate a mystery, a young woman moves into a posh condo community, where she comes into contact with its quirky - and suspicious - residents.

Inspired by the illegal universe of the Brazilian animal lottery, a fearless young man must win a deadly race to save his sister in a dystopian future where each animal in the game is now represented by a runner vying for a prize.

A multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality but authors a story about one of the others.