Paulo Américo

The story of a young black man, Héracles, who after being released from a juvenile institution, tries to apply for his first honest job as a...

Helen lives in a cortiço with her grandmother, Mrs. Graça, who supports the family with informal jobs, such as selling skewers. Still very naive,...

Year 2006. There are riots in São Paulo. In the middle of the violent situation, widow Lucia is trying to get her young son Rafael from prison.

Three siblings devise a plan to get their divorced parents to spend Christmas together.

To fulfill his mother’s dying wish and avoid being removed from her will, an inflexible bachelor hires an actress to play his fiancée.

In São Paulo, the black part of the elite, while whites take over the periphery. In this scenario, a lawyer has to deliver cell in a prison, but on...

A sheltered teenager discovers she's actually a princess from another country — and she could be in grave danger. Based on Paula Pimenta's novel.

“Nobody Leaves Alive” by André Ristum is shot in beautiful but also distancing black and white. Looking at the Venice line-up, this seems to be...

During Carnival in São Paulo, a young man and young woman who knew each other as children meet again after many years and the social barriers that...

Marcelo leaves his family and moves to Mato Grosso do Sul, where he learns how to fly airplanes by himself watching the pilots. One day, he responds...

The Cambridge Squatter tells the story of refugees, recently arrived in Brazil who, together with a group of low-income workers, occupy an old...

Film version of the 2017 miniseries. After discovering the elixir of youth a scientist reunites with her high school sweetheart, bringing back many...

Cássio, an elderly white reactionary widower sees his worldview change when he’s forced to take care of his granddaughter Ana, a joyful and...