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The Blue Trail

V.O.: O Último Azul
Br. 2025. Drama by Gabriel Mascaro with Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socarras. In defiance of the state, which forces her to live in a colony for the elderly, a Brazilian septuagenarian flees by boat down the Amazon.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Secret Agent

V.O.: O Agente Secreto
Runtime: 158 min.

I'm Still Here

V.O.: Ainda estou aqui
Br. 2024. Drama by Walter Salles with Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello. In Brazil in the 1970s, a politically indifferent woman undertakes a relentless fight to find her husband, kidnapped by the military regime.
Runtime: 135 min.
Br. 2024. Drama by Marcelo Caetano with João Pedro Mariano, Ricardo Teodoro. A young man who has just been released from a juvenile detention center teams up with a mentor who helps him get by.
Runtime: 106 min.

7 Prisoners

V.O.: 7 Prisioneiros
Br. 2021. Drama by Alexandre Moratto with Christian Malheiros, Rodrigo Santoro, Vitor Julian. A poor teenager trying to escape the clutches of a drug dealer must balance his moral values with his struggle to survive.
Runtime: 93 min.
Br. 2020. Essay film by Maora Passoni. Born under the dictatorship in Brazil, a young dancer develops an eating disorder that puts her life in danger.
Runtime: 72 min.

The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao

V.O.: A Vida Invisivel de Euridice Gusmao
Br. 2019. Chronicle by Karim Aïnouz with Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler, Antonio Fonseca. A series of dramatic events and lies separate two sisters on the verge of adulthood, who grew up in a conservative family in Rio de Janeiro.
Runtime: 139 min.

Divine Love

V.O.: Divino Amor
Br. 2019. Drama by Gabriel Mascaro with Dira Paes, Julio Machado, Emilio de Mello. In 2027, in a Brazil dominated by the religious right, a civil servant desperately tries to have a child with her florist husband.
Runtime: 101 min.
Br. 2019. Dramatic comedy by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles with Thomas Aquino, Barbara Colen, Sonia Braga. Mysterious killers prey on the inhabitants of a remote Brazilian village whose water supply has been cut off by a corrupt politician.
Runtime: 132 min.
Br. 2017. Drama by Julia Murat with Raquel Karro, Rodrigo Bolzan, Valeria Barretta. In the large industrial loft where they have taken up residence, a contemporary dancer and a sculptor try to preserve the harmony in their relationship.
Runtime: 108 min.

The Second Mother

V.O.: Que Horas ela Volta?
Br. 2015. Dramatic comedy by Anna Muylaert with Regina Casé, Michel Joelsas, Camila Mardila. The visit of her daughter, a proud teenager, disrupts the daily life of a S
Runtime: 112 min.

Boy and the World

V.O.: O Menino e o Mundo
Br. 2013. Animation by Alê Abreu. Dismayed by the departure of his father who has gone to work far away, a little boy leaves his village and goes in search of him, which leads him to the heart of an alienating megalopolis.
Runtime: 80 min.
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Neighboring Sounds

V.O.: O Som ao Redor
Br. 2011. Drama by Kleber Mendonça Filho with Maeve Jinkings, W.J. Solha, Irandhir Santos. In Brazil, various incidents disrupt the lives of the residents of a luxury apartment building, controlled with an iron fist by a rich planter with a dubious past.
Runtime: 131 min.
Br. 2016. Social drama by Kleber Mendonça Filho with Sonia Braga, Julia Bernat, Humberto Carrao. A retired journalist enters into a fight against the real estate company that wants to buy her apartment, located in an old building by the sea.
Runtime: 146 min.

Elite Squad

V.O.: Tropa de Elite
Br. 2007. Thriller by José Padilha with Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira. In Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his position while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope visits.
Runtime: 115 min.

House of Sand

V.O.: Casa de areia
Br. 2005. Chronicle by Andrucha Waddington with Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra. In 1910, a pregnant woman and her mother, abandoned in the middle of the Maranhao desert, learn to be isolated and to wait, against their will.
Runtime: 103 min.
Br. 2003. Social drama by Hector Babenco with Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Ivan De Almeida, Ailton Graça. In Sao Paulo, a doctor becomes the confidant of the inmates of the Caranditu, largest penitentiary in Latin America.

City of God

V.O.: Cidade de Deus
Br. 2002. Social drama by Fernando Meirelles, Katia Lund with Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Matheus Nachtergaele. The distinct paths of two young people who grew up in the violent hell of a favela in Rio.
Runtime: 130 min.
Br. 1984. Psychological drama by Hector Babenco with William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga. Two inmates who share the same cell, one a homosexual shopkeeper, the other a political prisoner, come to sympathize with each other.
Runtime: 117 min.

Black God, White Devil

V.O.: Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol
Br. 1964. Drama by Glauber Rocha with Geraldo del Rey, Iona Magalhaes, Othon Bastos. In Brazil in 1940, a poor peasant becomes the disciple of an exalted prophet and puts himself at the service of a gang leader.
Runtime: 118 min.
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