Pixote is a 1980 movie set in São Paulo, Brazil, where a 10-year-old boy gets caught up in a life of crime and violence. He experiences the harsh realities of being homeless, abused, and forced into prostitution. The movie portrays the corrupt and brutal world he finds himself in, highlighting the struggles and dangers faced by underprivileged children.
This documentary chronicles Diomedes Díaz's rise as one of Colombia's most iconic singers, and his downfall after being accused of killing a fan.
Lucio Flavio is a bank robber and thief in Rio de Janeiro during the 1970s. The movie follows his criminal activities and the challenges he faces, including dealing with corrupt cops and planning a major bank robbery.
A female television journalist has a strange affair with a terrorist.
Three apartments in an old converted loft building set the stage for three bizarre love triangles. Nico, enjoys his older brother's top floor loft, while he is away on business. Downstairs, Helena, prepares for a dinner with her lover, who never shows up. In the basement, three expatriates are waiting for a phone call. A Chilean contact is supposed to instruct them to carry out a dirty job.
Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life.
Teenager and his Chilean parents live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in exile, after his brother is killed by the military government in Chile. Years later, still haunted by the past, he undergoes a crisis when he learns his cousin had been arrested in Santiago, and quarrels with his family when he decides to know his country and the details of his past.
Gafanhoto is a smuggler who tries to take a hit by stealing a valuable stone. He awakens the fury of the old boss of the gang, and ends up involving in the plot a former colleague, Poeta and his girlfriend Cris, a beautiful woman who brings in the eyes the mark of the tragedy.
In 1960s Chile, a Catholic priest in Valparaiso takes a stand against inequality and injustice, fighting for the rights of the impoverished and challenging the power of the Catholic Church.
The true story of the boy who became famous when he was cast for the main part on the Brazilian film Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981). After the film was over, he tried to work as an actor on other projects, with little success. As time went by, he got involved with crime.
Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.
A retired cop becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a prostitute.
Forbidden to Forbid tells the story of a love triangle set in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The movie explores the themes of social dynamics, college life, and the challenges faced by young students. It also delves into the struggles of a character diagnosed with leukemia and the impact it has on the relationships. The use of marijuana is also prominently featured in the plot.
High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start looking for young lovers at the local bordello. Their wives even make promises and novenas asking the disappearance of the new couple. One day, the judge dies, leaving his wife unsatisfied. The corpse, as if wanting revenge, keeps an erection on.
To find the woman of his life, man makes a game up: he enters a subway train wagon, picks a woman he likes and waits to see whether she's going to take the same course and connections as he. If she is, he tries to make contact.
The routine of a group of brazilian teenagers living in Brasília, Brazil's capital. Their aspirations, dreams and illusions presented in a context of a country that was on the final years of a dictatorship back in the 1980s.
During the military dictatorship, a political militant takes his son out of the boarding school, and puts him temporarily in a friend's luxury and empty apartment in Copacabana beach. The son knows very little about his father, and the latter cannot really explain his activities to his son, fearing for his security. So the young man stands alone in the huge apartment, waiting for the infrequent meetings with his father, without really knowing what's going on.
Two children flee together with a grown up from a slum in Rio because this man had problems with the local drug lord. They end up in the house where a rich American citizen lives with his daughter.