Movies and TvShows featuring "pernambuco" theme.
In the past, as Adalberto Rangel, he met and seduced Maria Paula. With a calculated coldheart, he married her, stole her fortune, then abandoned her, unaware she was pregnant at the time. Ten years later, accompanied by her son Renato, Maria Paula plots to recover her dignity and to find justice by getting revenge against the indignities done to her.
The film depicts Bruno's encounter with an old flame at the Recife airport. He then recalls the moments spent with Alice during a carnival, and his feelings start to resurface. But could that passion have been just a creation of his mind?
In the 1940s, a killer roams the Brazilian countryside in the state of Pernambuco, known as a cangaceiro. He is a ruthless murderer and feared by many. His journey takes him through the wilderness and the Brazilian countryside, where he engages in intense action and western-style adventures.
After exchanging glances between "good mornings" and "good afternoons", Marcelo realizes it's time to try to go further with Márcio, the doorman in his building. Two worlds will collide through these men's bodies.
This is the first 3D animated Brazilian film. It tells the story of Stress & Relax: a businessman who thinks only of money and a film director who lives for insisting that this invest in their projects. This time, the "project" is to look for the oldest tree in Brazil. Stress is excited about the possibility of making money with this rarity. The problem is that they do not know exactly where it is. Stress and Relax out in search of the "Big Jequitibá Rose" with no map, no compass and clueless.
The Little Prince's Rap Against The Wicked Souls is a gripping documentary that follows the journey of a talented young rapper from Recife, Pernambuco, as he confronts the challenges of growing up in a poverty-stricken favela. With his powerful rhymes and determination, he becomes a vigilante voice for the disadvantaged urban life. This cinema-pernambucano masterpiece sheds light on the harsh realities of poverty and the transformative power of music.
Waiting for the Carnival (2019) is a documentary that explores the social issues and working conditions in a village in Northeast Brazil, specifically focusing on the textile industry and the physical work involved. It sheds light on the challenges faced by workers and their role in the Brazilian carnival.
Documentary about the heavy rock scene in Pernambuco.
Curral is a political drama set in the rural Brazilian city of Gravatá. During the mayoral elections, the population is divided between the Blue and Red parties, two political oligarchies fighting each other for power. A recent severe drought means water is the main bargaining chip when it comes to securing a majority of people's votes. Chico Caixa is a former city employee. He lost his job trying to take water supplies to a poor neighborhood which had been abandoned for political reasons. Caixa is invited by a childhood partner, Joel, to work on his councilor campaign. Joel presents himself as a new alternative to the older candidates, who have been in power for decades. But as the campaign progresses, Chico Caixa soon realizes that breaking apart from the established political game is not always as easy as it may seem
A Christmas story. The goat is the solution to the problems of a family in Recife, Brazil.
A middle-class family living in a house filled with superfluous electronic appliances see the arrival of a new item, a 29" TV-set.
Eduardo has a mysterious disease in his body. The appearance of crabs everywhere in the tropical city of Recife may have something to do with it.
Pregnant women from the paradise island of Fernando de Noronha, 360km off the Brazilian coast, are separated from their families and workplaces and sent to the mainland 12 weeks before giving birth. Pressure is brought upon those who resist. Their babies are not made welcome in their forebears’ lands. Without any reasonable explanation, the government has been denying the right of permanent residence to children of native people. Meanwhile, tourism is attracting more and more celebrities and outside investors to the island.
