Known for Acting
Even with all the brutality in the Brazilian dictatorial period, many artists presented themselves as a resistance, using their talent and creativity as a way to trick the censorship.
A regular night in a japanese restaurant in the middle of nowhere takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of two gangsters looking for a man known as the Swede. The killers take the clients hostage and start to systematically expose their prejudices and hypocrisies through physical and psychological abuse while they wait for their target to arrive. Based on Ernest Hemingway's Short Story.
A documentary on the life and work of Amácio Mazzaropi, a phenomenon of popularity and profitability of Brazilian cinema.
A docufiction that reveals the obstacles faced by AIDS victims during its worst period when it was a new and deadly disease. Interviews with famous Brazilian personalities and anonymous people about the disease’s pandemic all over the world, their opinions, and hopes for a future cure.
Roberto is a successful businessman. Persecuted by the police, he will have a dilemma: give a secret or keep on running.
João Grilo is a backwoodsman who tries to get along at the expense of the powerful in the city, who pretend to be respectful of morals and good customs and hide their sins. But when a band of cangaceiros attacks the small town, everyone has to settle accounts with God and the Devil.
The film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill worker.
