October 6, 2008

Latitude Zero (2000) 86 minutes
Lena owns a forgotten bar next to a highway where the trucks zip by but rarely stop. She is eight months pregnant and has been abandoned by her former lover, Colonel Mattos, of the São Paulo police. One day, she meets Vilela, a former policeman wanted for a crime he committed in São Paulo. Colonel Mattos was Vilela's superior, and his presence is continually felt by the pair. Based on an original stage play by Fernando Bonassi, the film delves into the souls of two Brazilians isolated in one of the country's nameless reaches. A love story and a metaphor taken to extremes: a glimpse at an unequal society which excludes many of its citizens, pushing them into violent adventures of love and death. Director:  Toni Venturi Cast:   Debora Duboc, Claudio Jaborandy

 

October 8, 2008

Terra Estrangeira  (1996 ) 100 minutes After the death of his mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to her native land, as she used to dream with, as an Spanish immigrant. In a foreign land, he finds love and danger as he meets a Brazilian waitress and takes smuggled goods with him in order to pay for his travel. Director:  Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas Cast: Alberto Alexandre, Fernando Alves Pinto, Alexandre Borges, Canto e Castro, Laura Cardoso, António Cara D�Anjo

 

 

October 22, 2008

A partilha (2001) 96 minutes Four sisters get together for the funeral of their mom. During the division of the inherited apartment and old furniture, they argue and fight with each other, but at the same time they remember the good old past and discover many new things about them. Before it's over, new paths will be taken in their lives. Director: Daniel Filho Cast:   Glória Pires, Andréa Beltrão, Lília Cabral, Paloma Duarte, Herson Capri


 

October 30, 2008

Madam Sata (2002) 100minutes approx.   Story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976). In turn, bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, convict and father to seven adopted children, dos Santos--better known as Madame Satã--was also a notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries in a volatile time. The story begins in 1932, in Rio de Janeiro's bohemian Lapa district, when João Francisco is about to achieve his dream: becoming a stage star.  Director:  Karim Ainouz Cast:  Lázaro Ramos,  Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui, Fellipe Marques.
 

 

November 2, 2008

Cabra Cega (2004) 108 minutes A revolutionary, fighting against dictatorship in Brazil, is wounded in a gun-fight with the police, and is isolated in another man's apartment, where he meets a young woman who will change his life. A Movie about Despair, Lost Tenderness and Redemption Director: Toni Venturi Cast: Leonardo Medeiros, Debora Duboc, Jonas Bloch, Michel Bercovitch.

 

 

The language Portuguese with English subtitles