Kick-box champion David Sloan arrives in Rio de Janeiro for an exhibition fight. He and mentor Xian take pity on Brazilian rascal Marcos Coasta, an urchin who offers guide services but routinely steals from tourists for himself and his older sister Isabella. David is shocked when he sees how his...
Alice owns a network of sex shops and workaholic who, in trying to reconcile the harsh routine of work and family life, suffers nervous breakdown, she is forced by her husband to go to spa. Precisely at this time, appears unique opportunity to expand its business in New York. Using fun gimmicks,...
A man who grew up an orphan finally gets to meet his father: The psychopath Dr. Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz surgeon who performed genetic experiments on concentration camp refugees during WWII.
After a chance encounter on the elevator, the lives of Mary Ann, a widowed English teacher, and Pedro, a recently divorced man, intersect against the hot backdrop of Rio de Janeiro.
Bored with their marriage, the architect Marcelo proposes his wife Ana, a relation to three, with another sexual partner. The woman accepts, but the situation escapes from Marcelo's control because Ana engages lovingly with each other, and Marcelo no longer fits in the triangle proposed.
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.
"Party Crashers" chronicles the amusing encounter between Marco Polo (Marcelo Adnet), a Copacabana trickster, and Beto (Eduardo Sterblitch), a shy and insecure man, on the New Year's Eve in Rio. Together they crash parties and create a lot of confusion in search of the beautiful Laura.
Documentary about the musical and social phenomenon of Brazilian funk (or Carioca Funk), a style derived from Miami Bass, based on repetitive bass drum loops and lyrics full of sexual and violent overtones, not directly related to American funk/soul music. This style emerged in the slums and poor...
Filmed as Brazil was transitioning back into a democracy after over two decades of dictatorship, ‘Mulheres: uma outra história’ focuses on various aspects of women's participation in the Brazilian political scene and features interviews with some of the 23 women newly elected to the...
Counting on her looks, beautiful and mysterious woman blackmails powerful businessmen involved in fishy schemes, getting everything she wants from them in return for her silence.
For the launch of his new giant horoscope computer, famous astrologer Alex invites to his private island friends representing each of the 12 zodiac signs. During the welcome party, one of the guests is mysteriously murdered. Unable to leave the island, the others witness new deaths, always...
