Is the country of the future where children get pregnant? Is the largest Catholic country in the world where more than thirty thousand women die as a result of abortion? Is the 10th largest economy on the planet where 27% of women are sterilized? VENTRE LIVRE tells the story of Vera, Ivonete,...
A fiction film based on the real story of a 16 year-old boy who, aided by the internet, won over the world with his talent for music and art. Fluent in five languages, Yonlu had a network of virtual friends on all continents. However, no one suspected he was also taking part in a forum for...
Hilário Pestana, the most famous, funniest and, ironically, saddest Brazilian actor, has died. He has passed through many stages of Brazilian cinema: the chanchadas, the Vera Cruz classics, the pornochanchadas, and even experimental movies. He was beloved by the public and had a gift for laughter,...
The life of a young urban indigenous man is shaken when he meets a mysterious girl who has just moved with her family to the village where the boy lives, on the side of a highway.
At 24, our hero is a trained journalist but has a ,uch simpler job. His flat full of discs, movies, and books, but he has trouble socializing. This situation can't last long.
Three minutes. The time to leave a message. Passing the baton and run 1600 meters. To cook an egg. The time to make a decision that can change your life.
The story revolves around Rosa, a woman who has just had a daughter and is homeless in the city of Porto Alegre. On a stormy night, she seeks shelter in the garden of a temporarily unoccupied house. However, that same night, the owners of the house, João and Sandra, return to their home....
A fifteen-year-old girl is beaten by her father and seeks shelter at a friend's house. Between tears and sobs, she watches her friend's father. He feels sorry for a child, but she is a woman. Tonight, they will have to discover the difference between passion and compassion.
Two straight (but not really) guys invite two naive (but not really) prostitutes for a night of sex. In the preliminary conversations, a little poetry, a lot of philosophy and heavy doses of vulgarity, all with Beethoven in the background. But when it comes to sex, the truth comes out.
A typical criminal. A typical taxi driver. A typical route through the night of Porto Alegre, from the bus station to a deserted street. But at the time of the crime, the driver doesn’t react as he should. Meanwhile, on TV, Brazilian Minister of Justice make a speech against violence.
In the 30 de Maio settlement, in Charqueadas, Rio Grande do Sul, 40 families settled in 1990 show that it is possible to resist, produce and live collectively from the land. Just one example of how generous the Brazilian land can be when men and women work with everyone's future in mind.
An 18-year-old boy is forced to attend a course to receive his father's inheritance. In the first lesson, a kiss. In the second, a woman's body. In the third, the primer on the sexual act. Other lessons will come, and the boy will still have to face the final exam.
The most famous popular composer in Rio Grande do Sul, Lupicínio Rodrigues (1914-1974) has his life remembered through his songs and testimonies from friends.
