Rubens Santos

Curral is a political drama set in the rural Brazilian city of Gravatá. During the mayoral elections, the population is divided between the...

Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that...

When an ocean-fascinated cowboy from the Brazilian backlands discovers that the farm where he has worked all his life will be sold, he abandons...

Matheus is the owner of a very simple amusement park and has the dream of visiting the famous parks in the USA. But when his family finally gets the...

An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.

The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner...

Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for...

Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants...

The creepy stories and imaginaries from one of Brazil's most important cities.

When a con man on the run gets mistaken for a poor church's visiting priest, he is tapped to lead the parish in a grand caroling for the holiday...

In the heart of the neighborhood of Pina, in Recife, a quiet supermarket sees its daily life changed by an inexplicable phenomenon of nature,...

In 2027 Brazil, civil servant Joana mainly deals with divorce cases. As a member of a branch of evangelical Christians known as the Divino Amor...

Paralysed by fear of the future, a middle aged French bureaucrat escapes to Brazil where a destructive affair with a boy forces her to learn to live...

A girl discovers that the only TV in town is going to be closed by the Mayor and the only people who can help her are the residents and a character...

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son...

Before going down in history as Maria Bonita, the most important woman in the Cangaço, Maria de Déa was a fearless young woman who...

To escape her abusive husband, garbage collector Gal packs her two young children, Rihanna and Benin, onto the top of her cart and heads across...