Views of Rio de Janeiro, So Paulo, and Florence illustrate the biographical data of Brazilian pianist, composer, and diplomat Henrique Oswald. Works by him are numbered, while sheet music is leafed through. With Oswald‘s portrait in the background, a soloist performs his music.
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Practically superseded by modern techniques, the bullock cart was still part of the serto landscapes in the 1970s, reaching where the truck does not go, in a mixture of utility and poetry, transporting the most varied types of cargo. The film shows how it is made, and the craftsman who makes it.
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Details of the water lily: its structure, its natural habitat, its name, and its history.
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Sleepless all night, Kobra remembers his life, from the poor childhood in the outskirts of So Paulo to the international recognition of his work. The events unfold between reality and dream. In an intimate journey, we get to know a rebellious, self-taught youngster doing graffiti illegally on the streets of So Paulo's suburbs, up to worldwide fame as a muralist and peace acti...
The region of Boca do Lixo in So Paulo and the people from the cinematographic environment that circulated there are recorded in photographs by the director Ozualdo Candeias.
There is a football club of which the only remaining trace is the odd photograph, yet it was actually one of the founders of the So Paulo Football Federation. The club, Comercial F.C., had no stadium, no training ground, and no fan base, but it did have offices, in a now-demolished building in downtown So Paulo. Comercial F.C. is today a ghost lingering in the city where it w...
Representing mainstream opinions, the actress Stela Freitas answers a series of questions designed to shed light on the typical cinemagoer of Rio de Janeiro: their habits, preferences, how and why they watch movies.
"Praia" is essentially an observational film that paints a unique portrait of early 21st century Copacabana Beach (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Between 2014 and 2016, Guilherme B. Hoffmann filmed day-to-day life on one of the world's most famous beaches as a one-man team, recording everyday conversations uttered by an assortment of visitors to special celebrations like the World Cu...
O Fim do Sem Fim [The End of The Endless] is a feature documentary film that has as scenery the upcoming disappearance of some jobs and professions in Brazil. It composes an immersive picture about the creative geniality and the resistance against new cultural forms and technological trends.
By discussing the finality and the expected end of some process evolved in some kind of...