Brazilian Cinema

"Never again his lips, his tongue... Never again his mouth burning with raw onion."

Kiss of the Spider Woman 1985, dir. Héctor Babenco

I'm trying to understand your desire to go so far away. I think it's natural, especially at your age, to want to see other places, meet new people, make other friends. I think it's normal, but I also think it's very natural to fight with your parents. I was like that, too, but it's too extreme to leave the country to run away from the fights.

Bacurau (2019) dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

Cidade Baixa (Lower City) dir. Sérgio Machado, 2005

Vidas Secas (1963) dir. Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Bebel, Garota Propaganda (dir. Maurice Capovilla, 1968) 

O Poeta do Castelo (The Poet of Castelo) 1959 dir. Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (Black God, White Devil), dir. Glauber Rocha, 1964.

Limite (1931, Brazil) Directed by Mário Peixoto

Amadas e Violentadas (Jean Garrett, 1976)

==> DOCE AMIANTO (2013) dir. Uirá dos Reis & Guto Parente Amianto lives isolated in her own fantasy world, inhabited by her delusions and unbridled hope, where her ingenuity and her melancholy coexist hand in hand. After feeling abandoned by her love (The Boy), Amianto finds shelter in the presence of her dead friend, Blanche, that will protect her against her pain - at least as far as she can. Her inner universe collides with the reality of a world that does not accept her, a world to which she doesn’t belong and that invariably she comes back with her playful delusions, mixing reality and fantasy. With the help of her Fairy Godmother, Amianto gathers strength to continue living in the hope of being happy someday.

O que é isso, companheiro?, 1997

Estrela Nua (José Antonio Garcia; Ícaro Martins, 1984)

Eles Não Usam Black-Tie (”They Don’t Wear Black-Tie”, 1981), directed by Leon Hirszman