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A family straining to care for their bedridden patriarch is offered a diabolical deal: to put their elder to rest and host an Argentinian drug kingpin in need of a place to hide.

Marina is an ex-diver who is suffering from a terrible buzzing in her ears. After an accident suffered in the last Olympics, she decides to go back to competing in hopes of winning an Olympic medal, by putting her life to risk.

A film about remarkable moments in the History of Brazilian Photography, built through the eyes of Lauro Escorel. It also reflects on the impact of digital photography on contemporary society.

A convertible car enters the city of São Paulo bringing two people aboard. They ride 24 hours unfolding the views of a big city.

Laura and her mother are spending their vacation on the seashore, in Sao Paulo, at a middle-class beach house. Laura's adolescent body is changing but not in harmony with her coming of age. She's less bothered by that than the situation the two of them find themselves in.

In the heavily populated city of São Paulo, Brazil, a young architect discovers a clandestine cemetery while walking through the work-site of his first important project. As terrible memories float back, he must struggle with his conscience and question his own heritage.

Dignity is a good reason to fight, or to walk away? Past and present issues on immigration, gender, and dignity in countries - Italy and Brazil - that share many similarities, starting from a biased relationship with their national memory.

It is a musical documentary about the composer and scientist Paulo Vanzolini. Ricardo Dias this time presents the composer Vanzolini - his sambas, his friends and the city of São Paulo, a permanent theme of his work musical.

Three days in the life of a young clarinetist (Fernando Alves Pinto), who is in love with a violinist (Vera Zimmerman), but can't get her attention. In the first day he feels alone and frail; in the second day what was supposed to be pleasant becomes a nightmare; in the third day he finally achieves fulfillment through music and helps a pianist (Vera Holtz) who is rehearsing for a concert. These three days correspond to a three movement sonata - the director (Lina Chamie) is a musician, so she imprinted a musical structure to her movie, with few dialogs and poetic images. It's a movie for music lovers.

An adventure through the Brazilian coast in the company of an Indian surfer, who lives on a beach with no waves.

The life of Silvino Santos (1886-1970), a Portuguese man who fell in love with the Amazon River. At thirteen, Silvino crosses the Atlantic at the turn of the century in search of that fantastic Amazon imagined by Europeans. In 1913, he made his first feature-length documentary. He would live his adventure against great personalities, witnessing remarkable events, from the splendor to the fall of the rubber monopoly. Filming this Amazon from the beginning of the century, he becomes a jungle myth and one of the pioneers of cinema in Brazil.

In 2012, at the London Paralympic Games, the Brazilian athlete Terezinha Guilhermina confirmed her position as the fastest visually impaired runner in the world: she won, along with her guide Guilherme Santana, two gold medals in the 100m and 200m dash for the blind . In addition, she starred in an emotional scene: in the 400m race, Guilherme became unbalanced and fell; in solidarity with the guide, Terezinha threw herself on the ground and abandoned the victory that was certain until then. The documentary tells the story of this great athlete: her achievements, her relationship with the guide, the Olympic dream and the happiness of winning the medal, breaking another world record, and especially, how she had fun during these games and how she enjoys your life.