Lisa Becker

The First Death of Joana (2021)

Late summer of 2007, South of Brazil. Joana, 13, wants to find out why her great-aunt Rosa died at 70 without ever having dated anyone. Encouraged by her friend Carolina, Joana starts an investigation about Rosa's past. As she confronts the values of her c ...

My Uncle Killed a Guy (2004)

Éder is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca, his nephew, is sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya, ex-wife of the deceased, so he enlists two of his friends to help prove his theory. ...

Netto Perde Sua Alma (2002)

The story of a man who invented a country. ...

Tolerância (2000)

Julius is a photographer working as a men's magazine photo retoucher. His wife, Marcia, is a criminal lawyer who defends Teodoro, a squatter accused of murder. For years they had a quiet wedlock. However, Marcia gets involved with her client, and as reveng ...

3 Minutes (1999)

Three minutes. The time to leave a message. To pass the baton and run 1600 meters. To cook an egg. The time to make a decision that can change your life. ...

Ângelo Anda Sumido (1997)

Two friends try to get to a restaurant for dinner and get lost in the labyrinth of bars, walls and fences in a city. ...

Um Homem Sério (1996)

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 ...

O Caso do Linguiceiro (1995)

Ventre Livre (1994)

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 LI ...

Veja Bem (1994)

A Matadeira (1994)

Canudos was a small village in northeastern Brazil, founded by the messianic leader Antônio Conselheiro and massacred by a powerful army until the death of the last of its 30,000 inhabitants, on October 5, 1897. The film tells the story of the Canudos mas ...

Temporal (1984)

In the same house, on the same night, two groups meet. One, made up of very serious gentlemen, members of a religious-monarchist order. The other, a bunch of crazy people in animal costumes, at a party with sex and rock'n'roll. When the storm starts and th ...