Milhem Cortaz

Outlaw (2024)

At the age of nine, Rebeca is sold by her grandmother to the bookseller who ran Rocinha. Disputed by bicheiros and drug dealers, the community is going through changes in power. Rebeca becomes the wife of the chief drug dealer and, with the death of her pa ...

Atmosfera (2023)

Edmundo is the caretaker of a ranch in São Paulo. He lives isolated in nature. His mother's presence haunts him with poetry and memories of the hinterland where he was born. The fine line between memory and delirium leads Edmundo to plunge into fantasies. ...

Overhaul (2023)

When truck racer Roger loses everything, he receives a tempting but dangerous offer: to work as the getaway driver for a gang of thieves. ...

Amores Pandêmicos (2023)

The film "Amores Pandêmicos" portrays the story of three couples who experience different phases of love during quarantine. As the pandemic continues, the characters are forced to seek new ways to create, love and maintain healthy mental health, which is ...

Fortune cookie (2022)

Tellerium's founders find themselves in the place where it all began: a secluded oriental restaurant. But as they repeat the tradition and open their fortune cookies, they realize that there is more to what they bargained for. ...

Até a Noite Terminar (2022)

Tom and Alice decide to strengthen their marriage in a romantic cottage, but the road holds surprises and they will depend on the help of the mysterious Senhora H. As the night goes on, the secrets of this marriage are revealed and the only hope of surviva ...

Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People (2021)

Bob Spit, a comic book character, lives in a post-apocalyptic desert inside the mind of his creator, the legendary Brazilian cartoonist Angeli. When Angeli decides to kill off Bob, the old punk leaves this wasteland and faces his creator. ...

Encarcerados (2019)

Reveals the real, day-to-day life of penitentiary officers from São Paulo, Brazil. ...

Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral (2019)

With the arrival of the VCR in people's homes, Francisgleydisson is forced to close his beloved Cine Holliudy. This jeopardizes your son's college tuition, now 18 years old. To salvage his situation, he decides to produce an alien movie using the ugliest p ...

Mão na Cabeça (2019)

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Cano Serrado (2018)

A history of vendetta and redemption occurs in the vicinity of a road, when the trajectory of a young policeman from the Capital intersects with a sergeant. ...

Intimate Strangers (2018)

A woman moves back, from São Paulo to her hometown Rio de Janeiro, to support her husband's job. On their new residence, she forms an unlikely bond with her young neighbor based on their past memories, sadness and loneliness. ...

Tungstênio (2018)

A retired army sergeant, a police officer and his wife and a drug dealer apparently have nothing in common, but they will unite for a greater good. When people start using explosives to fish on the edge of Salvador, Bahia, this group will do everything to ...

A Última Cova (2018)

Clara and Fernando try to survive in a world separated by wars while looking for a safe place where they can rebuild their lives. ...

Life Is a Bitch (2018)

Lonely, frustrated, and unable to do anything that gives meaning to their lives, Vladimir, Clivia, Regina and Primo trace an absurd plan: to kidnap a millionaire. Yet, they have no experience with crime or any notion of what this kind operation entails. As ...

Os Parças (2017)

After a notorious crook pressures four pals to organize a memorable wedding party for this daughter, they decide to go all in and open an agency. ...

High Expectations (2017)

Décio is a winning horse trainer who works at the Rio de Janeiro's Jockey Club, where Lena runs an indebted coffee shop that she inherited. Worried about her financial situation and having to take care of her younger brother who is in a wheelchair, Lena n ...

Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte (2017)

Small-town trickster Pedro Malasartes has to face two great enemies: Próspero, who will do anything to impede such a lazy, cowardly person like Malasartes from dating his sister, Áurea; and Death incarnated, who wants to take a vacation after two thousan ...

Canastra Suja (2016)

Batista and Maria form a couple who, apparently, are very happy in their marriage. However, the truth is that appearances deceive and much; in the background, Batista, an inveterate alcoholic and Maria, who has an affair with her eldest daughter's boyfrien ...

Alone Man (2016)

The film tells the story of Arnaldo, that to get rid of his miserable life, seeks of a clinic that promises to copy people. With a copy occupying his place, he would take a new life. But, when having his request denied, Arnaldo has no choice but to try and ...

Jules and Dolores (2016)

On December 19th, 1983, the dream was taken away. The most coveted trophy of all time, the Jules Rimet Cup disappeared from the headquarters of CBF, the Brazilian Football Association. Let me explain: every 4 years FIFA holds a Football World Cup. Back the ...

Back and Forth (2016)

Afonso is a university professor and a single father to his son Benedict. One day, they decide to take a trip together, but face problems when their car breaks down. They are helped by four very beautiful telemarketing operators who take them back to São ...

Stronger Than The World (2016)

The Story of longtime UFC Featherweight champion and the struggles facing him on the road to the top. ...

In Dog's Words (2016)

São Paulo, 2007. Santana works as a dogcatcher, picking up stray animals. He is a friendly guy, averse to trouble, who has always kept violence away from the doorsteps of his home. One day, he catches a very big dog in a school. Some days later, comes the ...

Vidas Partidas (2016)

A married couple lives peacefully with two children until the husband starts getting violent. ...

O Gorila (2015)

Afrânio is a retired voice actor. Lonely and tormented by memories of his childhood. In her small apartment, looking for a way to re-integrate into society. ...

Blue Blood (2014)

When the Netuno Circus returns to Fernando de Noronha, it brings back a young man with a turbulent past. Pedro is now Zolah, the human cannonball. When secrets surface, bizarre family reunions rival the circus performances. ...

Entreturnos (2014)

Beto is a bus conductor married to Gilda, who longs to have a child. When Beto gets closer to Leia, owner of his favorite bar, he meets Valcir, a newcomer who completes the love triangle that results in pregnancy. Amid the difficulties in dealing with this ...

Road 47 (2014)

During World War II, looking up the Mountain, in Italy, a Brazilian Expeditionary Force - FEB - mines weeping platoon is hit by a panic-attack that sets them running aimlessly right in the middle of 'no man's land'. Desperate cold and hungry, the ill-prepa ...

Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going! (2014)

Successful at work, Fernanda is an example of women of the third millennium, free to make their choices and independent. Yet in her personal life she finds herself struggling to find a husband. Like other women of her generation, Fernanda put her personal ...

Alemão (2014)

Five undercover cops at Complexo do Alemão, one of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous areas, have their covers blown by drug dealers. Arrested, they wait execution or to be rescued by police forces that would risk expose a larger operation. ...

Crô (2013)

After inheriting a fortune Tereza Cristina, Crodoalvo Valerius, better known as "Crô", is tired of life millionaire. Determined to find a new muse who can devote his life, he begins a personal quest that makes interview several turkeys. Your goal is to fi ...

Trinta (2013)

Biopic about the late Joãozinho Trinta, a self-taught classical dancer who turned Rio's Carnival into an international phenomenon in the 1970s and '80s by directing parades for samba schools and putting focus on costumes and decor. ...

A Wolf at the Door (2013)

Love turns to hate and panic breeds suspicion as two parents deal with the kidnapping of their child. ...

Dores de Amores (2013)

A couple face problems because he can no longer have sex with her. Always charged due to the lack of lust, he feels increasingly diminished in the relationship. That's when she presents a bold proposal: that they switch roles in sex, as a way of proving th ...

Billi Pig (2012)

The aspiring actress Marivalda, her husband Wanderley, a bankrupt insurance broker and a false priest do their best to get along in life. But they end up in the hands of a drug boss, whose daughter they promised to save the life of, hit in a shooting at a ...

Augustas (2012)

On mythical Augusta Street, in San Paulo (Brazil), a journalist who seeks answers for his angst dives into the world of prostitution and neo-Shamanism rituals. ...

Amanhã Nunca Mais (2011)

Walter is an absent father and husband who works in a hospital without time for his family. His redemption happens when his wife sends him to the birthday cake for her daughter, but she does not know is that during the return trip home, the impossible will ...

Federal Bank Heist (2011)

"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 8 ...

Trap.com (2011)

Exposed by his girlfriend through a video on the Internet, Bruno tries to revive his reputation, but all he can do is get into a series of traps (Cilada, in Portuguese). Cilada.com is a comedy about love and betrayal that shows the power of the Internet to ...

The Impassive Muse (2011)

In "The Impassive Muse", Adrine is of Armenian descent and has OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). Edivaldo is from Pernambuco and suffers from immobilizing absence seizures which make him stand as still as a statue. Adrine is married to Adilson, a brut ...

VIPs (2011)

Marcelo leaves his family and moves to Mato Grosso do Sul, where he learns how to fly airplanes by himself watching the pilots. One day, he responds the call of a drug dealer and uses his boss' plane to help the man to transport his cargo. He is hired by t ...

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids ...

Boca (2010)

Adapted from his autobiography, the film recounts the story of Hiroito, The King of Boca do Lixo (a region in downtown São Paulo of the fifties where various nightclubs, strip joints, prostitution, bars, and drugs can be found). Hiroito was a well born bo ...

Lula, the Son of Brazil (2010)

The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politicians in Brazilian history. ...

Plastic City (2009)

Yuda, a Chinese immigrant, and his adopted son Kirin, who he saved being eaten by a tiger in the jungle, stand at the head of a massive pirated goods operation that brings in both money and influence. But their empire is crumbling, as corrupt politicians a ...

Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala (2008)

The father of a family of lower middle class of São Paulo dies. But he did not realize this and starts to watch the reactions of his children and the collapse of the fragile family structure. Based on a novel of Mário Bortolotto. ...

Embodiment of Evil (2008)

Released from the Mental Health Wing of São Paulo State Penitentiary after forty years, the sadistic undertaker Zé do Caixão is back on the streets, haunted by ghostly visions and spirits of past victims but still set upon the goal that sent him to pris ...

If Nothing Else Works Out (2008)

In 2006, a group of three desperate misfits forms a strong emotional bond, especially increased when they decide to play a highly rewarding, but dangerous confidence game. ...

O Magnata (2007)

An upper-middle class punk singer Andre, Magnata spends his time with his low-class friends, singing in clubs and wasting money. When he accepts a challenge to steal a Ferrari, he gets involved in a thriller that can lead him to a tragic consequence. ...

Elite Squad (2007)

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged. ...

Camila Jam (2007)

Camila is in her mid-twenties and her life has been thrown into chaos ever since her boyfriend threw her out of their apartment during a bitter argument. Camila's ambition is to become a writer, and she posts regularly on her blog, entitled "Camila Jam." H ...

Not by Chance (2007)

Enio is a middle-aged man who lives in solitude after a failed relationship. Pedro, 30, dates Teresa, who is moving to her home. He inherited a carpentry from his father and a taste for the pool. When a traffic accident crosses the parallel trajectories of ...

Querô (2007)

Querô is an orphan teenager, living alone near the docks in Santos, Brazil. His mother, a prostitute, died when he was a baby, and he was raised in the bordello where she worked. Believing he rules his own destiny, he refuses to compromise with anyone els ...

Meu Mundo em Perigo (2007)

Elias sees his world threatened when his ex-wife, one recovering junkie, asks for the guard of their son. Fito is in desperation for losing his father because of Elias. Isis, who hides in a vagabond hotel, can be the salvation for Fito and Elias. ...

Drained (2006)

A pawn shop proprietor buys used goods from desperate locals – as much to play perverse power games as for his own livelihood, but when the perfect rump and a backed-up toilet enter his life, he loses all control. ...

Journey to the End of the Night (2006)

In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Rosso and his son Paul own a brothel. Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted in cocaine and his father is married with the former prostitute Angie, and they have a little son. When a client is ...

Bom Dia, Eternidade (2006)

Conception (2005)

A group of bored well-off young adults come up with anarchic concept of Conceptionism, that promotes absolute looseness when it comes to sex and drugs, but total rejection of money and ego. However, their movement won't last long. ...

De Glauber Para Jirges (2005)

Short film based on letters sent from The Brazilian Film Director Glauber Rocha to his former Assistant and friend, Jirges Ristum, father of the director André Ristum. The film is about a friendship and a work relation, and was directed by the son of Jirg ...

Playing in the Dark (2004)

A revolutionary, fighting against dictatorship in Brazil, is wounded in a gun-fight with the police, and is isolated in another man's apartment, where he meets a young woman who will change his life. ...

Nina (2004)

After losing her job, an unstable woman sinks further and further into a violent fantasy world. ...

Girls from ABC (2003)

Aurélia is a young black woman who works at a factory and lives in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo, whose boyfriend Fábio gets involved with a racist neo-nazi group. ...

Garrincha: Lonely Star (2003)

The life of Brazilian soccer player, Garrincha, considered to be one of the greatest players of all time, with his uniquely original style. He had arched legs, a passion for women and booze. Also had a much talked extramarital affair with singer Elza Soare ...

Carandiru (2003)

When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America's largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo' ...

Através da Janela (2000)

Selma, a retired nurse, is an extremely loving mother for his son Raimundo, in an almost incestuous relationship. One day, she becomes aware of some changes in her son's behavior. At first, she thinks it may be some girlfriend. But soon she learns it's som ...

Por Trás do Pano (1999)

A famous actor believes he has totally mastered his craft. A young and talented actress is open to new challenges. They meet, and confront each other; on, and off the stage. From his personal and artistic lethargy, he sees the possibilities of a new beginn ...

Vida Bandida: Leonardo Pareja (1996)