Richard Tavares

Virgínia e Adelaide (2025)

Adelaide and Virgínia met in 1937, a year after the German arrived in Brazil, fleeing the Nazi persecution of the Jews, where she came with her husband and two daughters. Together, they founded and popularized psychoanalysis in Brazil, breaking down barri ...

Ao Sol e à Sombra (2024)

Students at a municipal school in Porto Alegre face a challenge: is it possible to fictionalize a football match? ...

Cassino (2024)

In winter, the biggest beach in the world changes, vacationers return to the city and leave their beach houses empty. Daniel, Tando and Soninho sneak around the streets of Balneário Cassino at night, observing the houses in order to break into them. After ...

The Accident (2023)

Joana is the victim of a hit-and-run after antagonizing an aggressive driver who cut her off in traffic. On the surface, she's visibly shaken but manages to walk away unscathed. Intending to shrug it off alongside her partner Cecília, a viral video turns ...

As Ondas (2023)

Sabão Líquido (2023)

A man is illegally transported to the interior of Rio Grande do Sul to work in counterfeiting liquid soap. After days isolated in the middle of the forest, he gives new meaning to his loneliness. ...

Desencanto (2020)

Distant and rejected, a couple of friends dream of the same image. ...

Dysphoria (2020)

Dario is a psychologist who has recently began taking child patients again, after going through a traumatic experience. His first patient is Sofia, a girl who makes others around her feel disturbing sensations. ...

Rifle (2017)

Dione is a mysterious young man living with a family in a rural and remote place in the southern Brazilian plains. The quietness of the region is disturbed when a rich landowner tries to buy the small property where Dione and the family live. ...

The Roof Above Us (2015)

Squatters living in an abandoned building receive a notice that they may be evicted some time soon. While Anna tries to deal with the news, she has to confront a mysterious man lying in her bed. ...

Seashore (2015)

A lonely beach on the southernmost coast of Brazil is the scene for two friends, on the brink of adulthood, to explore their understanding of themselves and one another. Martin has been sent by his father to retrieve what appears to be an inheritance-rela ...

Castanha (2014)

Joao is a 50 year old actor who lives with his 72 year old mother, Celina. He spends his time between his work at night as a crossdresser in small gay bars and his parts in small plays, movies and TV shows. Tormented and haunted by ghosts from his past, da ...

Na Hora Dos Morcegos... (2014)

Three young people get together for Carnival, united only by the memories from their recent past as they try to figure out their future. ...

Tomou Café e Esperou (2013)

Carlos goes to the kitchen and makes some coffee. The time that sets apart yesterday from now. ...

Bagagem (2013)

During the early hours of the morning, a young man drives a car through the city streets and tries to get rid of a huge weight in his life. ...

Garry (2012)

A young filmmaker faces off against the greatest chess player of all time, Garry Kasparov. During the match, Garry makes powerful comments about the power of strategy, learning to make decisions and defeat. ...

Drawer (2010)

A man in search of space. ...

Red Fish (2009)

Red Fish tells the story of a young woman traveling with her boyfriend. The couple's relationship seems peaceful and happy, but at times, it feels like she's losing him. When he disappears one night in an empty amusement park, the girlfriend's lucidity beg ...

Waiting Room (2009)

A young man wearing a gas mask wanders in an grey and empty city. ...

Garry (2012)

A young filmmaker faces off against the greatest chess player of all time, Garry Kasparov. During the match, Garry makes powerful comments about the power of strategy, learning to make decisions and defeat. ...