An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.
Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.
In the thirties, two sisters separated by fate face prejudice and sexism, one by the high society in a big city and the other by a group of renegades in the countryside. Despite the distance, they know that they can only count on each other and both of them will assert themselves in their own and surprising way.
Biographical film of Sister Dulce, who, in life, was called the “Good Angel of Bahia”, also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and canonized by the Catholic Church. Contemplating from the 1940s to the 1980s, the film shows how the Catholic nun faced an incurable respiratory disease, machismo, the indifference of politicians and even the dogmas of the Church to dedicate her life to the care of the miserable, leaving a legacy that continues today.
An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.
In the fictional Poço Fundo, politics and affection mingle in saga against corruption. Cleonice decides to run for mayor while her son, Valdir, pays his respects to a philanthropic institution and ends up falling in love with a girl.
Using raw, firsthand footage, this documentary examines the disappearance of Shanann Watts and her children, and the terrible events that followed.
Unlike the other children, Sophie discovers in the midst of her abilities to paint the gift of being able to cure illnesses. The news spreads and reaches the hands of a tabloid journalist. To protect the girl, her separated parents need to unite.
Kronikka surullisen klassisen säveltäjän Ludwig van Beethovenin elämästä ja hänen tuskallisesta kamppailustaan kuulon heikkenemisen kanssa. Beethovenin kuoleman jälkeen vuonna 1827 hänen assistenttinsa Schindler etsii vaikeasti tavoitettavaa naista, jota säveltäjän rakkauskirjeissä kutsutaan "kuolemattomaksi rakastetuksi". Kun Schindler ratkaisee mysteerin, sarja takaiskuja paljastaa Beethovenin muuttumisen intohimoisesta nuoresta miehestä levottomaksi musiikin neroksi.
"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."
Sadat kiinalaiset pakolaiset rantautuvat Japaniin Wakasa-lahdella. Jokaisella heistä on unelma paremmasta elämästä, mutta useimmat kohtaavat vain ennakkoluuloja ja sortoa. Eräs heistä, lakia noudattava maatilan työntekijä, tunnetaan nimellä Steelhead. Hän on tullut etsimään naista, jota hän on rakastanut lapsuudestaan asti. Lopulta hän löytää naisen, mutta katkeroituu - hän saa selville, että tämä on naimisissa Yakuza-mafioso Eguchin kanssa. Sydämensä särkeneenä Steelhead ajautuu rikoksen tielle ja lopulta ryöstöt eskaloituvat murhaan. Hän päättää suojella maamiehiänsä mafian hyväksikäytöltä ja turvata heille paremman tulevaisuuden. Kiinalaiset ovat ylpeitä muinaisista perinteistään ja se ajaa heidät sotaan. Lopulta molemmat ryhmät taistelevat vaarallisen Shinjukun alueen hallinnasta Japanin suurimman kaupungin sydämessä.
Kaupunkia vaivaa salaperäinen epidemia, joka tekee kaikista tartunnan saaneista hetkessä sokeita. Vain lääkärin vaimo säilyttää kykynsä nähdä, mutta hänkin tekeytyy sokeaksi pysyäkseen lähellä pakkoeristykseen joutunutta miestään. Sairastuneiden yhteisön käydessä raadollista eloonjäämistaisteluaan koko yhteiskunta hajoaa kaoottiseen epäjärjestykseen ja anarkiaan.
An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is selected. While Annie gets accustomed to living in Warbucks' mansion, she still longs to meet her parents. So Warbucks announces a search for them and a reward, which brings out many frauds.
Rachel is a girl, adopted by an upper middle class family, who rebelled at 17 and left her family and studies at a traditional college in Sao Paulo to become a sexy call girl. Shortly after starting work, she decided to write a blog about her experiences. Since some clients thought she looked like a surfer she adopted the name "Surfistinha" which means little surfer girl.
In Nordestina, a small town lost in the Brazilian badlands, young Karina dreams of becoming an actress and leaving to explore the world. Before losing his love, Dona Nazaré’s son, Antônio, takes the first step in a kamikaze crusade to bring the world to Karina. For that, Antônio leaves town and announces, in a TV show that he will set off on a sensational adventure: a trip into the future, starting from Nordestina’s square. A story where dreams contradict reality, geographical and political conditions threaten to block life, and love plays the part of the transforming element.
Eric Knox, tietokonejätti Knox Technologies- yrityksen perustaja, on kehittänyt mullistavan ohjelman, joka tunnistaa ihmisiä äänen perusteella. Ohjelman käyttömahdollisuuksia on lukuisia ja väärissä käsissä ohjelma voi olla vähintäänkin tuhoisa. Kun Knoxin ohjelma varastetaan, kutsutaan Charlien enkelit apuun. Natalie, Dylan ja Alex asentavat viruksen Roger Corwinin, Knoxin pahimman kilpailijan tietokonejärjestelmään. Juttu ei siitä huolimatta ota ratketakseen vaan muuttuu tappavaksi leikiksi - Enkelit joutuvat osalliseksi peliin, jossa panoksena on Charlien henki...
In this searing Southern drama, a mother and son reunite under desperate circumstances years after a family tragedy drove them far apart.
Detective Nick Blades is a New Orleans cop on trial for corruption. Assistant District Attorney Theo Gold is the man in charge of putting him behind bars. When these two unlikely partners from opposite sides of the law stumble onto a criminal plot, they’ll need to rely on luck – and patience – to take down a dangerous killer without killing each other first.
Four best friends negotiate loss and major life changes during the last two weeks of high school.