Tribute
Quatrilho – Wed April 28th at 12:00pm
(O Quatrilho)
1995 Brazil 110 MIN Drama
Director: Fábio Barreto
Cast: Glória Pires, Patrícia Pillar, Alexandre Paternost and Bruno Campos.
The story of two young, Italian immigrant couples in Southern Brazil at the beginning of the 20th century. While struggling to survive in the New World, an unexpected romance develops between the couples, prompting them to switch partner.
To the left of the Father – Thu April 29th at 11:30am
(Lavoura Arcaica)
2001 Brazil 163 MIN Drama
Director: Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Producer: Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Another side to the parable of the prodigal son. André is the stray son. His mother entrusts Pedro, the older brother, with the mission to bring him home. Pedro finds him lost in dreadful solitude in a small room in a country pension. Through [...]
City of God – Sat May 1st at 1:30pm
(Cidade de Deus)
2002 Brazil 135 MIN Drama
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Producer: Walter Salles
Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer.
Cast: Matheus Nachtergaele (Sandro Cenoura), Seu Jorge (Mané Galinha), Alexandre Rodrigues (Buscapé), Leandro Firmino da Hora (Zé Pequeno), Roberta Rodrigues (Berenice), [...]
Foreign Land – Fri April 30th at 12:30pm
(Terra Estrangeira)
Brazil 100 MIN 1995 Drama
Director: Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas
Producer: flávio R. Tambellini e Antônio da Cunha Telles
Terra Estrangeira is a film about a “state of exile”, a virtual curse in the lives of the main characters in the picture, an ingrained feeling of homelessness which drives them forever forwards, towards an idealized homeland [...]
Carlota Joaquina – Wed April 28th at 10:45am
(Carlota Joaquina, A princesa do Brazil)
1995 Brazil 100 MIN Comedy
Director: Carla Camuratti
Producer: Bianca de Felippes e Carla Camuratti
Spain 1775 – Carlota Joaquina was still a young girl, only ten years old, when she received the portrait of her future husband, D. João VI, and was obliged to move to Portugal taking only her family heritage. [...]