Seu Jorge
Series
Criterion collection volume 300
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Internationally renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou and his crew - Team Zissou - set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, always elusive, possibly non-existent Jaguar Shark that supposedly killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. On this journey, Steve's crew are joined by a young airline co-pilot, who may or may not be Zissou's son, a beautiful journalist who has been assigned to write a profile...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Portuguese
Description
A woman and her mother are sent to an island and spend almost 60 years trying to leave it. Follow three generations of the woman's family as they all try and find happiness on a lagoon surrounded by shifting dunes.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Pelé. A name known around the world, a sports legend who changed soccer forever, and a national hero who carried the hopes and dreams of a country on his back. But before he was an icon, he was a kid from the slums of Baurú, Brazil, so poor that he couldn't afford a real soccer ball. Charting his meteoric rise to leading Brazil's national team to its first World Cup Victory, this film brings to life the greatest sports story of the 20th century....
7) Abe
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef who wants his cooking to bring people together, but his half-Israeli, half-Palestinian family has never had a meal that didn't end in a fight. Ditching his traditional summer camp, Abe begins working with Chico, an adventurous street chef who encourages him to think outside his old cuisines. But when Abe's deceit is uncovered, he must grapple with his family, his background, and his passions and whether even...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Portuguese
Description
Carmo would do anything to escape the hellhole of a Brazilian border town where she lives. So when a lonesome, wheelchair-bound lowlife named Marco arrives on the scene, she jumps at the chance to help him transport a shipment of smuggled goods. An unlikely romance unfolds as the two are chased through a lush and jagged South American landscape by banditos, the police, and their own passions alike.
11) The escapist
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Frank Perry is a tough lifer determined to bust out of a London penitentiary to see his terminally ill daughter before she dies. But first he'll have to assemble a hardcore crew, battle the brutal prison kingpin, and pull off one of the most daring and suspenseful escapes in movie history.
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Portuguese
Description
Captain Nascimento has risen in his career to become the commander-in-chief of Rio de Janeiro's BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) and later, a populist choice as the Sub-Secretary of Intelligence. In his new post, Nascimento strengthens BOPE and cripples the drug trade even further, bringing it to its knees. But soon he comes to a sobering realization that upon doing so, he ends up aiding his true enemies: Corrupt cops and dirty politicians...
Publisher
O2 Filmes
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Portuguese
Description
Built in the 1960s, Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a sprawling housing project built to keep the poor as far as possible from Rio's glamorous beaches and resorts. By the 1980s, it has degenerated into a war zone so dangerous that visitors from outside risk being shot to death on sight, a poisonous stew of poverty, drugs, and crime. "If you run away, they get you, and if you stay, they get you, too, " says Rocket, who wants to be a photographer. Rocket's...
15) City of god
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
Portuguese
Description
A young man grows up in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, dreaming of becoming a news photographer. His friends, meanwhile, become embroiled in cocaine trafficking and gang warfare.
Publisher
Zima Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
La película que narra la historia de Pelé, un futbolista brasileño y su ascensión al estrellato, así como su liderazgo en la selección que conquistó el Mundial de fútbol de 1958. Es la historia de un muchacho que abanderó las esperanzas y los sueños de todo un país al dirigir al equipo Brasileño a su primera Copa Mundial, convirtiéndose así en una leyenda.
Pele. A name known around the world, a sports legend who changed soccer forever,...