Movies: João Vieira Jr.

  • 2005
    Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures

    Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (2005)

    Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures

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    1942, in the middle of Northeastern Brazil, two very different men meet along the road: Johan, an aspirin salesman avoiding the German draft, and Ranulpho, a rural Brazilian seeking escape from the drought....

    Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures
  • 2013
    Tattoo

    Tattoo (2013)

    Tattoo

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    Paulete, the star of a daring theater group, is visited by his military brother-in-law, the young Fininha. A torrid relationship arises between the two, and now the soldier must deal with the prevailing repression during the Brazilian military dictat...

    Tattoo
  • 2006
    Love for Sale

    Love for Sale (2006)

    Love for Sale

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    In northern Brazil, Hermila patiently waits for her husband. However, he has abandoned her. Sexy, restless and resolute, she raffles off "a night in paradise" with herself. This beautifully-shot portrait doesn't shy away from the burdens of a young s...

    Love for Sale
  • 2006
    Bog of Beasts

    Bog of Beasts (2006)

    Bog of Beasts

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    A man falls in love with a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money....

    Bog of Beasts
  • 2019
    Waiting for the Carnival

    Waiting for the Carnival (2019)

    Waiting for the Carnival

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    A documentary film about the Brazilian town of Toritama, the self-proclaimed capital of jeans. The workers of the city’s self-managed small businesses only get one real break from their self-exploiting lives in the textile business: the annual Carniv...

    Waiting for the Carnival
  • 2017
    Joaquim

    Joaquim (2017)

    Joaquim

    7.32017HD

    Brazil, 18th century. The colony of Portugal endures a decline in gold production. A Portuguese minority rules over a corrupt and autocratic society. Joaquim is an efficient soldier, famous for capturing gold smugglers. While waiting for his promotio...

    Joaquim
  • 2022
    Paloma

    Paloma (2022)

    Paloma

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    On a hot summer day, Paloma decides to fulfill her most cherished dream: a traditional wedding in a church with her boyfriend Zé. She is a devoted mother, a hard-working farmhand in a papaya plantation and has been saving to afford the celebration. T...

    Paloma
  • 2019
    Greta

    Greta (2019)

    Greta

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    Pedro, a 70-year-old gay nurse, is taking care of Daniela, his ailing transgender friend. In order to find her a vacant hospital bed, he decides to help an arrested and wounded criminal to escape....

    Greta
  • 2019
    Party Over

    Party Over (2019)

    Party Over

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    Returning early from his vacation after the Carnival period to investigate the murder of a young French tourist, Breno Wanderley is faced with possible reflections of his own history from which he cannot escape. Between Ash Wednesday and post-Carniva...

    Party Over
  • 2013
    The Man of the Crowd

    The Man of the Crowd (2013)

    The Man of the Crowd

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    Juvenal is a metro driver from Belo Horizonte. Margô, a station controller. Both live in a state of complete solitude – each in a particular way. Juvenal refuses to be alone and strolls through the streets of this metropolis taking comfort by minglin...

    The Man of the Crowd
  • 2022
    Fortaleza Hotel

    Fortaleza Hotel (2022)

    Fortaleza Hotel

    4.72022HD

    Pilar, a young hotel maid, has her path crossed by Shin, a middle-aged South Korean guest. The plans of both go wrong and, despite everything that separates them, they end up getting closer and establishing a relationship of solidarity....

    Fortaleza Hotel
  • 2000
    The Little Prince's Rap Against The Wicked Souls

    The Little Prince's Rap Against The Wicked Souls (2000)

    The Little Prince's Rap Against The Wicked Souls

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    A documentary that focuses on two young male inhabitants of Recife (statistically, the fourth worst city in the world to live in) who have both reacted strongly to their situation. One has become a drummer in a rap/rock band. The other has killed for...

    The Little Prince's Rap Against The Wicked Souls
  • 2019
    Passages: Travelling in and out of Film through Brazilian Geography

    Passages: Travelling in and out of Film through Brazilian Geography (2019)

    Passages: Travelling in and out of Film through Brazilian Geography

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    Passages showcases Brazilian films in which the utilisation of artforms and media such as literature, painting, theatre, music, photography, radio and television, functions as a 'passage' to political and social reality....

    Passages: Travelling in and out of Film through Brazilian Geography
  • 2019
    Home

    Home (2019)

    Home

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    The return of an absent daughter to the city where she was born -absent for fear of a crisis from her bipolar mother- is the trigger for a family reunion....

    Home
  • 2008
    The Beetle KFZ-1348

    The Beetle KFZ-1348 (2008)

    The Beetle KFZ-1348

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    In 1965 a VW Beetle is sold in São Paulo, Brazil. Forty years later, the car ends up in a Recife scrapyard in the northeast, with the license plate KFZ-1348. The documentary “The Beetle KFZ-1348” presents the stories of this car through its eight own...

    The Beetle KFZ-1348
  • 2013
    ReTrato

    ReTrato (2013)

    ReTrato

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    A day in the life of a woman, who upon turning 53, decides to rethink her life, confront herself and the image she has created of herself over the years....

    ReTrato