Movies: Mário Benvenutti

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."...

Armando, a single high-school teacher living a steady life, sees his world crumbles when he falls in love with Laura, the ex-girlfriend of one of his favorite students....

After seven years, Cláudio and Elisa's marriage is in danger. Some friends take Cláudio to a sex-shop, where he buys a rubber tongue, a little device that can save their relationship....

Some brazilian chicks are kidnapped by girl dealers and carried away on a small airplane to take them to the amazon jungle. What follows is catch as catch can between two groups of gangs... but the girls have fun anyway......

Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness ...

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A travelogue through the remains of São Paulo failing 80s economy, including its in ruins film industry....

Psychiatrist lends her country house to patient, expecting she would repose. But she meets a neurotic former lover, and the psychiatrist gets so involved in the couple's problems that she ends up getting dependent of them....

A brazilian film about a doctor that finds the cure for madness....

Simple and popular hillbilly Jeca is forced to get involved in politics, when the leaders of the region, competing to be elected mayor of the town, try to get his support....

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Erotic comedy divided in three episodes....

On the banks of São Paulo's Rio Tietê, a poignant tale unfolds, featuring a tapestry of characters existing on the fringes of society. Prostitutes, a pimp, a mentally disabled man, and others marginalized by fate lead lives mired in hopelessness, dev...

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In the portuary zone of Santos, São Paulo, a prostitute teams up with an unemployed stevedore while looking for a better life....

André is the powerful owner of an illegal casino and popular gambling ("Jogo de Bicho") on the streets. His gang is in war against the gang of Fiore that is trying to steal the gambling establishments of André. When the prostitute Margot sees her old...

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Márcia discovers that her husband is having an affair and decides to take a trip out into an isolated part of Brazil with little human contact. There she finds a black stallion roaming the fields....

Young Daniel is dying to lose his virginity, but his love life is completely messed up. His father, seeing this, invites a cousin from São Paulo to help his son become a stallion. However, the cousin's arrival only ignites the boy's fire, who can't e...

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