4th BraFF Feb 2013
Brazil Film Festival 4ed Feb 2013 Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide
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- DirectorJosé Henrique FonsecaStarsRodrigo SantoroAngie CepedaAlinne MoraesA biography of the tragic life of one of Brazil's greatest soccer players, Heleno de Freitas.
- DirectorAfonso PoyartStarsFernando Alves PintoAlessandra NegriniCaco CioclerIn São Paulo, the scheme of the corrupt DA Júlia and her mate, the lawyer Henrique with the gangster Maicom is discovered and sent to the Internal Affairs. Maicom is responsible for kidnappings, murderers and heists and his only chance is the support of the corrupt and powerful assemblyman Jader Kerteis that demands 2 million-dollars to help him. Meanwhile the "paulistano" Edgar, who killed a mother and her son two years ago in a car accident, invites the "motoboy" and thief Velinha to steal the escorted courier that is carrying the pouch with the money to be delivered to Jader. How their lives are entwined?
- DirectorMarcio de LemosStarsFelipe KannenbergEstela NunesPatricia PichamoneThe film takes us into the dreaming head of Ana. In the dream, she meets Julio, a longtime lover she separated from 10 years earlier, one day before he is scheduled to leave the country for Norway. Having only the few hours that destiny has once again reserved for them, they set on a nostalgic journey through the great metropolis of Sao Paulo, visiting hidden and well-known spots and other traditional places they used to enjoy during their younger years. Places that once nurtured their love and will now help its rebirth. But who says we have to accept what is presented to us by destiny? After all, as an old American proverb says: Dreams are wishes our heart makes.
- DirectorToni VenturiStarsLeandra LealCauã ReymondLee TaylorThe plot centers on a young female doctor Carmen with a terminal disease. A feeling of urgency unconsciously leads her to live each moment of her life as it were the last. During this journey into the unknown, she gets involved with two men and a homeless community.
- DirectorCarlos GerbaseStarsFelipe KannenbergRosanne MulhollandMaria ManoellaIn Rio Grande do Sul, the newcomer intern Paula sees the schizophrenic Dante Becker and she decides to study his case for her graduation work in the university. She learns that Dante was left in the institution ten years ago and has been abandoned by his family, friends and even the doctors and his files are lost. Her supervisor retrieves the name of Dante's father Gregório and the women Renê Heller and Berenice that had visited him in the past and she interviews them to discover what happened with Dante. Like in a puzzle, she learns that Dante worked researching lands to see whether they have archeological value. Berenice is a childhood friend that glances at him on television and seeks him out to investigate her real estate that her brutal husband Ciro wants to transform in a camping area. Dante finds an ancient bone in the location but he is forced by the violent Ciro to stop his research. Berenice asks him to forget his findings and they have one night stand. However, Dante shows his discovery to the archeologist Renê on whom Dante has a crush, and she seduces him and convinces him to show the site. Dante fells like a dummy in this triangle of love, triggering his schizophrenia.
- DirectorSean WalshStarsClaudinês AlvarengaReveals the day-to-day life of Claudines, a father to over 27 children, and of many others who make their living out of collecting and recycling material that others have thrown out.
- DirectorGabriel MascaroThrough dialogues with the owners of penthouses in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Recife, High-Rise explores the social and cultural mindset of the elite, and the phenomenon of the 'verticalization' of the Brazilian cityscape. This is a film about height, status and power.