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The Ornithologist (2016)

Summary: Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for black storks when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrims, he plunges into an eerie and dark forest, trying to get back on his track.

Release Date: October 20, 2016

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Director: João Pedro Rodrigues

Writer: João Pedro Rodrigues

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Blackmaria, House on Fire, Ítaca Films Brasil, Ministério da Cultura, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Institut Français, Ancine

Distributor: The Criterion Channel

Countries: Portugal, France, Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Domestic: $ 50,511

International: $ 24,203

Diamantino (2018)

Summary: A fallen soccer superstar vows to adopt a refugee child, while becoming the naive unwitting centerpiece in in a bizarre plot to Make Portugal Great Again.

Release Date: May 24, 2019

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Directors: Gabriel Abrantes

, Daniel Schmidt

Writers: Gabriel Abrantes

, Daniel Schmidt

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

Production: Maria & Mayer, Les Films du Bélier, Syndrome Films

Distributor: The Criterion Channel

Countries: Portugal, France, Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Domestic: $ 70,088

International: $ 164,953

Punks (2000)

Summary: The tale of 4 gay African-American friends in L.A: shy, virginal photographer Marcus, outgoing Lothario Hill, hot-to-trot rich kid newbie Dante, and fabulous drag diva Crystal.

Release Date: January 25, 2000

Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance

Director: Patrik-Ian Polk

Writer: Patrik-Ian Polk

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: Tall Skinny Black Boy Productions, e2 Filmworks

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 160,083

Don't Call Me Son (2016)

Summary: After discovering the truth about being stolen by the woman he thought was his mother as a child, Pierre (AKA Felipe) must deal with the consequences of his mother's actions and must try to cope with his biological family.

Release Date: July 21, 2016

Genre: Drama

Director: Anna Muylaert

Writers: Anna Muylaert

, Marcelo Caetano

Runtime: 1 h 22 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Dezenove Som e Imagem, Africa Filmes

Country: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Domestic: $ 11,678

International: $ 194,309

Erotique (1994)

Summary: Four women filmmakers examine sexuality in this anthology. Segment 1 is entitled "Let's Talk About Sex" and is the story of an aspiring actress whose day job is as a phone-sex operator. Tiring of listening to callers' fantasies, s...

Release Date: January 20, 1995

Genre: Drama

Directors: Lizzie Borden

, Clara Law

, Ana Maria Magalhães

Writers: Lizzie Borden

, Susie Bright

, Eloí Calage

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Nova Era Produções de Arte, RTTW, Race the Wild Wind Inc.

Countries: United States, Germany, Hong Kong

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,109,822

Four Days in September (1997)

Summary: Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.

Release Date: January 30, 1998

Genres: Action, Drama, History

Director: Bruno Barreto

Writers: Fernando Gabeira

, Leopoldo Serran

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures Television Trading Company, Filmes do Equador, Luiz Carlos Barreto Produções Cinematográficas, Pandora Cinema, Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas, Sony Corporation of America

Distributor: Miramax

Countries: Brazil, United States

Language: Portuguese

Domestic: $ 397,517

Orfeu (1999)

Summary: In a dangerous but human Rio's slum, rises the love affair betwen Orfeu and Eurídice, provoking jealousy and violence in times of carnival.

Release Date: April 21, 1999

Genres: Crime, Drama, Music

Director: Carlos Diegues

Writers: João Emanuel Carneiro

, Carlos Diegues

, Paulo Lins

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

Production: Cine-Source, Globo Filmes, Rio Vermelho Filmes Ltda.

Country: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Domestic: $ 96,811

Carandiru (2003)

Summary: Brazilian MD Drauzio Varella starts AIDS prevention in Brazil's largest prison, Carandiru in São Paulo, where the population is nearly double its 4,000 maximum. Doc learns from experience and the tragic stories of hideous crimes w...

Release Date: April 11, 2003

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Hector Babenco

Writers: Hector Babenco

, Fernando Bonassi

, Victor Navas

Runtime: 2 h 25 min

MPAA: R

Production: BR Petrobrás, Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil, Globo Filmes, HB Filmes, Lereby Productions, Oscar Kramer S.A.

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

Countries: Brazil, Argentina, Italy

Language: Portuguese

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 216,335

International: $ 10,565,300

Futuro Beach (2014)

Summary: Shortly after failing to rescue a drowning man, Donato meets Konrad, a friend of the victim. They soon begin a relationship which seems doomed from the start, while Donato's past catches up with him.

Release Date: February 27, 2015

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Karim Aïnouz

Writers: Felipe Bragança

, Karim Aïnouz

, Marco Dutra

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Coração da Selva, Hank Levine Film, Watchmen Productions, Detailfilm

Distributor: Strand Releasing

Countries: Brazil, Germany

Language: Portuguese

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 20,262

International: $ 759,573

Stupid Wife (2022)

Summary: Luiza sees in Valentina all the flaws she believes someone can have, and hates her. One day, however, Luiza wakes up to find herself ten years older and, to her horror, married to Valentina.

Release Date: August 04, 2022

Genres: Drama, Romance

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

Production: Ponto Ação Produções

Country: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

TV Series budget: $ 50

The Second Mother (2015)

Summary: When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.

Release Date: August 28, 2015

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Anna Muylaert

Writer: Anna Muylaert

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: R

Production: Gullane, Africa Filmes, Globo Filmes

Distributor: Oscilloscope, Topic, The Criterion Channel

Country: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 376,986

International: $ 2,626,574

Reaching for the Moon (2013)

Summary: A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.

Release Date: August 16, 2013

Genres: Biography, Drama, History

Director: Bruno Barreto

Writers: Matthew Chapman

, Julie Sayres

, Carmen L. Oliveira

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: LC Barreto Productions, Imagem Filmes, Globo Filmes, Globosat / Telecine, Teleimage

Distributor: Wolfe Video

Country: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Domestic: $ 45,502

International: $ 1,488,889

Skate Kitchen (2018)

Summary: A teenaged skateboarder makes friends with a bunch of other skateboarding girls in New York City.

Release Date: August 10, 2018

Genre: Drama

Director: Crystal Moselle

Writers: Crystal Moselle

, Jen Silverman

, Aslihan Unaldi

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: R

Production: Bow and Arrow Entertainment, Pulse Films, RT Features

Distributor: Magnolia Pictures

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

Language: English

Domestic: $ 236,799

International: $ 50,508