Movies: Jonas Bloch

Jéssica (Thati Lopes) is a simple young woman, dedicated to her job at an antique shop in Rio de Janeiro, but she feels her life lacks purpose. Everything changes when she finds a mysterious locket identical to an item she inherited from her late mot...

Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to It...

Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and hearts of men everywhere. When she de...

Alicia is a rich young woman who loves to party, travel and is very close to her grandfather. The protagonist runs away from responsibilities and tries to make the most of the benefits of being the heir to an immense estate. When her grandfather dies...

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony bec...

Based on the book by Cris Souza Fontes, Apaixonada tells the story of a woman who realizes how monotonous her life is. She finds herself desperate and facing an identity crisis. From then on, she is forced to begin an exciting journey of self-discove...

A married couple lives peacefully with two children until the husband starts getting violent....

Three American businessmen have a problem with their Brazilian company: someone is embezzling millions of dollars. Michael is having an affair with Frank's wife Paige, but wants to end it. Paige is not so accommodating, and causes trouble with Michae...

In the village of Kenoma, inside Brazil, the artisan Linnaeus tries to make a big and quixotic dream: to build a perpetual motion machine. His contract is opposed by Jerome, powerful local landowner, but he wins the aid of mysterious drifter who deci...

The lives of a macho butcher, his wife, a lonely waitress, a sadist and a flophouse manager intersect in Recife, Brazil....

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A revolutionary, fighting against dictatorship in Brazil, is wounded in a gun-fight with the police, and is isolated in another man's apartment, where he meets a young woman who will change his life....

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

Manuela reports her husband to the federal police and enters the witness protection program. When he goes to prison, she leaves everything and tries to escape to Europe before he is released....

In 2006, when the Brazilian economy was taking off due to the discovery of oil in the pre-salt layer, Eike Batista decided to create the oil company OGX and hired the best men from Petrobras to participate in the pre-salt auction. But megalomaniacal ...

Celso Felix, a successful radio broadcaster in the metropolis, is disillusioned with his everyday life and leaves his wife and children to live in a small beach town on the brazilian coast....

Where do you draw the line between fact and fiction in one man's life? That's the issue confronting an art expert delving into the biography of a painter who drowned 50 years ago, whose presence suddenly makes itself felt through the appearance of a ...

In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart....

Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is explored....