Your search by 'Brazil' identified 5 films

Baptism of Blood
Brazil, 2006, 110 min.
In the late 1960s, faithful to the gospel of the poor, and deeply touched by social inequality, a group of young Dominican friars in Sao Paolo become involved in the resistance against Brazil’s military dictatorship. Their loyalties and faith are put to the test in this rigorous account based on the... more

Body
Brazil, 2007, 85 min.
The body of a woman found in a mass grave dating back to the 1970s is strangely preserved, as if her death had just occurred. At the Sao Paolo morgue, a pathologist assigned to her case suspects that she was killed by the military dictatorship. He embarks on an obsessive search to uncover the truth.... more

City of Men
Brazil, 2007, 106 min.
From the team behind companion piece City of God comes this less razzle-dazzle but more emotionally affecting story of the friendship between two 18-year-olds in the slums of Rio and the effects on their relationship caused by a burgeoning gang war.... more

Oxen's Eye
Brazil, 2007, 72 min.
Director Hermano Penna’s film explores jealousy, sorrow, and love in this timeless tragedy. Against the backdrop of Brazil’s desert landscapes, two peasants set out in the dead of night seeking retribution for a familial betrayal. As they await the object of their revenge, sinister truths emerge.... more

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Brazil, 2006, 110 min.
With Brazil’s soccer team competing for its third World Cup, 12-year old Mauro’s political activist parents take a ‘vacation’, leaving him to flounder in the alien world of his upright Yiddish grandfather in this charming, wide-eyed coming-of-age saga.... more