Lula, the Son of Brazil (
2010) | IMDb:
4.5
The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politicians in Brazilian history.
O Magnata (
2007) | IMDb:
4.5
An upper-middle class punk singer Andre, Magnata spends his time with his low-class friends, singing in clubs and wasting money. When he accepts a challenge to steal a Ferrari, he gets involved in a thriller that can lead him to a tragic consequence.
Starring:
Paulo Vilhena
,
Rosanne Mulholland
,
Maria Luísa Mendonça
,
Chico Diaz
,
Juliano Cazarré
,
Alexandre Magno Abrão
Elite Squad (
2007) | IMDb:
8
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
Starring:
Wagner Moura
,
Caio Junqueira
,
André Ramiro
,
Milhem Cortaz
,
Fernanda Machado
,
Maria Ribeiro
Carandiru (
2003) | IMDb:
7.5
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.
Starring:
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
,
Milton Gonçalves
,
Ivan de Almeida
,
Aílton Graça
,
Maria Luísa Mendonça
,
Aida Leiner