All Screen articles in 30 April 2009 – Page 6
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The Waiting Room
While a woman is dying, her group of friends that fought against the military dictatorship face a conflict between past and present.
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The Secret Life of Stars
A promising astrophysicist meets a young attorney when he makes a major discovery that could change his life.
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The Midday Sun
After the tragic outcome of a crime of passion, a man leaves Brazil on a journey in search of redemption.
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Temporary Hell
The re-encounter of two friends who spent their childhood together in a small town at Minas Gerais but took different paths in life. A few days before Christmas Eve they meet and start questioning who made the best choices.
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Sea Change
An art expert delves into the biography of a controversial painter who disappeared 50 years ago and suddenly starts feeling his presence.
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Scarlet Moon
The lives of two sisters change forever when one of them is raped and becomes pregnant somewhere in the Brazilian backlands, where people believe the pregnancy is a miracle.
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Paraísos Artificiais
The story of two middle-class brothers who become involved in the international trafficking of synthetic drugs
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One night in 67
A documentary about the final of the third TV Record Brazilian Popular Music Festival that was held on the night of 21 October 1967, when some of the most important names in Brazilian music were at the peak of their careers.
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O Bem Amado
Comedy about a Brazilian politician who builds a cemetery in a town where nobody ever dies.
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Never Let Me Go
An alternate history story of a woman, who, as she reflects on her private school years in the English countryside, reunites with her twofriends to face the dark secrets tied to their communal past.
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Nunca Antes na História deste País
Brazilian politicians fight for power and, once they have it, they use the state’s money and contracts with private companies to enforce corrupt practices.
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My Country
Two brothers are forced to reunite when their father dies and they find out that they have a sister, a mentally disturbed girl, who has lived in a private mental institute all her life.
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I Grew Up in Mangueira
Sound is the leading element of the story telling in this documentary that goes beyond carnival and samba.
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Favela High-Tech
A young and beautiful Brazilian girl of Japanese descendent arrives in Japan with dreams of becoming a model but ends up in a nightclub working as a high-class prostitute.
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Dirty Love
A 49 years old female musician who fights a serious kidney condition faints on the stage during a tour in Recife, where she meets the man who can save her.
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Acorda Brasil
A violinist begins teaching at a public school on the outskirts of town and decides to put together an orchestra with his students – despite their impoverished backgrounds.
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A Piece of Land in Berlin
A journey of two Brazilians who need to find relatives from around the world who have a piece of land in Berlin in common.