São Paulo City
Movies which help us to understand and to think about the challenges and strengths of São Paulo City.
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- DirectorLuiz Sérgio PersonStarsAna EsmeraldaEva WilmaOtelo ZeloniA man lives in conflict as he deals with his friends and love interests against the backdrop of São Paulo.
- DirectorUgo GiorgettiStarsEduardo TornaghiBruna LombardiRicardo BlatAfter 20 years of exile in Paris, Gustavo returns to his native city São Paulo. Back home, he encounters a place which no longer exists. His old friends and family members have changed, almost beyond recognition. He tries to recapture the past, and make some sense of his life, that of his friends and family, and the present state of his native country.
- DirectorCaio Silva FerrazStarsCaio Silva FerrazAlexandre DelijaicovAntónio Lima MoreiraThe history of the city of São Paulo from the perspective of its rivers and streams.
- DirectorFernando MeirellesStarsJulianne MooreMark RuffaloGael García BernalA city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.
- DirectorAnna MuylaertStarsRegina CaséHelena AlbergariaMichel JoelsasWhen 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.
- DirectorCao HamburgerStarsMichel JoelsasGermano HaiutDaniela PiepszykA boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in 1970, when the World Cup coincides with political crackdowns by the military dictatorship.
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsEnrique DiazWagner MouraCaio BlatStories of crime, revenge, love, and friendship at the Carandiru Penitentiary, the largest prison in Latin America.
- DirectorAlexandre MorattoStarsChristian MalheirosRodrigo SantoroLucas OranmianTo provide a better life for his family in the country, 18-year-old Mateus accepts a job in a junkyard in São Paulo for his new boss, Luca, but becomes trapped in the dangerous world of human trafficking.
- DirectorEliane CafféStarsIsam Ahmad IssaPaulo AméricoJuliane ArguelloShows the unusual situation of homeless Brazilians movement and refugees that squat together an abandoned building in downtown Sao Paulo. The daily tension caused by the treat of eviction reveals the dramas and joys.
- DirectorJoão Batista de AndradeStarsJosé DumontAldo BuenoRafael de CarvalhoSão Paulo police mistakenly thinks a folk poet and singer is the same man who had stabbed his boss.
- DirectorMarcelo MesquitaGuilherme ValiengoStarsLuis Alves da CostaFabio CyprianoEgas Marcolino de AssisA new way of painting graffiti was born in Sao Paulo. Hip Hop was replaced by Brazilian regional culture and OsGemeos' crew works were spread to galleries around the world. However, a new visual pollution combat act made the City Hall cover their paintings in grey in their hometown.
- DirectorAlan OliveiraThe history of video stores in São Paulo.
- DirectorLufe SteffenStarsCelso CuriDarby DanielKaká di PollyAn historical documentary about Sao Paulo's gay night life during the 60's, 70's and 80's.
- DirectorAnna MuylaertStarsAry FrançaEtty FraserIsabela GuascoDurval and his mother Carmita live at the back of "Durval Discos", a record store they own in São Paulo, specializing in vinyl records. They lead a boring and unattractive life, until the day Durval hires a maid, Celia, to help his mother with the housekeeping. However, on her second day, Celia goes away leaving a 5-year-old child behind, Kiki, and a note promising to be back in a couple of days. Durval and Celia are charmed by the child at first, but soon they see some sad news about Celia and Kiki on TV that will change the whole situation.
- DirectorCarlos Alberto RiccelliKim RiccelliStarsBruna LombardiEduardo MoscovisRodrigo LombardiIn this upbeat musical, the city of São Paulo is the setting for five love stories, in which everyone seeks their dreams in a different way.
- DirectorCeu D'Elia
- DirectorMariana BastosEsmir FilhoStarsCaroline AbrasAndré AntunesClemens SchickCaio and Mari are two young adults whose relationship is beyond any definition. Throughout 10 years, the plot transits among 3 striking moments in which their desires are in conflict and their relationship is put to the test.
- DirectorPriscyla BettimRenato CoelhoA murder, on Christmas Eve, spawns a fortuitous connection between melancholic and misfit characters of the São Paulo nightlife, setting in motion a vertiginous search for justice amidst the underworld of Brazil's largest metropolis. Through contemporary political lenses, "The City" of Abysses updates the invention, irreverence, and dreamlike filmographies from other times, transforming a past inheritance into something unique and singular. Whether through irony or foreboding, the film's sepulchral atmosphere also reflects the marks of a time that was yet to come.
- DirectorPedro AsbegStarsAdílson Monteiro AlvesMauro BettingWalter CasagrandeDuring the 80's, brazilians were living under a dictatorship (since 1964). Some players of the soccer club Corinthians, from São Paulo, begins a new form of managing the team, always using polling to decide everything.
- DirectorMarcos YoshiParents and children are reunited after 13 years apart.
- DirectorChico TeixeiraStarsCarla RibasBerta ZemelVinicius Faria ZinnAlice, married for the last 20 years to a taxi driver, works in a beauty parlour, has three children, the eldest of whom is doing his military service, and a mother who works as a maid in her house. None of the three siblings pay much attention to their mother, and they treat their grandmother with lack of respect. Alice's life in the female working world contrasts strongly with the powerful masculine presence in her home. Although she's a good girl, the chance to betray uncovers other betrayals she didn't know existed.
- DirectorHeitor DhaliaStarsGuta StresserMyrian MunizJuliana GaldinoPsychological thriller larded with manga-like animations about the young, poor comic strip illustrator Nina, living with her mean landlady. She sinks further and further into a violent fantasy world.
- DirectorCeu D'EliaStarsPascoal da ConceiçãoHugo PossoloAn animated short that pays tribute to the life and work of writer/poet Mário de Andrade and his most celebrated work, the novel "Macunaíma". Here, Andrade plays a crazed scientist who spends his time conceiving a most inspired and original creature of all, which is Macunaíma - here played as a monster type rather than the typical and known native.