Released Date:
1998-01-30
Languages:
Portuguese, English
Countries:
Brazil, USA
Runtime:
110 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (3494 Reviews)
Director:
Bruno BarretoFernando Gabeira (novel)
Leopoldo Serran
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend Cèsar join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. Cesare, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
Released Date:
2007-01-26
Languages:
Portuguese
Countries:
Brazil
Runtime:
104 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.6 (540 Reviews)
Director:
Maurècio FariasGenres:
ComedyFor forty years, the public functionary and family man Lineu and his beloved wife Nenè celebrate their first date going to the same ball where Lineu borrowed the jacket his competitor Carlinhos. In the present days, Lineu feels uncomfortable when his colleague Pacheco dies and goes to the doctor for health examination. When the result of his tomography arrives, his doctor says that he had seen some blur in his lungs and with that report he would give the correct diagnosis. Lineu steals the document afraid of having a tumor, but he believes he will die sooner. Meanwhile, Nenè meets Carlinhos in the supermarket where he is the manager and invites him to have dinner with her family. Lineu hides his concerns to Nenè, and his attitudes in the dinner misguide Nenè, and she believes Lineu has a lover and does not love him anymore.
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