Released Date:
2006-11-02
Languages:
Portuguese, Yiddish, Hebrew
Countries:
Brazil
Runtime:
110 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (4579 Reviews)
Director:
Cao HamburgerGenres:
DramaAdriana Falcèo (script collaborator)
Claudio Galperin
Cao Hamburger
Brèulio Mantovani
Anna Muylaert
In 1970, near the World Cup, Daniel Stern and his wife Miriam leaves Belo Horizonte in a hurry and scared with their ten years old son Mauro in their Volkswagen. While traveling to Sèo Paulo, the couple explains Mauro that they will travel on vacation and will leave Mauro with his grandfather Mètel. Daniel promises to return before the first game of the Brazilian National Soccer Team in the Cup. The boy is left in Bom Retiro, a Jewish and Italian neighborhood, and waits for Mètel in front of his apartment. When the next door neighbor Shlomo arrives, he tells the boy that Mètel had just had a heart attack and died. Alone and without knowing where his parents are, the boy is lodged by Shlomo and the Jewish community. Through the young neighbor Hanna, Mauro makes new friends, cheers for the Brazilian team and sees the movement of the police and militaries on the streets while waiting for his parents.
Released Date:
2014-03-14
Languages:
Portuguese, Tupi
Countries:
Brazil
Runtime:
102 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (1158 Reviews)
Director:
Cao HamburgerElena Soarez (screenplay)
Cao Hamburger (screenplay)
Anna Muylaert (screenplay)
Cao Hamburger
In the '40s, three brothers decide to live a great adventure and enlisting in the Roncador-Xingu Expedition, which has a mission to tame the Central Brazil. The Villas Boas brothers: Orlando, 27, Claudius, 25, and Leonardo, 23, engage in a fantastic and incredible saga. Soon start to lead the expedition that opens new paths 1,500 km, navigates over 1,000 miles of unspoilt rivers, opens 19 airfields for airplanes Army, gives rise to the creation of 43 towns and 14 make contact with wild Indian tribes, unknown, as the Xavante, courageous and feared warriors, no casualties on both sides. This adventure allows the Villas Boas brothers the creation of the Xingu National Park, the first major Amerindian reservation in Brazil, the size of Belgium, transforming them into true contemporary heroes .
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