O Novo Cinema Cearense
Films by Petrus Cariry, Karim Ainouz, Halder Gomes, Bruno Safadi, Ricardo & Luiz Pretti, José Araújo, Joe Pimentel, Pedro Diógenes, Guto Parente, Pedro Rocha and Elena Meirelles
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- DirectorPetrus CariryStarsLeuda BandeiraVeronica CavalcantiNanego LiraThe elderly Perpétua, feeling the approach of death, decides to prepare Zeca, her beloved grandson, to the inevitable. She tells him the story of a king and a queen, a wealthy and powerful couple who lost their only child but wishes to bring him back to life. Meanwhile, Damião e Josefa work hard to support their family and to prepare their daughter Fátima's wedding. At the end, the tale told by Perpétua and the destiny of that family will cross.
- DirectorPetrus CariryStarsJuliana CarvalhoZezita MatosAfter a long time apart, a mother and her daughter meet again in the desert, between ruins and memories. The daughter destiny denies her mother dream. The past is circle that imprisons both the dead and the alive. The daughter wants to break it but shadows are spying out.
- DirectorPetrus CariryStarsDavid WendefilmSabrina GreveEveraldo PontesThe dry quarry and a forest that still beats. A very sick father reviews the daughter. Resentments are brought to the table. The memory of the dead awakened by blood, objects, shadows and dreams affects Clarisse at this scenario of beauty and agony. Husband and business are expecting she in the city for a cathartic outcome.
- DirectorPetrus CariryStarsRômulo BragaSamya De LavorVeronica CavalcantiIn an isolated fishing village, Esmerina is married to a fisherman and has 26 children. Letra A, the oldest son secretly desires to leave to see the world beyond the sea. The daily routine of this family is suddenly altered when a mysterious boat runs aground on the beach entering Ana, a girl who survived the shipwreck and entertaining men with her enthralling stories.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsHermila GuedesMaria MenezesZezita MatosIn order to get funds, a young woman living in the Northeast of Brazil decides to raffle her own body.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzMarcelo GomesStarsIrandhir SantosA geologist is sent to an isolated region in the Northeast of Brazil to survey water sources, but begins to feel a a sense of abandonment and loneliness.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsCamila AmadoLuisa ArraesMilton GonçalvesIn "The Silver Cliff" Violeta (Alessandra Negrini) is a married dentist in a normal working day. While listening to a message left on the cell she enters in despair. The message of her husband, Djalma (Otto Jr.), said he was leaving her and going to another city.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsWagner MouraClemens SchickFred LimaShortly after failing to rescue a drowning man, Donato meets Konrad, a friend of the victim. They soon begin a relationship which seems doomed from the start, while Donato's past catches up with him.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzWith the debut of Geovani Martins, Brazilian literature finds the voice of its new realism. In the thirteen short stories of The Sun in the Head, we come across the childhood and adolescence of slum dwellers - the pleasure of sea bathing, street play, flirting and basing - modulated by violence and racial discrimination.
- DirectorGlauber FilhoHalder GomesStarsPaulo Goulart FilhoNelson XavierHerson CapriThree mothers see their reality become completely ... They are: Ruth, whose teenage son, Raul, faces problems with drugs; Elisa, trying to make up for the absence of her husband giving full attention to the child, the little Theo, and Lara, teacher who faces the dilemma of an unplanned pregnancy. These three women, living in different times of their lives, seeking comfort next to Chico Xavier. And Karl reporter remains insisting on interviewing the medium, even without being prepared for it ... In production, Nelson Xavier revive the role of Chico Xavier. Herson Capri plays Mario, Ruth's husband. Caio Blat lives a journalist who wants to investigate the medium. Neuza Borges is the careful housekeeper who lives with the couple William (Joelson Medeiros) and Elisa (Vanessa Gerbelli).
- DirectorHalder GomesStarsEdmilson FilhoJesuíta BarbosaRoberto BomtempoThe massive arrival of television in rural Brazil in the 1970s jeopardizes the small movie theaters' business. Francisgleydisson is the owner of Cine Holliudy, and he must be extremely creative to keep his passion for cinema alive, a Brazilian way of showing its passion for the 7th art, even in the remotes areas. Cinema Paradiso and Amacord are close references.
- DirectorHalder GomesStarsEdmilson FilhoIgor JansenFalcãoAluízio Li, an aficionado and alienated by martial arts films in the state of Ceara (Brazil) in the 80s, sees your playful and innocent world in check when a retired professional wrestler (Toni Tora Pleura) decides to challenge all the "tough guys" of the city.
- DirectorHalder GomesStarsEdmilson FilhoMiriam FreelandAriclenes BarrosoPacatuba "CE, Brazil", 1980s. With the arrival of the videocassette, Francisgleydisson is obliged to close his beloved Cine Holliúdy, which compromises the payment of his 18-year-old son's college tuition. To save the situation, he decides to produce an amazing sci-fi film using the city's inhabitants as actors.
- DirectorBruno SafadiStarsDjin SganzerlaGustavo FalcãoCarlo Mossy
- DirectorBruno SafadiStarsMariana XimenesJiddu PinheiroLeandra LealA young couple, Pedro and Antônia, have their relationship weakening after meeting Luana. Romance, seduction, fear and anguish from the future are established in this story of liquid love.
- DirectorPedro DiogenesGuto ParenteLuiz PrettiStarsGuto ParenteLuiz PrettiPedro DiogenesFour friends - played by the four directors - have recently lost a fifth one. After a night of heavy drinking, they decide to travel to the mythical Ythaca.
- DirectorPedro DiogenesGuto ParenteLuiz PrettiStarsPedro DiogenesGuto ParenteLuiz PrettiNo man is a failure when he has friends.
- DirectorPedro DiogenesLuiz PrettiRicardo PrettiStarsRicardo PrettiPedro DiogenesLuiz PrettiIn Fortaleza, Brazil, Eugenio, Joaquim and João use a clandestine radio to scream their hunger for freedom and revolution. They hack the traditional radio stations, overwhelming them with poetry, rebel music, quotes, sound archives and provocations, attacking the bourgeois and capitalistic society. But one day, Salomé, a mysterious and beautiful listener, crashes into their lives, transforming their destiny.
- DirectorPedro DiogenesLuiz PrettiRicardo PrettiStarsRômulo BragaStephane BrodtVitor ColaresThe living call for revenge. The dead minerals and vegetables demand revenge. It is the hour of general protest. It's time for the destroying flights. It's time for the barricades, the shootings. Famines, desires, cravings, lost dreams, miseries of all countries, unite.
- DirectorPedro DiogenesGuto ParenteStarsYuri YamamotoDemick LopesSamya De LavorIn a bar called Inferninho, the staff dream of escape. A handsome sailor with a dream of finding home arrives.
- DirectorLívia de PaivaElena MeirellesStarsLila M. SalúDeyse MaraGetúlio AbelhaArrested since a popular demonstration in 2013, Janaína escapes and meets her friend Cassia in a context of an ongoing coup d'etat. Their reunion brings along their drums and attempts to break out the imposed silence over black lesbian bodies.
- DirectorLeonardo MouramateusStarsMauro SoaresDeborah ViegasDaniel PizamiglioAntónio runs away from home and tries to spend the night at his ex-girlfriend's apartment. There he finds a brazilian girl, an unexpected guest. Johnny is struggling to stage his first theater play in Lisbon. His friendship with the young light technician will make him face his real problems. Débora is passing by, finally returning home. When she goes to the theater, she falls asleep, and is awaken by the protagonist. Three dimensions of the same story.
- DirectorJosé AraújoStarsBeth AlencarAntero Marques AraújoEdnardo BragaAntero and Maria Araújo's story is the shortcut chosen by the director to show life in Maraima, a small town in the state of Ceará, Brazil, including life in community and the military influence. Maria wanders through the state praying to ward off the symbolical presence of the Dragon. That's when she finds Antero, an end-of-the-world prophet, who will join her in her pilgrimage and fight against the mythical being.
- DirectorJosé AraújoStarsRodolfo VazMajô De CastroMarcus MirandaSebastian, a novice in a post-apocalyptic Brazilian monastery, prepares to be ordained while struggling with intense doubts. Before priesthood, he must confess his greatest secrets: his rape as a child and the passion he has for another monk. He turns to penance and martyrdom to relieve his guilt.