O Rio Festival It is a great showcase for national productions, on the red carpet of directors, actors, actresses and titles that are sure to make a splash in cinemas next year. Now is the time for movie fans to anticipate what’s in store and take a look at the Brazilian films that will be surefire picks come awards season. To help you put together your schedule, here are 12 mustsee titles from this year’s edition:
12 Asexy ability
Stories about the sexuality of people with disabilities. The film talks about flirting, kissing on the mouth, dating, masturbation, antidisability and of course sex. The documentary’s greatest strength is hearing things from people with disabilities that society doesn’t expect from them.
11 Black Rio! Black power!
Addresses the influence of the Black Rio Movement on culture, society and the processes of the struggle for racial justice Rio de Janeiro and in Brazil between the 1970s and 1980s. The film depicts the movement’s impact on music and the direction of politics and the black movement in the era of redemocratization, influencing genres such as hip hop and that Wirelessand the positivity of younger generations who maintain the black pride and aesthetic appreciation that Black Rio spread 50 years ago.
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10 Languages of our language
Caetano Veloso, Nélida Piñon, Maria Bethania, Andre Baniwa, Alberto Mussa. What distinguishes one people from another is language, because it is the characteristic that defines their cultural identity and their experiences in the world. But Brazil lives in a sui generis linguistic situation: while 98% of the population speaks Portuguese, we are the country with one of the greatest linguistic diversity in the world: more than 160 indigenous and African languages are spoken on our territory. What sets us apart as a nation?
9 The Buriti Flower
In 1940, two children of the Krahô indigenous people found an ox in the darkness of the forest that was dangerously close to their village. It was a harbinger of a violent massacre carried out by farmers in the region. In 1969, during the military dictatorship, the Brazilian state encouraged many of the survivors to join a military unit. Today, in the face of old and new threats, the Krahô continue to march across their bleeding land, reinventing countless forms of resistance every day.
8 The passion after GH
Rio de Janeiro, 1964. After a passion ends, GH, a sculptor from the Copacabana elite, dismisses her maid and decides to clean up her apartment, starting with the service room. There, GH encounters a giant cockroach that reveals its own disgust for the world, a reflection of a society full of prejudice against the creatures it chooses as subordinates. In the face of the insect, GH lives his existential way of life. The experience tells of the loss of her identity and makes her question all social conventions in which the feminine is still trapped today.
7 The Poles
Rebeca flees hunger, antiSemitism and war in Poland and arrives in Rio de Janeiro ready to start her life over again. Contrary to the promises of happiness, the reality in the city is completely different. When she learns that her husband has died, she ends up becoming hostage to a prostitution and human trafficking network of Jewish women led by the merciless Tzvi. Forced to transgress her own beliefs, she finds allies who live through the same drama and fight together for freedom.
6 My blood boils for you
In 1979 Magal, one of the country’s most popular and celebrated artists, continues his routine of rehearsals and engagements in Salvador. During a television program he meets the breathtaking Magali and is overcome by an unprecedented and overwhelming passion. To win her over, he must overcome the resistance of Jean Pierre, his passionate businessman, as well as the distrust of his family, his friends and his lover herself. Packed with great hits, the film tells of the encounters and disagreements of the love explosion that changes the couple’s lives forever.
5 Mussum o Filmis
It tells the life of Antônio Carlos Bernardes Gomes and goes far beyond that Mussum that the general public knows: his bad childhood, his military career, his relationship with Mangueira, his success with Originales do Samba and the background ofThe Trapalhões.
4 The devil on the street in the middle of Redemunho
The film is narrated by Riobaldo, who introduces us to his life as a shooter and tells us about his experiences and conflicts. As the plot progresses, he comes into contact with several charismatic groups and leaders, including the feared Hermógenes. Riobaldo’s heart is captured by Diadorim, a courageous and mysterious young man who becomes the love of his life. Through Riobaldo’s narrative, the author explores the complexity of the human soul and delves into the duality between good and evil. Adaptation of the acclaimed masterpiece Grande Sertão: Veredas, written by Guimarães Rosa.
3 Bizarre fish from the abyssal trenches
With the voices of Rodrigo Santoro, Natalia Lage It is William Briggs. It tells the story of a woman with strange superpowers, a turtle with OCD, and a cloud with rain incontinence on an unusual journey into the depths of the ocean.
2 I will be there every evening
Big winner of the “Best Performance” and “Best Film” awards at this year’s Vitória Festival. The documentary follows Mel, who is prevented from attending her favorite church service and therefore prepares posters every evening, goes to the church door to protest for her right, and waits for the day when she is allowed back into the place.
1 My name is Gal
Long awaited biopic of Gal Costa when she was young Gracinha. The film follows the biographer’s move to Rio de Janeiro, where she meets her friends Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Dede Gadelha It is Maria Bethania and begins her career as a singer. With Sophie Charlotte.
Bonus: “Bergamot”
Short film by the director Hsu Chien, the director’s first LGBTQIAP+ horror production. It will be completely black and white on October 13th. There will be a single, free session at 6 p.m. followed by a debate as part of the parallel program RioMarket.