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Adyr, a brilliant scientist working at a public university in Rio de Janeiro, conducts cutting-edge research into psychedelics as a treatment for alcoholism—the disease that claimed her husband’s life. When she becomes the target of a group seeking to appropriate her work, Adyr must fight to complete her research while protecting her own life and that of her son, Tom.

A man returns to his hometown and resumes a dangerous old affair...

A documentary about young Brazilians serving in the paratrooper brigade in Rio de Janeiro.

Continuing the exploration of the thin line between truth and performance, Eduardo Coutinho turns his attention to the drama generated during rehearsals for the Galpão Theater Company’s performance of Chekov’s The Three Sisters. As he shoots scenes from the play, Coutinho attempts to capture the very moment in which reality becomes fiction and vice versa—whether through the actors’ bodies and words or in backstage scenes of a performance that will exist only on film.

The documentary is a dive into this universe that Ariano Suassuna built with his Art (work) and his Life. His novels and characters. Your utopias. Your Quaderna, as the driving force behind this mix. Theater performances. Poems. Show classes. Popular culture. The cordel. The rabeca. Brazil and its stones. The Armorial Movement. Their readings and representations. Based on unpublished interviews with artists and friends (family), as well as Ariano himself and a tour of his home, the documentary recreates his universe.

A sweet couple invite a third person over for the night, who brings a lustful energy to spice things up.

The documentary portrays five people trying to recover from alcoholism or substance abuse. The different narratives present different aspects of addiction: there is an artist who stopped drinking without the help of Alcoholics Anonymous; a sober man for 23 years who helps anyone trying to overcome drug addiction; a woman who has been hospitalized; a retiree who has yet to overcome his addiction; and a recovered man who lives on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses, blurring the barriers between truth, fiction and interpretation.

Documentary about three people living in the North part of Rio de Janeiro, in poor neighborhoods: their lives, dreams and intimacy. They don’t know each other, but have one thing in common: they’re rappers, and dream of becoming professional musicians.

Sinfonia da Vacina (Vaccine Symphony) follows a day of vaccination against Covid at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro: when the stage closes for the show, but opens up for collective care during this very important period for Brazil.

Bildungsroman follows young people who carry with them the responsibility of growing up within great academic institutions. Four students live out their dreams and desires for a fulfilling life and profession on a daily basis. Along the way, they achieve many things and leave behind many illusions.

At the end of the 1940s, Lebanon is sliding towards a devastating conflict. Catholic siblings Emilie and Emir decide to leave for Brazil. Aboard the ship to their new home, Emilie falls in love with Omar, a Muslim merchant. For an enraged and jealous Emir, the relationship is intolerable. As the story unfolds against the backdrop of the majestic rainforest, Emir’s actions and the choice that Emilie subsequently makes lead to disastrous consequences.

Taking as a starting point the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the Portuguese Royal Family in Brazil, the documentary “Carnaval para D. João VI” aims to address questions about the transformations that have occurred in the relationship between Brazilians and Portuguese since then. The film goes back to the disembarkation of the court while envisioning a globalized future where historical stereotypes are overcome and reinvented.

Documentary about the brazilian poetess Ana Cristina Cesar, icon of the Mimeógrafo Generation and "Poesia Marginal", books like A Teus Pés, her aspirations, her life e her creative proccess. Artists, friends and researches remembers the poetess.