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1) Medusa
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Portuguese
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Mari and her friends broadcast their spiritual devotion through pastel pinks and catchy evangelical songs about purity and perfection, but underneath it all they harbor a deep rage. By day they hide behind their manicured facade, and by night they form a masked, vigilante girl gang, prowling the streets in search of sinners who have deviated from the rightful path. After an attack goes wrong, leaving Mari scarred and unemployed, her view of community,...
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Portuguese
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A toxic and mysterious pink cloud appears across the globe, forcing everyone to stay home in lockdown. Giovana finds herself stuck at home with a man she just met, leaving them strangers at first. As years of shared lockdown pass, they make the effort to act as a couple. While Yago is living in his utopia, Giovana feels her life has changed in a way she never expected, feeling trapped inside.
3) Blue desert
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Portuguese
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Modernist Brazilian sci-fi offering a dreamy take on new age spirituality and the physical realm.
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Portuguese
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Just released from prison, Léa returns home to the Brasilia favela of Sol Nascente and joins up with her half-sister Chitara, the fearless leader of an all-female gang that steals and refines oil from underground pipes and sells gasoline to a clandestine network of motorcyclists. Living in constant opposition to Jair Bolsonaro's fiercely authoritarian and militarized government, Chitara's women claim the streets for themselves as a declaration of...
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Portuguese
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In a parallel existence, Miguel tries to hack his way into joining a human exodus to another planet. While he dwells in his dreams and frustrations of being left behind he meets Eva, who challenges his goals. Ultimately he ends up searching for her in this flooded new home planet while he tries to come to terms with his real purpose.
6) Divine love
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Portuguese
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In the year 2027, in a dystopian Brazil, a deeply religious woman uses her position in a notary's office to advance her mission to save struggling couples from divorce. Whilst waiting for a Sign in recognition of her efforts, she is confronted with a crisis in her marriage that ultimately brings her closer to God.