Julio Adrião

Southwest (2011)

In a Brazilian coastal village where everything seems motionless, Clarice grasps her life in a single day, unlike those she meets and who are living this day like any other. She tries to understand her obscure reality and the destiny of the people around her in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eduardo Nunes
CAST:  Julio Adrião  •  Regina Bastos  •  Raquel Bonfante  •  Mariana Lima

In a Brazilian coastal village where everything seems motionless, Clarice grasps her life in a single day, unlike those she meets and who are living this day like any other. She tries to understand her obscure reality and the destiny of the people around her in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eduardo Nunes
CAST:  Julio Adrião  •  Regina Bastos  •  Raquel Bonfante  •  Mariana Lima

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)

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After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Padilha
CAST:  Wagner Moura  •  Irandhir Santos  •  André Ramiro  •  Pedro Van-Held

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Padilha
CAST:  Wagner Moura  •  Irandhir Santos  •  André Ramiro  •  Pedro Van-Held

Oblivious Memory (2016)

Carlos is a man doomed by restless memories, that meets with himself, in a time warp. Young Carlos faces the forgetfulness of old Carlos, who doesn't recognize his own appearance. They get a package. But the package seems odd. The knot that ties, the smell, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ruy Guerra
CAST:  João Miguel  •  Tony Ramos  •  Mariana Ximenes  •  Charles Fricks

Carlos is a man doomed by restless memories, that meets with himself, in a time warp. Young Carlos faces the forgetfulness of old Carlos, who doesn't recognize his own appearance. They get a package. But the package seems odd. The knot that ties, the smell, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ruy Guerra
CAST:  João Miguel  •  Tony Ramos  •  Mariana Ximenes  •  Charles Fricks

Nise: The Heart of Madness (2016)

After being released from prison, Dr. Nise da Silveira is back at work in a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro where she refuses to employ the new and violent electroshock in the treatment of schizophrenics. Ridiculed by doctors, she is forced ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Berliner
CAST:  Glória Pires  •  Julio Adrião  •  Claudio Jaborandy  •  Fabrício Boliveira

After being released from prison, Dr. Nise da Silveira is back at work in a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro where she refuses to employ the new and violent electroshock in the treatment of schizophrenics. Ridiculed by doctors, she is forced ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Berliner
CAST:  Glória Pires  •  Julio Adrião  •  Claudio Jaborandy  •  Fabrício Boliveira

Meus Dois Amores (2015)

Manuel is a crafty cowboy and swindler who lives to serve his two great loves – his fiancée Das Dô, and his mule Beija-fulô – and his business of selling unsound horses to suckers. The killer Targino arrives in town looking for a horse. Thinking that he is being ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luiz Henrique Rios
CAST:  Caio Blat  •  Maria Flor  •  Alexandre Borges  •  Julio Adrião

Manuel is a crafty cowboy and swindler who lives to serve his two great loves – his fiancée Das Dô, and his mule Beija-fulô – and his business of selling unsound horses to suckers. The killer Targino arrives in town looking for a horse. Thinking that he is being ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luiz Henrique Rios
CAST:  Caio Blat  •  Maria Flor  •  Alexandre Borges  •  Julio Adrião

AE-Autoexposure (2012)

After a shooting assignment, Henrique is mugged by two armed motor-bikers who steal his camera and speed off. Seconds later, he watches both get hit by a pickup truck driven by a self-appointed avenger, someone weary of feeling defenseless against the urban ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juliana Reis
CAST:  Gustavo Machado  •  Sílvio Guindane  •  Caco Ciocler  •  Julio Adrião

After a shooting assignment, Henrique is mugged by two armed motor-bikers who steal his camera and speed off. Seconds later, he watches both get hit by a pickup truck driven by a self-appointed avenger, someone weary of feeling defenseless against the urban ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juliana Reis
CAST:  Gustavo Machado  •  Sílvio Guindane  •  Caco Ciocler  •  Julio Adrião

Veronica (2009)

A teacher takes a student to his house in the slum, but on arrival discovered that drug traffickers killed his parents and now are at your demand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurício Farias
CAST:  Andréa Beltrão  •  Julio Adrião  •  Camila Amado  •  Jonathan Azevedo

A teacher takes a student to his house in the slum, but on arrival discovered that drug traffickers killed his parents and now are at your demand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurício Farias
CAST:  Andréa Beltrão  •  Julio Adrião  •  Camila Amado  •  Jonathan Azevedo

How Do You See Me? (2017)

How Do You See Me? is a Brazilian documentary feature that entwines both experienced actors and beginners to explore the hardships and the happiness that are inherent to the job when detached from the glam and glitz of the gossip industry, creating a diverse and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Bond
CAST:  Cássia Kis  •  Tonico Pereira  •  Rodrigo Pandolfo  •  Nanda Costa

How Do You See Me? is a Brazilian documentary feature that entwines both experienced actors and beginners to explore the hardships and the happiness that are inherent to the job when detached from the glam and glitz of the gossip industry, creating a diverse and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Bond
CAST:  Cássia Kis  •  Tonico Pereira  •  Rodrigo Pandolfo  •  Nanda Costa

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DIRECTION:  Bruno Laet  •  Diogo Oliveira
CAST:  Ruy Guerra  •  Werner Herzog  •  Chico Buarque  •  Gabriel García Márquez

Christabel (2018)

A new look at the poem, "Christabel" (1816), by the British S. T. Coleridge. The only daughter of a rural worker, Christabel meets Geraldine, a mysterious woman who claims to have been attacked by men and needs help. In her innocence and purity, Christabel welcomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Levy Heller
CAST:  Milla Fernandez  •  Lorena Castanheira  •  Camila Molica  •  Julio Adrião

A new look at the poem, "Christabel" (1816), by the British S. T. Coleridge. The only daughter of a rural worker, Christabel meets Geraldine, a mysterious woman who claims to have been attacked by men and needs help. In her innocence and purity, Christabel welcomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Levy Heller
CAST:  Milla Fernandez  •  Lorena Castanheira  •  Camila Molica  •  Julio Adrião

After the Conversation, They Say Goodbye with an Embrace (2017)

At the same time that Elisa says goodbye to Heliomar, she meets young Michel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Brandão
CAST:  Anja Bittencourt  •  Julio Adrião  •  Júnior Vieira  •  Marina Vianna

At the same time that Elisa says goodbye to Heliomar, she meets young Michel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renan Brandão
CAST:  Anja Bittencourt  •  Julio Adrião  •  Júnior Vieira  •  Marina Vianna

Sertânia (2019)

When bandits take the town of Sertânia, Antão gets shot, arrested, and left to die. Bleeding out, Antão's delirious mind begins to recall the events that led up to the incident through a sequence of increasingly unreliable fever dreams.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Geraldo Sarno
CAST:  Vertin Moura  •  Julio Adrião  •  Edgard Navarro  •  Kecia Prado

When bandits take the town of Sertânia, Antão gets shot, arrested, and left to die. Bleeding out, Antão's delirious mind begins to recall the events that led up to the incident through a sequence of increasingly unreliable fever dreams.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Geraldo Sarno
CAST:  Vertin Moura  •  Julio Adrião  •  Edgard Navarro  •  Kecia Prado

In Pieces (2020)

One man, two lovers: Ana and Anna, living in identical apartments. Paranoia is the name of the game in this hallucinatory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ruy Guerra
CAST:  Emílio de Mello  •  Simone Spoladore  •  Christiana Ubach  •  Julio Adrião

One man, two lovers: Ana and Anna, living in identical apartments. Paranoia is the name of the game in this hallucinatory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ruy Guerra
CAST:  Emílio de Mello  •  Simone Spoladore  •  Christiana Ubach  •  Julio Adrião

Última Cidade (2022)

João, mounted on his horse Cruzeiro, and in the company of a wanderer named Tahiel, enters a large city in northeastern Brazil to face the one who took his lands and ended up with his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Furtado
CAST:  Julio Adrião  •  Hector Briones  •  Danilo Pinho  •  Yasmin Salvador

João, mounted on his horse Cruzeiro, and in the company of a wanderer named Tahiel, enters a large city in northeastern Brazil to face the one who took his lands and ended up with his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Furtado
CAST:  Julio Adrião  •  Hector Briones  •  Danilo Pinho  •  Yasmin Salvador

Jaguar Man (2021)

Two moments in the life of Pedro. First in 1997, he lives with his family in Rio de Janeiro and works at Gás do Brasil, a company that is undergoing a tough restructuring process, with layoffs and early retirements. Soon, privatization will come. In the second ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vinícius Reis
CAST:  Chico Diaz  •  Sílvia Buarque  •  Bianca Byington  •  Emílio de Mello

Two moments in the life of Pedro. First in 1997, he lives with his family in Rio de Janeiro and works at Gás do Brasil, a company that is undergoing a tough restructuring process, with layoffs and early retirements. Soon, privatization will come. In the second ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vinícius Reis
CAST:  Chico Diaz  •  Sílvia Buarque  •  Bianca Byington  •  Emílio de Mello

Bandida: A Número Um (2024)

At the age of nine, Rebeca is sold by her grandmother to the bookseller who ran Rocinha. Disputed by bicheiros and drug dealers, the community is going through changes in power. Rebeca becomes the wife of the chief drug dealer and, with the death of her partner, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  João Wainer
CAST:  Maria Bomani  •  Jean Amorim  •  Milhem Cortaz  •  Wilson Rabelo

At the age of nine, Rebeca is sold by her grandmother to the bookseller who ran Rocinha. Disputed by bicheiros and drug dealers, the community is going through changes in power. Rebeca becomes the wife of the chief drug dealer and, with the death of her partner, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  João Wainer
CAST:  Maria Bomani  •  Jean Amorim  •  Milhem Cortaz  •  Wilson Rabelo