Fábio Lago

The Middle of the World (2003)

Romão, illiterate and unemployed, feels destiny drawing him on an odyssey to Rio de Janeiro in pursuit of a job and a decent life. A family of seven journeys 2,000 miles across the hinterlands of Brazil on bicycles. Along the way, the story explores the inner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Amorim
CAST:  Cláudia Abreu  •  Wagner Moura  •  Ravi Ramos Lacerda  •  Carol Castro

Romão, illiterate and unemployed, feels destiny drawing him on an odyssey to Rio de Janeiro in pursuit of a job and a decent life. A family of seven journeys 2,000 miles across the hinterlands of Brazil on bicycles. Along the way, the story explores the inner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Amorim
CAST:  Cláudia Abreu  •  Wagner Moura  •  Ravi Ramos Lacerda  •  Carol Castro

Between Valleys (2012)

This is the story of Vicente, a successful, married, economist with a nine-year-old son. It also tells the story of Antônio, the same man, living as a hugadores—one of the homeless, trash scavengers who live and work in Brazil’s enormous garbage dumps. Vicente ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Barcinski
CAST:  Ângelo Antônio  •  Melissa Vettore  •  Daniel Hendler  •  Inês Peixoto

This is the story of Vicente, a successful, married, economist with a nine-year-old son. It also tells the story of Antônio, the same man, living as a hugadores—one of the homeless, trash scavengers who live and work in Brazil’s enormous garbage dumps. Vicente ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Barcinski
CAST:  Ângelo Antônio  •  Melissa Vettore  •  Daniel Hendler  •  Inês Peixoto

Xingu (2012)

In the '40s, three brothers decide to live a great adventure and enlisting in the Roncador-Xingu Expedition, which has a mission to tame the Central Brazil. The Villas Boas brothers: Orlando, 27, Claudius, 25, and Leonardo, 23, engage in a fantastic and incredible ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cao Hamburger
CAST:  Caio Blat  •  Felipe Camargo  •  Maria Flor  •  João Miguel

In the '40s, three brothers decide to live a great adventure and enlisting in the Roncador-Xingu Expedition, which has a mission to tame the Central Brazil. The Villas Boas brothers: Orlando, 27, Claudius, 25, and Leonardo, 23, engage in a fantastic and incredible ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cao Hamburger
CAST:  Caio Blat  •  Felipe Camargo  •  Maria Flor  •  João Miguel

Federal Bank Heist (2011)

"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcos Paulo
CAST:  Eriberto Leão  •  Hermila Guedes  •  Milhem Cortaz  •  Lima Duarte

"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcos Paulo
CAST:  Eriberto Leão  •  Hermila Guedes  •  Milhem Cortaz  •  Lima Duarte

City of Men (2007)

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paulo Morelli
CAST:  Douglas Silva  •  Darlan Cunha  •  Jonathan Haagensen  •  Rodrigo dos Santos

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paulo Morelli
CAST:  Douglas Silva  •  Darlan Cunha  •  Jonathan Haagensen  •  Rodrigo dos Santos

Elite Squad (2007)

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Padilha
CAST:  Wagner Moura  •  Caio Junqueira  •  André Ramiro  •  Milhem Cortaz

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Padilha
CAST:  Wagner Moura  •  Caio Junqueira  •  André Ramiro  •  Milhem Cortaz

The Other Side of the Street (2004)

Regina, a lonely 65 year old who works on the neighborhood watch for the police in Copacabana, believes to have witnessed a murder in the building across the street, and ends up getting involved with the suspect in a potentially dangerous chain of events that will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcos Bernstein
CAST:  Fernanda Montenegro  •  Raul Cortez  •  Laura Cardoso  •  Luiz Carlos Persy

Regina, a lonely 65 year old who works on the neighborhood watch for the police in Copacabana, believes to have witnessed a murder in the building across the street, and ends up getting involved with the suspect in a potentially dangerous chain of events that will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcos Bernstein
CAST:  Fernanda Montenegro  •  Raul Cortez  •  Laura Cardoso  •  Luiz Carlos Persy

Totalmente Inocentes (2012)

Da Fé is hopelessly in love with Gildinha, sister of Bracinho, his best friend. He dreams of winning it, despite competition with Do Morro, the new owner of the DDC, who took over the post after handing the Diaba Loura to the police. To impress Gildinha, Da Fé ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodrigo Bittencourt
CAST:  Fábio Assunção  •  Mariana Rios  •  Ingrid Guimarães  •  Felipe Neto

Da Fé is hopelessly in love with Gildinha, sister of Bracinho, his best friend. He dreams of winning it, despite competition with Do Morro, the new owner of the DDC, who took over the post after handing the Diaba Loura to the police. To impress Gildinha, Da Fé ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodrigo Bittencourt
CAST:  Fábio Assunção  •  Mariana Rios  •  Ingrid Guimarães  •  Felipe Neto

Operações Especiais (2015)

In a crime-plagued area of Rio de Janeiro, a team of honest cops, including a determined rookie, fights corruption and mistrust on all sides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomás Portella
CAST:  Cleo  •  Fabrício Boliveira  •  Thiago Martins  •  Marcos Caruso

In a crime-plagued area of Rio de Janeiro, a team of honest cops, including a determined rookie, fights corruption and mistrust on all sides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomás Portella
CAST:  Cleo  •  Fabrício Boliveira  •  Thiago Martins  •  Marcos Caruso

Irmã Dulce (2014)

Biographical film of Sister Dulce, who, in life, was called the “Good Angel of Bahia”, also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and canonized by the Catholic Church. Contemplating from the 1940s to the 1980s, the film shows how the Catholic nun faced an incurable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Amorim
CAST:  Bianca Comparato  •  Regina Braga  •  Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos  •  Glória Pires

Biographical film of Sister Dulce, who, in life, was called the “Good Angel of Bahia”, also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and canonized by the Catholic Church. Contemplating from the 1940s to the 1980s, the film shows how the Catholic nun faced an incurable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Amorim
CAST:  Bianca Comparato  •  Regina Braga  •  Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos  •  Glória Pires

Malu de Bicicleta (2011)

Luiz Mario, a São Paulo night-club impresario and a classic "bon vivant", is also an avid collector of love affairs. He is surrounded by all types of women, with whom he has torrid flings, but he is never able to emotionally involve himself. Until one day, while ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Flávio R. Tambellini
CAST:  Marcelo Serrado  •  Fernanda de Freitas  •  Marjorie Estiano  •  Maria Manoella

Luiz Mario, a São Paulo night-club impresario and a classic "bon vivant", is also an avid collector of love affairs. He is surrounded by all types of women, with whom he has torrid flings, but he is never able to emotionally involve himself. Until one day, while ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Flávio R. Tambellini
CAST:  Marcelo Serrado  •  Fernanda de Freitas  •  Marjorie Estiano  •  Maria Manoella

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DIRECTION:  Sérgio Machado  •  José Araripe Jr.  •  Edyala Iglesias
CAST:  Ingra Lyberato  •  Harildo Déda  •  Lucélia Santos  •  Othon Bastos

Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (2017)

In a small city of Brazil, Flor (a very good looking woman) marries Vadinho, a very handsome and erotic man. Once married she finds he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking to her neighbours but he takes all her money to gamble. One day he dies. Flor ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Vasconcelos
CAST:  Juliana Paes  •  Marcelo Faria  •  Leandro Hassum  •  Nívea Maria

In a small city of Brazil, Flor (a very good looking woman) marries Vadinho, a very handsome and erotic man. Once married she finds he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking to her neighbours but he takes all her money to gamble. One day he dies. Flor ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Vasconcelos
CAST:  Juliana Paes  •  Marcelo Faria  •  Leandro Hassum  •  Nívea Maria

The Seamstress (2017)

In the thirties, two sisters separated by fate face prejudice and sexism, one by the high society in a big city and the other by a group of renegades in the countryside. Despite the distance, they know that they can only count on each other and both of them will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Breno Silveira
CAST:  Nanda Costa  •  Marjorie Estiano  •  Júlio Machado  •  Rômulo Estrela

In the thirties, two sisters separated by fate face prejudice and sexism, one by the high society in a big city and the other by a group of renegades in the countryside. Despite the distance, they know that they can only count on each other and both of them will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Breno Silveira
CAST:  Nanda Costa  •  Marjorie Estiano  •  Júlio Machado  •  Rômulo Estrela

Vai que Cola 2: O Começo (2019)

Long before they socialized almost every day at Dona Jô's pension, Jéssica, Ferdinando and Máicol didn't even know each other. But when Terezinha decides to organize a big feijoada at Morro do Cerol, they all meet for the first time, in the most unusual way possible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  César Rodrigues
CAST:  Samantha Schmütz  •  Marcus Majella  •  Emiliano D'Ávila  •  Cacau Protásio

Long before they socialized almost every day at Dona Jô's pension, Jéssica, Ferdinando and Máicol didn't even know each other. But when Terezinha decides to organize a big feijoada at Morro do Cerol, they all meet for the first time, in the most unusual way possible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  César Rodrigues
CAST:  Samantha Schmütz  •  Marcus Majella  •  Emiliano D'Ávila  •  Cacau Protásio

Mais Uma História no Rio (2008)

Rodolfo Guerra, a young man from the upper class of Rio de Janeiro, has his fancy imported car taken from him at gun point in front of his condo by two men. With the help of the alarm system installed in car and the police, he captures one of the suspects. He will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raul Guterres
CAST:  Daniel de Oliveira  •  Lu Grimaldi  •  Giselle Itié  •  Fábio Lago

Rodolfo Guerra, a young man from the upper class of Rio de Janeiro, has his fancy imported car taken from him at gun point in front of his condo by two men. With the help of the alarm system installed in car and the police, he captures one of the suspects. He will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raul Guterres
CAST:  Daniel de Oliveira  •  Lu Grimaldi  •  Giselle Itié  •  Fábio Lago