Ricardo Alves Jr.
Ricardo Alves Jr is from Belo Horizonte. Graduated in Cinematography at the Universidad del Cine (Buenos Aires) and director of many award winning films.
Convite para jantar com camarada Stalin (2008)
Olga and Marilu are waiting for a guest to have dinner. (more)
Olga and Marilu are waiting for a guest to have dinner. (more)
Tremor (2013)
One day in a man's life. He is looking for his wife, he is looking for some answers, he is looking for a life. (more)
One day in a man's life. He is looking for his wife, he is looking for some answers, he is looking for a life. (more)
Elon Doesn't Believe in Death
(2017)
As he does every single day, Elon goes to meet his wife at her workplace, but she is not there. He doesn’t find her at home as well, so he starts to retrace the path Madalena makes daily. In the morning after, Elon goes to the police station and files a report, ... (more)
As he does every single day, Elon goes to meet his wife at her workplace, but she is not there. He doesn’t find her at home as well, so he starts to retrace the path Madalena makes daily. In the morning after, Elon goes to the police station and files a report, ... (more)
Russa
(2018)
Russa returns to Bairro do Aleixo, in Oporto, visiting her sister and friends with whom she celebrates her son's birthday. In this short encounter, Russa returns to her neighbourhood's collective memory, where three of the five towers still exist. (more)
Russa returns to Bairro do Aleixo, in Oporto, visiting her sister and friends with whom she celebrates her son's birthday. In this short encounter, Russa returns to her neighbourhood's collective memory, where three of the five towers still exist. (more)
Dazed Flesh
(2019)
After having invaded liquid, gaseous and solid substances, a strange voice takes possession of a woman's body and for the first time experiences the taste of something truly human. Together, the voice and the body seek for belonging and an identity of their own as ... (more)
After having invaded liquid, gaseous and solid substances, a strange voice takes possession of a woman's body and for the first time experiences the taste of something truly human. Together, the voice and the body seek for belonging and an identity of their own as ... (more)
Material Bruto (2006)
Nausea Woman walks in the hallways. From the inside Hair Man, Man Cigarette and Man Music wait for the moment of escape, an instant to leave itself. "Material Bruto" was filmed with users of the public mental health network in the city of Belo Horizonte. (more)
Nausea Woman walks in the hallways. From the inside Hair Man, Man Cigarette and Man Music wait for the moment of escape, an instant to leave itself. "Material Bruto" was filmed with users of the public mental health network in the city of Belo Horizonte. (more)
Vitória (2020)
Vitória decides to stop taking the abuse at the factory and goes in search of someone who will listen to female workers. Made with employees from a textile company in rural Minas Gerais. An urgent story, now that Brazil's extreme right-wing government is destroying ... (more)
Vitória decides to stop taking the abuse at the factory and goes in search of someone who will listen to female workers. Made with employees from a textile company in rural Minas Gerais. An urgent story, now that Brazil's extreme right-wing government is destroying ... (more)
O Natal de Rita (2017)
Rita was fired from work and has no courage to tell her family. Your chance to have a nice Christmas dinner for the family is to win the prize for a music cover contest. For that, she needs to remember her youth, when she imitated Rita Lee, and revive her band with ... (more)
Rita was fired from work and has no courage to tell her family. Your chance to have a nice Christmas dinner for the family is to win the prize for a music cover contest. For that, she needs to remember her youth, when she imitated Rita Lee, and revive her band with ... (more)
Coisas Úteis e Agradáveis (2020)
An Indian reveals his discoveries about Western religion and power. Freely inspired by Voltaire's short story “The Letters of Amabed”. (more)
An Indian reveals his discoveries about Western religion and power. Freely inspired by Voltaire's short story “The Letters of Amabed”. (more)
Who Is Afraid? (2022)
The rise of the extreme right in Brazil from the perspective of artists whose works were censored. (more)
The rise of the extreme right in Brazil from the perspective of artists whose works were censored. (more)
Zephyrs (2022)
On a remote beach on the Brazilian coast, grandmother and granddaughter meet the extraordinary that inhabits the high seas. (more)
On a remote beach on the Brazilian coast, grandmother and granddaughter meet the extraordinary that inhabits the high seas. (more)
Amusement Park
(2024)
Anonymous figures pass through the gates of a park at night, seeking adventure in its dark alleys. An amusement park is ruled by the laws of desire. (more)
Anonymous figures pass through the gates of a park at night, seeking adventure in its dark alleys. An amusement park is ruled by the laws of desire. (more)