Movies: Ramon Francisco

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious dru...

Dé, Adrianim and Martins are three black teenagers from Chatuba, Rio de Janeiro. When Dé receives the news that Almerinda, his grandmother, is in the terminal phase of Alzheimer's disease, he decides to enjoy the last days of her life together with h...

Vidigal Hill, 1977. A runaway group of bandits engage in a complex love triangle in the brink of the news that the corrupt Rio de Janeiro mayor decided to make everyone move out of Vidigal, aided by police forces....

ER Ejercito (AKA George Estregan Jr.) returns to prison once again and this time playing the psychotic leader of Sputnik Gang. Pitted against him is Chuck Perez who plays the role of Bahala Na Gang boss. Neither of the two is willing to back down and...

A 21 year old American exchange student is about to finish up her year abroad in Brazil. While out for a night on the town with her boyfriend Gabriel, they are both kidnapped. Gabriel is repeatedly beaten while Mary is raped by her captors during a s...

Nestor Solis is released from prison and comes back to his territory only to find that it is taken over by another gang...

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