Movies: Léa Garcia

  • 1959
    Black Orpheus

    Black Orpheus (1959)

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    Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of ...

    Black Orpheus
  • 1984
    Quilombo

    Quilombo (1984)

    Quilombo

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    Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony bec...

    Quilombo
  • 1999
    Orfeu

    Orfeu (1999)

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    Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood. But the local drug boss Lucinho stands between them and will drastically change both their lives....

    Orfeu
  • 2019
    M8 - When Death Rescues Life

    M8 - When Death Rescues Life (2019)

    M8 - When Death Rescues Life

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    When Maurício becomes a student at a top medical school, he becomes obsessed with a mystery linked to the dead bodies used for dissection....

    M8 - When Death Rescues Life
  • 1997
    Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

    Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997)

    Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

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    "Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."...

    Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
  • 1978
    A Noiva da Cidade

    A Noiva da Cidade (1978)

    A Noiva da Cidade

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    When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influence in order to get ambiguous deeds done....

    A Noiva da Cidade
  • 2022
    A Cut Above

    A Cut Above (2022)

    A Cut Above

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    With his mom's salon on the brink of bankruptcy, a dedicated son rolls up his sleeves to help and discovers himself as the coolest barber on the block....

    A Cut Above
  • 2013
    Trinta

    Trinta (2013)

    Trinta

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    Biopic about the late Joãozinho Trinta, a self-taught classical dancer who turned Rio's Carnival into an international phenomenon in the 1970s and '80s by directing parades for samba schools and putting focus on costumes and decor....

    Trinta
  • 2016
    Pitanga

    Pitanga (2016)

    Pitanga

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    This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues ...

    Pitanga
  • 2005
    Vinicius de Moraes

    Vinicius de Moraes (2005)

    Vinicius de Moraes

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    To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cultural history - director Miguel Faria Jr. gathere...

    Vinicius de Moraes
  • 2020
    A Day with Jerusa

    A Day with Jerusa (2020)

    A Day with Jerusa

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    "A Day with Jerusa" follows Silvia, a young, mediumic market researcher facing the hardships of underemployment while awaiting the result of a public exam, and Jerusa, a gracious 77-year-old lady, eyewitness to the daily life on Bixiga, a neighborhoo...

    A Day with Jerusa
  • 2019
    Pressed, Ripped Apart

    Pressed, Ripped Apart (2019)

    Pressed, Ripped Apart

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    What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes use of archival sources to retrieve the trajectory of black actresses and actors who, between absences and delimite...

    Pressed, Ripped Apart
  • 2022
    Pacified

    Pacified (2022)

    Pacified

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    Tati, an introspective 13 year old girl struggles to connect with her estranged father, Jaca, after he is released from prison in the turbulent wake of the Rio Olympics. As Brazilian Pacification Police battle to maintain a tenuous occupation of the ...

    Pacified
  • 2019
    Neighbors

    Neighbors (2019)

    Neighbors

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    The 43rd edition screens Neighbors, with five segments about the theme “neighbors”: not only about physical proximity, but also about relationships. In Brazil, Olga is a 90-year-old black woman who lost her husband one year ago; her neighbors, who co...

    Neighbors
  • 2019
    Golden Mouth

    Golden Mouth (2019)

    Golden Mouth

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    After his death, infamous Rio de Janeiro mob boss Golden Mouth (named after his all-golden teeth) gets multiple accounts of his life told to the press by his former lover....

    Golden Mouth
  • 2022
    O Pai da Rita

    O Pai da Rita (2022)

    O Pai da Rita

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    Roque and Pudim, composers from the old school of Vai-Vai, share a kitchnete, decades of friendship, love for their samba school and a doubt about the past: what happened to dancer Rita, their passion. The emergence of Ritinha, the dancer's daughter...

    O Pai da Rita
  • 2003
    Viva Sapato!

    Viva Sapato! (2003)

    Viva Sapato!

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    A light-hearted and high-spirited story, full of spice, sensuality and romance, Viva Zapato tells the tale of Dolores, a beautiful Cuban dancer who decides to leave her failing marriage and open a restaurant by the beach with her aunt from Brazil. Wh...

    Viva Sapato!
  • 2000
    Denying Brazil

    Denying Brazil (2000)

    Denying Brazil

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    A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calli...

    Denying Brazil
  • 2011
    Abdias Nascimento

    Abdias Nascimento (2011)

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    Abdias Nascimento
  • 2006
    The Greatest Love of All

    The Greatest Love of All (2006)

    The Greatest Love of All

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    Antônio is an astrophysicist who has just found out he has an inoperable brain tumor. After decades living in the United States, he returns to Brazil and tries to learn more about his biological mother. His quest sends him off into the slums of Rio d...

    The Greatest Love of All