Admiring Movies

The life of legendary Brazilian musician Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho, better known as Pixinguinha.

Based on the classic Brazilian television series that conquered audiences during Sunday night prime time on TV Globo, with improv that happens like...

Brothers struggle to find a way to express caring in a world where platonic love between men is often overshadowed by hypermasculinity.

The passing of the years is merciless for everyone. In the film, seven seemingly ordinary characters lead their lives seeking, each one, what they...

A transformative experience, this emotional documentary addresses some of the most pressing issues of the 21st century, reflecting on happiness,...

Three friends embark on a psychedelic and illegal adventure with the goal of picking up some girl friends from a concert. Along the way,...

Mustafa and his wife Salwa come from two Palestinian villages that are only 200 meters apart, but separated by the wall. Their unusual living...

After a toxic and mysterious pink cloud suddenly appears around the globe, people are forced to shelter in place. A woman finds herself stuck in an...

A young security guard enters a forbidden cave after hearing a cry for help, only to discover that something monstrous lurks within its darkness.

Film about the Bahian singer dives into the moment when shy Gracinha becomes Gal Costa, during the violent, innovative and mind-blowing years that...

During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house...

Experience Roque's routine years after the first movie. Joana's tenement is still full of parties, gossip and confusion. The neighborhood prepares...

Lesbian-themed tale of a schoolgirl who entices her gullible (not to mention slightly warped) female teacher by positing that they are predestined to...

When Claire, a sophisticated wine expert, travels to Costa Rica, her carefully ordered world collides with Alex, a passionate coffee producer deeply...

When her only daughter goes off to university, an empty nest mother gets stuck taking care of her daughter's heart-broken ex-boyfriend, who she can't...

Gauthier, a young journalist, learns from his mother that he is the illegitimate son of Guy Jamet, a popular French singer whose heyday stretched...

A man named Robert goes to a powwow festival and enjoys it; meanwhile, his wife Alyssa tries to be a ballroom dancer.

A paralyzed mother recovers from a stroke during childbirth with care from her husband.

A thirty-something aspiring children's author, labeled "meskina" (pity case) by her Moroccan-Dutch community for still being career-less and single,...