Dira Paes Movies
- 2008
The concept of fabricating faith and attempting to find solace in the face of the ultimate mystery are the central themes of this film concerning a man exalted to sainthood after performing a miracle on his deceased mother, who had recently committed suicide. Santinho lives in a riverine community located in the northern Amazonas state. Upon being faced with a son's worst nightmare, he does something that takes his entire sect by complete surprise, and causes them to single him out as a glorified soul. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jackson Antunes, Juliano Cazarré, (more)
- 2006
Violence and hatred against women run free in a rural village in Brazil in this intense drama from writer and director Claudio Assis. Auxilidora (Mariah Teixeira) is a teenager who lives with her grandfather Heitor (Fernando Teixeira in a small town dominated by a sugar plantation. Auxilidora is little more than an indentured servant to Heitor, and after working all day in his home he forces her to expose herself to strange men, who have paid for the privilege of watching her as they masturbate. While Auxilidora sees a glimmer of affection and hope in her budding relationship with a friendly ditch-digger, she's also attracted the attention of Everado (Matheus Nachtergaele), a psychotic thug who is seemingly unable to relate to women without the threat of rape or physical assault. Baixio das Bestas (aka Bog of Beasts) won Best Picture honors at the 2006 Brasilia Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Maria Teixeira, Fernando Teixeira, (more)
- 2005
Brazilian director Jorge Furtado (The Man Who Copied) helms the Portuguese-language juvenile murder mystery My Uncle Killed a Guy (AKA Meu Tio Matou Um Cara). The picture follows a fifteen-year-old boy named Duca (Darlan Cunha) who overhears his uncle Eder (Lazaro Ramos) confessing to his family the murder of his lover Fatima's (Deborah Secco) spouse. The intuitive Duca, however, promptly deduces that Eder is fronting for someone else, and sets about solving the mystery with the help of a cute young girl named Isa (Sophia Reis). ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Darlan Cunha, Lazaro Ramos, (more)
The destinies of the downtrodden citizens of a Brazilian shantytown converge in director Claudio Assis' stark tale of life on the fringe of society. Though Recife is a major Brazilian city with over 1.5 million inhabitants, the lives of the well-to-do exist as little more than an unreachable horizon to those who face the bleak day-to-day reality of existence on the street. Though butcher Wellington (Chico Diaz) admires his wife Kika's (Dira Paes) devotion to her religion, his motivation for supporting her spirituality lies more in the fact that he knows she will remain faithful (which he has not) than in any true concern for her soul. Delivering meat to a Texas hotel which serves as refuge to a collection of lost souls not unlike the butcher himself, the characters come together as Wellington offers his neighbors a series of portraits. As life stretches into a never-ending cycle of wasted days and lonely nights, the citizens of Recife do their best to search for meaning in the face of crushing poverty. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Matheus Nachtergaele, Jonas Bloch, (more)
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