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Almost Brothers (Brazil)
This searing look at the class struggle of Brazil over a period of four decades is told through the closely linked yet fatally divided lives of Miguel, a middle-class white rebel, and Jorge, his black childhood friend. |
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Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (Brazil)
Johann, a young German opposed to Hitler’s war, travels the roads of Brazil where he meets Ranulpho, a sharp-tongued hitchhiker. But as Brazil enters the war against Germany and Johann is ordered home, each man must decide his own fate. |
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Lili's Apron (Argentina)
After Ramón loses his job, his wife Lili suffers a nervous breakdown; they will lose their house unless something drastic is done. Desperate, Ramón accepts a job in Lili’s name - and clothes – to serve as a maid to a rich family. |
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Mango Yellow (Brazil)
On the mean streets of the coastal town of Recife, an array of characters including a jaded waitress, a gay cook, a philandering butcher and his evangelical wife emerge as "full dimensional people in touch with their explosive feelings" (New York Times).
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Margarette's Feast (Brazil)
A modern silent masterpiece using the style and techniques of Brazil’s cinematic past, Margarette’s Feast tells an allegory of Brazil’s social struggles without words while making dazzling use of exhilarating Brazilian music.
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Nada+ (Cuba)
Carla, a postal worker in Havana, fulfills her romantic longings by opening letters and rewriting them into passionate prose before sending them out again. Cuba’s 2003 Oscar entry combines visual humor, poetry, satire and a lighthearted love story. |
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The Sacred Family (Chile)
In this comedy drama from Chile, Marco brings his beautiful new girlfriend to meet his parents at their beach house, but her manipulative ways soon expose latent frictions, sexual tensions, and the unspoken rules that tie the family together. |
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Today and Tomorrow (Argentina)
Paula, an aspiring actress in Buenos Aires, is trapped in a cycle of unpaid bills and debts. Reluctantly, she calls a friend who mentors her in a new way to make money - streetwalking. |
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Whisky (Uruguay)
When Jacobo, a lonely factory owner in Uruguay, hears about the impending visit of his irritatingly cheerful brother who he hasn't seen in years, he enlists his faithful assistant Marta to pretend to be his wife. |
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