2004 | Color | 141 min Based on the life of Olga Benario, a German- Jewish activist and political prisoner who married the leader of Brazil?s communist revolution, Luiz Carlos Prestes. In pre-war Germany, Olga flees to Moscow. She then escorts Luiz Carlos Prestes back to Brazil in 1935, where he is to lead the revolution. Along the way they fall in love. Olga is arrested and sent to Nazi Germany where she is interned in a concentration camp Country: Brasil Direction: Monjardimrita Buzzar; Jayme Production: Buzzar; Rita, Wainer; Bruno, Beauchamp; Marc Photography: Della Ros; Ricardo Sound: Saldanha; Jorge Music: Vianna; Marcus Cast:Morgado; Camila, Ciocler; Caco, Montenegro; Fernanda, Melo; Luis, Giardini; Eliane, Martini; Jandira, Lima; Mariana, Jesion; Renata, Schunemann; Werner, Weber; Guilherme Participation year at FICM: 2007
2004 | Color | 141 min Based on the life of Olga Benario, a German- Jewish activist and political prisoner who married the leader of Brazil?s communist revolution, Luiz Carlos Prestes. In pre-war Germany, Olga flees to Moscow. She then escorts Luiz Carlos Prestes back to Brazil in 1935, where he is to lead the revolution. Along the way they fall in love. Olga is arrested and sent to Nazi Germany where she is interned in a concentration camp Country: Brasil Direction: Monjardimrita Buzzar; Jayme Production: Buzzar; Rita, Wainer; Bruno, Beauchamp; Marc Photography: Della Ros; Ricardo Sound: Saldanha; Jorge Music: Vianna; Marcus Cast:Morgado; Camila, Ciocler; Caco, Montenegro; Fernanda, Melo; Luis, Giardini; Eliane, Martini; Jandira, Lima; Mariana, Jesion; Renata, Schunemann; Werner, Weber; Guilherme Participation year at FICM: 2007
If I Were Fire Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More
Lives on the Border Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More
40 + Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More
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