Ariel is a painter who finds herself stuck in a creative slump that threatens her sanity. Meanwhile, her ego takes the shape of an Astronaut, looking for something that might awaken her from this creative and psychological state
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Priscila Esteves
Ariel
João Gilberto Lara
Astronaut
Frederic Mozart
The Shadow
An intimate study of two women friends who come to each other because of troubles with everyday life and with men and thus try to enjoy a life based on their ideas.
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A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
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Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
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A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.