Between faith and his secrets, João, a ‘respectable man,’ lives a double life. But the encounter with ‘UrsinhoMalvado’ changes everything.
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Luciano Torres
UrsinhoMalvado
Caio Capilé
João
No measure of hellfire preaching can quell the boisterous and bawdy passions of Maracatu, an Afro-Brazilian burlesque carnival tradition with roots in slavery that takes place in the northeast state of Pernambuco. As the Falstaffian character Tiao, Valmir do Coco leads a nonprofessional cast of authentic Maracatu practitioners in a tale told through dance, music, and the supernatural, set in the sugarcane fields outside Recife.
They met onstage at the Mr Leather Russia contest. One of them won the title, the other won the titleholder. 'A tale of two Doms', gay fetish and BDSM activists who tried to make a difference. But soon their world came crashing down.
Adi, a gay teenager, is spending the summer in his home village in the Danube Delta. One night he is brutally attacked on the street, the next day his world is turned upside-down. His parents no longer look at him as they did, and the seeming tranquility of the village starts to crack.
An eccentric former pop singer visits her estranged half-brother and turns his life upside down when she finds a muse in his girlfriend.
Natalie, a gifted New York photographer, has a troubled past reflected in her art. When she struggles to make ends meet in the city, her agent, arranges an assignment in Boston for a considerable sum of money. Unable to turn it down in her dire straits, Natalie takes the job -- only to find that her estranged gay brother, Roy, is the employer. Roy wants to mend their broken past, but must convince her to stay long enough to do so.
In the vibrant and contradictory world of the Barranquilla Carnival, Your Queen tells the story of Alondra, a trans woman who becomes a leading contender for the gay pageant, a space for expression, identity, and resistance. Amidst the celebration, music, and color, her life intersects with that of a man haunted by his past, sparking an unexpected relationship that will test his prejudices, fears, and desires for redemption. The film explores, through thriller and human drama, themes such as identity, freedom, and the search for recognition in a society still grappling with tensions surrounding diversity.
Unfolding over the course of one very eventful day in his life, at 17-year-old preacher’s kid Henry's afternoon birthday pool party, the guests include an assortment of grown-ups from the family church, as well as Henry’s secular and religious teen friends — including the closeted young Logan, who clearly has eyes for Henry.
When his father refuses to stop reaching out, a young man groomed online at twelve must decide whether to finally let someone see what was left behind.
The intimacy between Manuel and Fermín begins to crack when Fermín starts a new job and the pressure to fit in reawakens old fears. Outside, hateful rhetoric begins to echo again; inside, their love is confronted with uncertainty.
A psycho-sexual queer thriller which blends fantasy and reality against a backdrop of the deep, dark web; told through the eyes of a prospective serial killer.
After missing the last bus that would take them to the city, two friends decide to make the most of their final day while they wait for the September sun.
The Guy frequents The Hole's apartment for anonymous sex. The Guy wouldn't mind losing the curtain. The Hole would. Is he running away from a connection worth pursuing?
ESTA NOCHE follows Benni, a gay, homeless, 17-year-old Latin American runaway, and his much older boyfriend, RJ/25, on the day of Benni's first drag competition — which gets turned upside down when Benni suffers a brutal assault and is left wondering whether or not he can continue doing the show... and if so, why.
Openly gay and privately on the autism spectrum, 19-year-old Aidan tries to win over the heart of his bisexual best friend, Blake, despite his constant struggles with social interactions.
After a stranger arrives at their Christmas gathering, a family must grapple with the loss of their matriarch.
Inmate Rex is transferred to a new prison after allegations of abuse against the prison service. Waiting down in the solitary confinement unit is the governor's human weapon, Darrell, now in his daddy era—what will Rex do to survive?
Imagining himself as a star gathering emotions on the verge of exploding, Diego—a young man obsessed with the cosmos—finds himself trapped in silence and solitude following his first heartbreak. After his breakup with Sebastián, his former best friend, Diego must navigate the weight of his identity, hiding his sexual orientation and his true self from his family in the Colombian countryside.
Nina is an elderly woman who lives alone and feels distressed by the increasing violence in her neighborhood. Amidst conflicts with her neighbors, she decides to film the movement of drug traffickers from her window, hoping to assist the police. After months of recording suspicious activities, her initiative attracts the attention of a journalist, who approaches Nina and offers to support her in her mission.
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Elias is a handsome young deputy manager in a garment factory in São Paulo. When he’s not working, he enjoys casual encounters in the big city. The arrival of a young African, Fernando, on the production line piques his interest and Elias finds himself increasingly drawn into socialising with his work colleagues.
A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.
The lives of a macho butcher, his wife, a lonely waitress, a sadist and a flophouse manager intersect in Recife, Brazil.
Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
In a small village, a lonely fisherman yearning for a son is drawn to an ethereal light that links him to others and their long-buried secrets.
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.
The film tells the story of the energetic and pulsating singer Elis Regina since her arrival in Rio de Janeiro at age 19 until her tragic and early death. Despite all the difficulties, success comes fulminant and the life of Elis Regina gained national and international recognition, becoming undoubtedly considered today the greatest Brazilian singer of all time.
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-old girl intent on reuniting with her sister in the United States.
A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.
Ulrich Mott is an eccentric and versatile social climber with grandiose plans to affect United States foreign policy. Encouraged in his attempts by his strategically chosen (and much older) wife, the well-connected journalist Elsa Brecht, Mott has a knack for making himself indispensable and impossible to ignore. The only one seemingly immune to his charms is Elsa's daughter Amanda, who might simply disapprove of her mother marrying a much younger man - or perhaps she senses something more sinister beneath the smooth-talking surface?
High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned private investigator – Marley’s search for what really happened leads her down a treacherous maze of deception and betrayal.
A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.
Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.
After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.
In this retelling of a real case, a former escort discovers her wealthy husband's infidelity and struggles to cope as betrayal poisons their marriage.
