Director: Roberto Moreira

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Biography: Roberto Moreira is a brazilian filmmaker and screenwriter. He's also a professor at the School of Communication and Arts (ECA) of University of São Paulo. Moreira was awarded in the 1997 Brasilia Film Festival for the A Starry Sky screenplay, which he co-wrote with Jean-Claude Bernardet. His first feature film, Up Against Them All, has won multiple awards, including Best Picture and Best Actress (Sílvia Lourenço) at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival; Best Director, Best Actor (Giulio Lopes), Best Production Design and the Critic Prize at the Recife Cinema Festival; and the Silver Firebird at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

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Insensate

A woman tries to help her twin sister, with whom she has a strong connection, recover from a trauma. But weird things surround their lives.
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Antônia

Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap group but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism, and violence. One by one, they succumb to their grim realities...until they discover that out of struggle comes strength, and out of strength, the courage to continue on.
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A Starry Sky

A woman ready to move away from Brazil is kidnapped by her jealous ex-lover.
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A Starry Sky

1996

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Paulista

Three metropolitan stories entwine in São Paulo. Would-be actress Marina arrives in the city looking for independence, falls madly in love with Justine, a bisexual rock singer, and is swept up into her wild, edgy lifestyle. Marina shares a flat on Avenida Paulista with Suzana, a mysterious lawyer who begins a relationship with a male colleague who is unaware that she's transsexual. Jay lives a few floors above them. He is a frustrated writer trying to give a meaning to his life by idealizing a stunningly beautiful prostitute, whom he transforms into a sort of muse. Following the frenetic pace of the city, the three "Paulista" characters will experience the euphoria of passion and its downside.
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