A Febre do Rato (2011)

Actors: Maria Gladys (actress), Matheus Nachtergaele (actor), Ângela Leal (actress), Karen Harley (editor), Hilton Lacerda (writer), Juliano Cazarré (actor), Cláudio Assis (director), Cláudio Assis (producer), Irandhir Santos (actor), Nanda Costa (actress), Jorge Du Peixe (composer), Mariana Nunes (actress), Conceição Camaroti (actress), Johnny Hooker (actor), Júlia Moraes (producer),

Genres: Drama,

Tropa de Elite (2007)

Actors: John Kaylin (writer), Alex Sander (actor), Andrea F. Cannistraci (miscellaneous crew), Milhem Cortaz (actor), Wagner Moura (actor), Daniel Rezende (editor), Maria Fatima Toledo (miscellaneous crew), Tracey Grimes (miscellaneous crew), Caio Junqueira (actor), José Padilha (writer), Augusto Madeira (actor), José Padilha (producer), José Padilha (director), Thelmo Fernandes (actor), Maria Ribeiro (actress),

Plot: In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operation Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged. Captain Nascimento is trying to find a man to replace him because his wife is pregnant and he intends to quit the command and become a trainer of the new recruits. Meanwhile, the two idealistic friends Neto and Matias join the Military Police force expecting to become honest policemen and fight the criminals. However, they see only corruption, lack of competence and stupid bureaucracy in the Military Police, and after a serious incident in the Morro da Babilônia, they decide to join the BOPE. The lives of Capitain Nascimento, Neto and Matias are entwined along the next months, first in the tough training period and then in action against drug dealers. Nascimento believes that Neto could be his substitute, but his impulsive attitudes jeopardizes his choice. Later, the intelligent Matias seems to be the correct choice, but he needs to prove that he has heart.

Keywords: 1990s, beret, brazil, brazilian-music, drug-traffic, elite-team, execution-by-fire, face-slap, favela, firearm
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: On the streets of Rio only the elite survive.

Quotes:

Capitão Nascimento: [shouting, rubbing the student's face in the blood-soaked body of a dead drug dealer] Put your face here. Put your face here. You see this, you see this hole right here? Who killed this guy here? WHO KILLED THIS GUY HERE?::Student: [stuttering in fear] I didn't see it...::Capitão Nascimento: You didn't see OF COURSE YOU SAW IT. SAY IT! SAY IT! [he starts slapping the student in the face] SAY IT! Who killed this guy here? WHO DID IT?::Student: [crying] I-it was one of you...::Capitão Nascimento: [shouting] THE FUCK "One of you"! THE FUCK "One of you"! [slaps the student again] YOU killed this guy here. [slaps him again] You faggot. It's you who help fund this shit [slaps him again] . You fucking pothead! You shit! All of this shit happens because of you.::Capitão Nascimento: [releasing and kicking the student] We come up here to clean this mess you make, you faggot!

Capitão Nascimento: 23, you're not wearing your strap?::Trainee officer: N-no sir...::Capitão Nascimento: We're this far into training and you forget to put your strap on. You mean your partner falls wounded, what you gonna do, throw your rifle on the ground?::Trainee officer: No sir...::Capitão Nascimento: [shouting] Gonna shove it up your ass?::Trainee officer: No sir...::Capitão Nascimento: So put the fucking strap!

Police oficer: [a popular saying about BOPE] "Dagger to the skull and nothing to the wallet."

Capitão Nascimento: Mr. 02, you'll never make it through this course, you know why? It's not because you are fucking weak and have no fiber. It's because you're a crooked cop, Mr. 02, and to wear this badge [taps the skull badge] you gotta have character. You don't belong here, Mr. 02, you belong with the hookers and the pimps, Mr. 02. You belong with the abortion clinics. Crooked cops don't join BOPE, Mr. 02.

Baiano: [Baiano is surrounded by the BOPE soldiers, having a handgun pointed to his face]... N-not in the face, boss.::Capitão Nascimento: Say what?::Baiano: Don't shoot my f-face, you'll ruin my funeral...::Capitão Nascimento: [Capitão Nascimento puts the handgun away] Soldier 07, hand me the 12-gauge.::Baiano: Please no, boss...::Capitão Nascimento: [Handing the 12-gauge shotgun to soldier Mathias] Do him, he's yours.

Coronel Otávio: Trainee, you're gonna do this report again. Look at this: "Body was found at the beach". Deaths at the beach, my son, are tallied as "drownings".::André Matias: But Commandant, the body had a bullet perforation.::Coronel Otávio: [shouting] And are you a coroner now?

14: [looking through his sniper rifle] 01, I think I can kill two rabbits with one strike here...::Capitão Nascimento: That's 100%, 14?::14: "Skull" my captain.::Capitão Nascimento: Pedal to the metal.::14: [shoots]

Capitão Nascimento: [to Neto] Take off this black uniform because you don't deserve it! Take it off! [slaps him] You're not a "skull", you're a kid!

Capitão Nascimento: [at time of the lunch at the BOPE's Boot camp] Sheriff, how many minutes does your team need to eat?::Neto: Sir, maybe 10 minutes, Sir. [the senior instructors laugh]::Capitão Nascimento: 10 Minutes, Sheriff? SHERIFF, YOU ARE A BUFFOON, SHERIFF! Your team will eat in 10 seconds, Sheriff... [the senior instructors bring a cauldron full of slop, then, they drop the food on the ground]... And in 10 seconds I want this ground CLEAN, Sheriff.

Trainee officer: [during an information training session] Hey, Coordinator!::Capitão Nascimento: Yes, my sir?::Trainee officer: Soldier 05 is sleeping.::Capitão Nascimento: Hey Soldier 05! [hands 05 a grenade, 05 takes the grendade]::André Matias: Yes, sir?::Capitão Nascimento: Please take this. [removes the pin] Hey 05, if you drop this granade you will make the whole place explode. You will blow up ALL of your colleagues, you will blow up all of my auxiliaries, and YOU will make myself explode. Will the sir fall asleep again?::André Matias: No sir!::Capitão Nascimento: [after 05 stares down the grenade] We are all trusting you, sir.

Ed Mort (1997)

Actors: Paulo Betti (actor), Otávio Augusto (actor), José Mojica Marins (actor), Gilberto Gil (actor), Chico Buarque de Hollanda (actor), Ary Fontoura (actor), Irene Ravache (actress), Idê Lacreta (editor), Alain Fresnot (director), Alain Fresnot (writer), Alain Fresnot (editor), Alain Fresnot (producer), Iara Jamra (actress), Arrigo Barnabé (composer), Maria Ionescu (producer),

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: Quem é o Silva? Você nunca mais vai olhar uma salsicha com os mesmos olhos.

A Idade da Loba (1995)

Actors: Betty Faria (actress), Renata Fronzi (actress), Antonio Abujamra (actor), Adriano Reys (actor), Marco Ricca (actor), Imara Reis (actress), Luiz Armando Queiroz (director), Luiz Armando Queiroz (actor), Juca de Oliveira (actor), Helena Laureano (actress), Taumaturgo Ferreira (actor), Beth Goulart (actress), Jayme Monjardim (director), Felipe Camargo (actor), Eduardo Conde (actor),

Genres: ,

De Corpo e Alma (1992)

Actors: Betty Faria (actress), Tarcísio Meira (actor), Ruth de Souza (actress), Ewerton de Castro (actor), Fábio Sabag (director), Roberto Talma (director), Mário Lago (actor), Paulo Figueiredo (actor), Stênio Garcia (actor), Milton Gonçalves (actor), Tonico Pereira (actor), Hugo Carvana (actor), Nathália Timberg (actress), Carlos Vereza (actor), Sandro Solviatti (actor),

Genres: ,

Top Model (1989)

Actors: Cecil Thiré (actor), Roberto Talma (director), Nuno Leal Maia (actor), Ana Maria Magalhães (actress), Walter Negrão (writer), Marília Pêra (actress), Maria Gladys (actress), Jonas Bloch (actor), Susana Vieira (actress), Antônio Calmon (writer), Rita Lee (actress), Maria Zilda Bethlem (actress), Felipe Carone (actor), Regina Duarte (actress), Malu Mader (actress),

Genres: ,

A Dama do Cine Shanghai (1987)

Actors: Jorge Dória (actor), Antônio Fagundes (actor), José Lewgoy (actor), Sérgio Mamberti (actor), Liana Duval (actress), Paulo Villaça (actor), Jair Garcia Duarte (editor), John Doo (actor), Sérgio de Oliveira (actor), Imara Reis (actress), Maitê Proença (actress), Imara Reis (actress), Imara Reis (actress), Imara Reis (actress), José Mayer (actor),

Plot: Real estate broker and former boxer enters an old cinema in the decadent downtown São Paulo and meets an intriguing and mysterious woman, very much alike the leading lady of the film. He gets involved with her and her problems and in no time is being accused of a crime.

Keywords: actress, bar, big-city, brazilian-noir, cigarette-smoking, false-accusation, femme-fatale, film-within-a-film, jazz-music, movie-theatre
Genres: Crime, Mystery,

Bandidos da Falange (1983)

Actors: Antonio Pitanga (actor), Rui Resende (actor), Maria Gladys (actress), Gracindo Júnior (actor), Betty Faria (actress), Marieta Severo (actress), José Wilker (actor), Roberto Bonfim (actor), Nuno Leal Maia (actor), José Dumont (actor), Jonas Bloch (actor), Francisco Milani (actor), Stênio Garcia (actor), Léa Garcia (actress), Aguinaldo Silva (writer),

Plot: When the criminal Paulo Alberto is executed in the Baixada Fluminense, his lover Marluce keeps an old clock he stole in his last heist with a treasure hidden in its interior. The dirty detective Tito Lívio tries to retrieve the object and the honest Gilberto protects Marluce. Meanwhile, an innocent and simple man, Valdir, is wrongly accused of a heist and sent to prison. Together with Paulo Alberto's cousin, Jorge Fernando, who had had contact with a political prisoner, they found the criminal organization "Falange Vermelha", using the principles of union, confidence and brotherhood.

Keywords: tv-mini-series
Genres: ,

Quando as Mulheres Querem Provas (1975)

Actors: Fernando José (actor), Carlo Mossy (costume designer), Carlo Mossy (producer), Rodolfo Arena (actor), Henriqueta Brieba (actress), Carlo Mossy (actor), Rossana Ghessa (actress), Cláudio MacDowell (director), Hugo Bidet (actor), Nazareth Ohana (editor), Iara Stein (actress), Pedro de Lara (actor), Shulamith Yaari (actress), Heloísa Raso (actress), Bernardo Goldzzal (producer),

Plot: The womanizer Bira travels from Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha to spend vacation in the Hostess Hotel that belongs to the family of his friend Sérgio. In the hotel, Bira befriends the Italian Stefano, who is facing a problem with the relationship with his wife Marta, and Bira advises him to keep distance from Marta for a couple of days. When Bira sees the guest Verônica in the hotel lobby, Sérgio explains to him that the sophisticated woman is the faithful wife of Dr.Sampaio and he would have no chance to flirt with her. However, Bira invites Stefano to go with him to Vitória in his car since he intends to meet Verônica that is shopping with her driver Jorge. When Verônica asks Jorge to blow a speck of dust in her eye, Bira believes they are kissing each other and he tells Stefano. However, the maid Penha sees the two men in the car from such angle that she believes they are kissing each other. Penha spreads the rumor in the hotel and Verônica and other local women decide to have sex with Bira to "heal" him.

Genres: Comedy,

Pantanal de Sangue (1971)

Actors: Francisco Di Franco (actor), Remo Usai (composer), Mauro Alice (editor), Milton Ribeiro (actor), Rosalvo Caçador (actor), Rosalvo Caçador (miscellaneous crew), Jorge Karan (actor), Elza De Castro (actress), Ubirajara Gama (actor), Reynaldo Paes de Barros (director), Reynaldo Paes de Barros (writer), Reynaldo Paes de Barros (producer), Salvador Amaral (actor), Yara Nesti (miscellaneous crew), Dina Flores (actress),

Genres: Drama,