What are you Laughing At? Humour and Dictatorship

What are you Laughing At? Humour and Dictatorship 2018

1

Even with all the brutality in the Brazilian dictatorial period, many artists presented themselves as a resistance, using their talent and creativity as a way to trick the censorship.

2018

Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites

Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites 2018

1

A portrays of the period in which Brazilian humor had fewer limits (1986-2003), free from military dictatorship.

2018

High Expectations

High Expectations 2017

5.60

Décio is a winning horse trainer who works at the Rio de Janeiro’s Jockey Club, where Lena runs an indebted coffee shop that she inherited. Worried about her financial situation and having to take care of her younger brother who is in a wheelchair, Lena never smiles. In love, Décio must overcome his shyness to get close to her, especially with him being only 1.20m tall. He will do anything to get Lena's attention, including becoming a comedian, just so he can see Lena smile.

2017

New World

New World 2024

1

Conceição and Presto, an interracial couple, ask Presto's brother for his signature as a guarantor of the financial request supposed to assure them an apartment in Leblon, the whitest neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The process proves to be much harder than they had imagined.

2024

Dreaming of Braddock

Dreaming of Braddock 2019

7.50

The failed actor Rui inherits a millionaire apartment from his father and decides to put the sale on to realize his dream. Rui wants to star in a remake of a famous film by Chuck Norris fighting in Vietnam. At the same time he must try to sell the apartment, negotiate the rights to produce the film and still deal with his love life.

2019