Before Cinema Novo revolutionized the Brazilian cinematic scenery, a young craftsman and Bahian filmmaker had already paved the way for the beginning of the journey for some of the biggest and most popular films of Brazilian history. The documentary tells fragments of the story of director Roberto Pires, through snippets of his life and a journey through his body of work, interspersing archival footage, scenes of his films and an interview with his son, also a filmmaker, Petrus Pires, followed by a poetic narration and an original soundtrack inspired by his film Abrigo Nuclear.

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Born in 1932, Keiko Kishi has been one of the first Japanese actresses known worldwide. Her decision...

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A bare-knuckled critique of corporate America told through the powerful true story of a toxic CEO wh...

In 1970, Christian Ghazi and Noureddine Chatti met with a number of Arab political figures, especial...

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A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

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On August 15th, 2006, filmmaker Ryan Dacko set out to get a 30-minute meeting with a major Hollywood...

A comprehensive and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the restoration process of restoring 3-str...
Pearl Gluck travels to Hungary to retrieve a turn-of-the-century family heirloom: a couch upon which...

The raft man Manuel Jacaré was swallowed by the sea when Orson Welles was filming It's All True in 1...

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Documentary from French TV channel Canal+ about Marion Cotillard's road to the Oscar for her perform...