O Banquete (2018)
• September 13th, 2018 • 1h 44min
Drama, Thriller
Overview
An elegant dinner, which takes place in real time, brings together a group of intellectuals in the early 90s in São Paulo, Brazil: the hosts are the editor of the country's top news magazine and her husband, the company's lawyer, and the occasion is the wedding anniversary of the magazine publisher and his wife, a famous theater actress. The publisher has written an open letter to the president of the country, with serious denunciations, which will run in the upcoming issue. He risks being arrested this very evening. As tensions increase with the imminence of prison, secrets come to light revealing the conflict between the ethics sought in public life and the ethics practiced in private life.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
City of God
Released on: 2002-08-30
Drama, Crime
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths...
Barren Lives
Released on: 1963-08-22
Drama
In vivid images, the documentary-like story of a drover and his family in the northern badlands of B...
Turistas
Released on: 2006-12-01
Horror, Thriller
A group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remo...
The Man of the Year
Released on: 2003-08-01
Drama, Crime
Maiquél has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This seemingly innocuous event triggers a head-on c...
Lower City
Released on: 2005-05-16
Drama
Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride t...
Fluxo
Released on:
Drama, Romance, Music
Amid an identity crisis, Fábio, 22 years old, a young black man from Cidade Tiradentes, reconnects w...
Streets of Rio
Released on: 2008-01-30
Drama, Crime
Rio de Janeiro. Confronted with the violence that exists in the favela where he lives, Tiago sees th...
Cobra Verde
Released on: 1987-12-03
Adventure, Drama
A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the suga...
Night Was Our Friend
Released on: 1951-12-01
Romance, Drama
Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his wif...
The Emerald Forest
Released on: 1985-06-22
Action, Adventure, Drama
For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from ...
Dhoom 2
Released on: 2006-11-24
Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
Jai and Ali return, this time on the trail of an international thief who steals priceless artifacts ...
The Mission
Released on: 1986-09-24
Adventure, Drama, Action, History
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of conv...
Dark Amazon
Released on: 2014-01-01
Adventure, Horror, Thriller
A film crew tracks a group of researchers and their breakthrough disease research. While battling th...
Xondaros - Guarani Resistance
Released on: 2023-06-08
Documentary, Drama
The 6 Guarani villages of Jaraguá, in São Paulo, fight for land rights, for human rights and for the...
The Man Who Challenged the Devil
Released on: 2007-09-28
Comedy, Drama
After being forced into a marriage and enduring a humiliating work routine in the hands of his fathe...
The Way He Looks
Released on: 2014-04-10
Drama, Romance
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more indep...
Hebe
Released on: 2019-09-26
Drama, History
Hebe Camargo is one of the most emblematic entertainments in Brazil. At her 60s, she went on to cont...
Bring It Inside
Released on: 2016-06-16
Drama
Telmo is a retired theater director that realizes he doesn't remember the time he spent kept in jail...
Mars One
Released on: 2022-08-25
Drama
The Martins family are optimistic dreamers, quietly leading their lives in the margins of a major Br...
Central Station
Released on: 1998-11-20
Drama
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a you...