No one thought Donna would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class international flight attendant, Donna throws caution to the wind and takes off in pursuit of her dream. The ride is anything but smooth, however, and Donna's laugh-packed journey of a lifetime is rocked by more turbulence than she bargained for.

Gabriela

1983

Portuguese

6.2

♡ 12

33%

based on novel or book

Bruno Barreto Director

Nuno Leal Maia as Eng. Rômulo

Marcus Vinícius as Fagundes

Sonia Braga as Gabriela

Marcello Mastroianni as Nacib

In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

1976

Portuguese

6.9

♡ 6

78%

Bruno Barreto Director

Mercedes Ruehl as American girl in casino

Nelson Dantas as Clodoaldo the Poet

Sonia Braga as Dona Flor

José Wilker as Valdomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães

After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues when Vadinho's spirit returns into her life.

Reaching for the Moon

2013

Portuguese

7.0

♡ 2

67%

Bruno Barreto Director

Miranda Otto as Elizabeth Bishop

Lola Kirke as Margaret Bennett

Tracy Middendorf as Mary

Treat Williams as Robert Lowell

In 1951, New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by Brazilian sensuality. She is the antithesis to Mary’s dashing partner, architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Mary is jealous, but unconventional Lota is determined to have both women at all costs. This eternal triangle plays out against the backdrop of the military coup of 1964. Bishop’s moving poems are at the core of a film which lushly illustrates a crucial phase in the life of this influential Pulitzer prize-winning poet.

Bossa Nova

2000

English

6.3

♡ 8

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Bruno Barreto Director

Amy Irving as Mary Ann

Antônio Fagundes as Pedro Paulo

Giovanna Antonelli as Sharon

Stephen Tobolowsky as Trevor

After a chance encounter on the elevator, the lives of Mary Ann, a widowed English teacher, and Pedro, a recently divorced man, intersect against the hot backdrop of Rio de Janeiro.

One Tough Cop

1998

English

5.2

♡ 6

24%

Bruno Barreto Director

Victor Slezak as FBI Agent Burt Payne

Luis Guzmán as Gunman Popi

Gina Gershon as Joey O'Hara

Jason Blicker as Philly Nose

A detective tries to remain loyal to his partner, and his best friend - a mobster.

Four Days in September

1997

Portuguese

7.4

♡ 2

59%

military dictatorship

plot

revolutionary

Thriller

Bruno Barreto Director

Alan Arkin as Charles Burke Elbrick

Fernanda Montenegro as Dona Margarida

Caroline Kava as Elvira Elbrick

Fisher Stevens as Mowinkel

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.

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Gabriela

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Reaching for the Moon

Bossa Nova

One Tough Cop

Four Days in September