13 May 2005
The House of Sand
A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.
Marighella
A searing and energized portrait of one of Brazil’s most divisive historical figures
Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal, racist right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife and son to take up arms, becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure.
Top Billed Cast
Seu Jorge Carlos Marighella
Bruno Gagliasso Lúcio
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos Branco
Humberto Carrão Humberto
Jorge Paz Jorge
Bella Camero Bella
Henrique Vieira Frei Henrique
Ana Paula Bouzas Maria
Guilherme Ferraz Guilherme
Rafael Lozano Rafael
Adanilo Danilo
Guilherme Lopes Crespo
Charles Paraventi Bob
Francisco Matheus Bacelar de Araujo Carlinhos
Herson Capri Jorge Salles
Carla Ribas Gorete
Adriana Esteves Clara
Adolfo Moura Padre Miguel
Anderson dy Souza Soldado Bloqueio Militar
Brian Townes Wilson Chandler
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