Straightforward Movies

During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house...

In the shimmering heat of Brazil, 13-year-old Irene discovers a dark secret her father's been hiding: he has another family and even another daughter...

US election officials in rural and urban jurisdictions of four battleground states hold the line against organized efforts to undermine their work as...

Bianca manages a precarious living as a talented but underemployed actress in Rio de Janeiro, performing for private events dressed as movie icons....

Archi, a local politician’s daughter, and Parshya, a fisherman’s son, fall in love resulting in violence between the families due to the...

Over the years, the monthly meetings of the Stew Club – a fraternity that has gathered seven long-time friends for decades – has gone...

Kelly is an electronic forró singer in search of ascension. She does shows in the backlands of Brazil, but does not have many opportunities....

Joy, a secretary at a large multinational company, has an online shopping problem, likes to read adventure novels and watch travel and adventure...

A brief altercation in a secluded alleyway forces a man into a desperate race to hide his mistakes. But as he tries to escape the situation, he finds...

A failed engineering student in the late 1940s gets the unexpected education of a lifetime by working for four years in a rainforest tin mine.

What are the chances of winning the lottery jackpot and then losing it instantaneously? Our unlucky hero Phaidon is about to find out, in a...

On December 1st, 1985 British post-punk band Public Image Ltd. performed in Nagoya City Hall, Japan. This concert film includes an interview with...

Recovering from an accident, an artist is torn between the nurse who is helping him recover and a college friend for whom he secretly longs.

The untold true story: The rise and fall of the greatest funk band ever, Parliament Funkadelic.

A giant cave man kidnaps beautiful Adorable from the cave clan and the man who rescues her can have her hand and a new suit of clothes.

Jean-Jacques asks Gustav Martinsson to shadow his cheating wife.

Jean-Jacques Garbo is deeply dismayed by his wife's infidelity when he suddenly has inklings of another love affair.

An older man begins to work in a modern dairy factory. He feels distant and does not identify with the place, the people and even the society. Little...