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- On August 31, 1969, in São Paulo, five militants from the armed left who were fighting the military dictatorship were arrested by Operation Bandeirantes (Oban).
- Virgílio Roveda is a man who devoted his life to cinema. Comedies, dramas, Westerns, horror movies, Brazilian country movies, crime thrillers, Brazilian soft-porn comedies. It's hard to find a genre Virgílio hasn't ventured into a career spanning over 50 years. He has been a cinematographer, camera operator, assistant, production manager and even executive producer. Indeed, a veritable Jack of All Trades. Inspired by the eponymous book by Mateus Trunk, the movie tells this professional's story as well as that of the São Paulo movie industry over the last half century. It also becomes a meaningful account of a generation that devoted itself to our film industry, a chronicle of characters that remain in the shadows of Brazil's cinema culture: the technicians. Anonymous professionals who who made significant contributions to the Brazilian motion-picture industry.
- The documentary investigates the process of building the identity of different individuals, taking as a starting point the origins and experiences of ten foreigners who chose the city of São Paulo as their home.
- The history of Ultraje a Rigor, a band that pushed the boundaries while Brazil recovered from its dictatorship period.
- The documentary tells the story of telecatch -or wrestling- in Brazil. With archive material, the movie rescues stories and characters from the sport's glory days, such as Achilles, Belo and Mr. Argentina. It also portrays the current scenario, with the top three teams: Gigantes do Ringue, Trupe do Trovão and BWF.
- A young man steals an umbrella out of necessity. When confronted by the victim of his actions, an even larger necessity is revealed. Based on the short story by Carolina Nabuco, "The Umbrella Thief" is a timeless tale of salvation in the face of death.
- Samuel is an ordinary man of simple habits. But no one imagines that he leaves home on Sundays with the excuse of working and stays at a hotel under the name Isidoro. Why?