Débora Bloch

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

A 1980s-set drama about a teenage girl undergoing her sexual awakening when she learns about her father's infidelities.

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...

Diogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica...

The film shows the drama of the young and fragile Lalinha. After being abandoned by her husband, who ran away with another, the girl seeks comfort on...

Geraldo Viramundo (Diogo Vilela) is a nice guy with absurd ideas. Genial and / or insane, he decides to leave her small town in Minas Gerais and win...

A small town girl, who's an aspiring singer, tries to make a living out of music in the big city of Rio de Janeiro.

A young girl named Marcela lives with her dad, Jose, a lighthouse keeper, and old Daniel on an island. The only contact the girl has with the world...

Paula and Marcos have just split up after 20 years together. He is editor-in-chief of a news program and she is a television presenter. They have...

Four love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. "Elephant's Stomp" : the story of a...

The story of one of Brazilian cinema's pioneers, Eduardo Abelim, from the start of his career, in Rio de Janeiro, until his filming of the 1930...

An affective, emotional, intimate and, above all, funny record of this great Brazilian comedian, from childhood to his early death, at age 43, during...

Four directors tell stories related to the concept of happiness.

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.