Movies: Lúcio Maia

The lives of a macho butcher, his wife, a lonely waitress, a sadist and a flophouse manager intersect in Recife, Brazil....

Two animal road corpse removers end up finding a dead woman and decide to collect her body clandestinely....

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A Lebanese photographer living in Brazil in the '30s manages to film the band of Lampião, a legendary Brazilian bandit....

Mangue Beat, a musical and aesthetic movement which emerged in Pernambuco in the 1990s, transformed the visibility of the peripheries and cultural manifestations of the metropolitan area of Recife and placed the state on the map of the world music ma...

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Inspired by the book "Os homens que mataram o facínora: A história dos grandes inimigos de Lampião" by journalist, historian, and screenwriter Moacir Assunção, the film tells the story of the Nazarenos, residents of the Nazaré do Pico neighborhood in...

Chico Science, Nação Zumbi, and their manguebeat. This is the theme of the documentary. The film explores the story of an artist, a band, and a musical genre that emerged in the early '90s, blending the roots of Brazilian culture with contemporary an...