Movies: Ismael Caneppele

Written in 1625 by the British playwright Ben Jonson, the play “The Staple of News” provides a historic root for this discussion about the role of the press in modern day Brazil. Journalists of several generations discuss the dilemmas of the selectio...

January 1st, 2003. When Brazil celebrates President Lula′s historic investiture, two middle-class, provincial families gather in an old, poorly maintained house. As they prepare a big party, secrets, hidden desires and frustrations are revealed....

Isolated on the beach, the powerful business woman Frederica prepares an awaited New Year`s party. In the middle of a marriage crisis with photographer Constantin, which affects directly her teenage daughter, she has to manage her life and the career...

In a small town in the countryside in the south of Brazil, a teenager that uses the codename Mr. Tambourine Man spends his time in Internet, at school, smoking pot with his best friend Diego and with his dysfunctional mother. He dreams on leaving his...

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A documentary floating on this thin border between fiction and reality. An author comes to a small city in Brazil’s countryside, to turn Emelyn’s life into a fictional narrative. The more the author teases Emelyn with cameras, the more she becomes Be...

Two teenagers make good use of their cell phones in class. To receive this type of call you don't need an MP3 player or video camera, just put your cell phone on vibrate mode......

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