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Jorge Furtado has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2000s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Lisbela and the Prisoner.
Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.
Dir. Guel Arraes · With Selton Mello, Débora Falabella, Virginia Cavendish
A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.
Dir. Jorge Furtado · With Paulo José, Júlia Barth, Luciane Azevedo
A young photocopier operator becomes infatuated with his neighbor and, unable to afford anything from her shop, turns to shady schemes to make money.
Dir. Jorge Furtado · With Lázaro Ramos, Leandra Leal, Luana Piovani
When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.
Dir. Jorge Furtado · With Fernanda Torres, Wagner Moura, Camila Pitanga
Diogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica and his two daughters, Paraguaçu and Moema. They call him Caramuru and together they engage in a happy love triangle. But the chance to return to Portugal arises, and it is clear this amoral arrangement cannot last.
Dir. Guel Arraes · With Selton Mello, Camila Pitanga, Luís Melo
Éder is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca, his nephew, is sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya, ex-wife of the deceased, so he enlists two of his friends to help prove his theory.
Dir. Jorge Furtado · With Darlan Cunha, Sophia Reis, Lázaro Ramos
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