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Seu Jorge has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including City of God.
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In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Dir. Fernando Meirelles · With Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.
Dir. José Padilha · With Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro
Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.
Dir. Wes Anderson · With Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett
Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal, racist right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife and son to take up arms, becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure.
Dir. Wagner Moura · With Seu Jorge, Bruno Gagliasso, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
Dir. Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist · With Kevin de Paula, Leonardo Lima Carvalho, Seu Jorge
In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.
Dir. Lázaro Ramos · With Alfred Enoch, Taís Araújo, Seu Jorge
Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for one other but united by their desire to escape their hell hole of an existence.
Dir. Rupert Wyatt · With Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Joseph Fiennes
City of God – 10 Years Later investigates what happened to the actors who took part in the award-winning film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. This documentary shows what City of God’s worldwide success meant to their lives. Were the actors prepared for the film’s success? Did the social background of some of them prove stronger than the opportunity that came their way?
Dir. Cavi Borges, Luciano Vidigal · With Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Roberta Rodrigues
Three male friends navigate different stages of romantic relationships: One is starting to date; another fears infidelity; the third is divorcing.
Dir. Felipe Joffily · With Bruno Mazzeo, Marcos Palmeira, Emílio Orciollo Netto
