1. "Tropa de Elite" (Tropa de Elite) Best Film at the 58th Berlin Film Festival

Introduction:

The story took place in 1997, when On the eve of the Pope's visit to Rio de Janeiro, because the Pope will likely live near an extremely dangerous slum, Captain Nascimento of the Special Police Military Operations Unit was appointed to eliminate drug traffickers active in the area. Considering that his wife is pregnant, Nascimento wants to withdraw from the military operations force, find a successor to take his place, and become a recruit training instructor himself.

On the other hand, two ambitious young men, Neto and Matias, have just joined the team and want to become excellent police officers and wipe out criminal forces. However, their hopes gradually faded and were replaced by corruption, indiscipline and bureaucracy in the army. After a vicious incident, the two simply decided to join the special police military operations unit. In the following months, Captain Nascimento, Neto and Matias were closely linked together, first accepting the arduous training courses arranged by the captain, and then participating in anti-drug operations. The captain believes that Neto has the ability to be his successor, but his overly impulsive personality makes people worried. Therefore, the cool-headed Matias seems to be the best candidate, but this requires more tests to be sure.

2. "City of God" (Cidade de Deus)

Introduction:

The real protagonist of the film is not the characters, but the slums of Rio de Janeiro. In the 1960s, a housing construction plan known as the "City of God" began to resettle the poor. In the early 1980s, this area became the most dangerous area in Rio de Janeiro.

Bascap took us to the "City of God". He witnessed the chaotic life here for more than two decades that was surrounded by brutality, greed, revenge, ambition, betrayal, and plunder, and ultimately led to A disastrous gang war. Although he has been among gangsters since he was a child to survive, his timid character and self-protection instinct have allowed him to live peacefully.

3. "Central do Brasil" (Central Station) English name: (Central Station)

Introduction:

Dora is the most important train station in Rio de Janeiro - Central Station writes letters for the illiterate. It costs one dollar to write a letter, and another dollar if you need to send it to someone else. On this day, Anna brought her nine-year-old son Joshua because Joshua had always wanted to see his father, whom he had never met. Dora and her neighbor Irene had fun reading the letters they wrote during the day. They would send the letters they thought were important and throw away all the other letters. If they had different opinions, they would put the letters in the drawer and decide another day. Joshua gave Father's letter is among them. The next day, Anna and Joshua came to the Central Station again and dictated a second letter to Joshua's father. However, as soon as they left the station, Anna died in a car accident. Driven by motherhood, Dora agreed to take Joshua's letter with her. Ya goes to the northeast to find his father. The scenery along the way becomes more and more unfamiliar, but the two become closer and closer...

4. "Memories of the Yellow House" (Recorda?es da Casa Amarela)

Also known as: "Ricordi's House"

Introduction:

Musical drama about the famous Italian musical dramatist Giovanni Rico In his later years, Mr. Yoa was frail and sick, his life was chaotic, and he was lonely, but he fell in love with a beautiful girl.

5. "Era Uma Vez..." (2008)

Starring: Cyria Coentro Rodrigo Costa Paulo Cesar Gr

Plot introduction :

A street separates heaven and hell. Will poverty eventually become a sin? A poor boy from Rio de Janeiro who falls in love with a rich girl is not afraid of bullets or rolling eyes. He bites his gums and sprints towards the life trap of racial discrimination, wealth disparity and 10,000 kinds of injustice. He does not let go of the one-in-a-billion chance to achieve a fairy tale. He has no choice but to even " The romance of "Titanic" also has no chance with him...