Perfumed Ball

In the time of the "cangaceiros" in the badlands of the Northeast of Brazil, the cruel Captain Galdino Ferreira and his band abduct the schoolteacher Olívia, expecting to receive a ransom for her. However, one of his men, Teodoro, falls in love and flees with her through the arid backcountry chased by the brigands.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Lima Barreto

Cast

Milton Ribeiro, Alberto Ruschel, Marisa Prado

'Bruce' goes to head with bandits who are terrorising and murdering villagers.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Adriano Stuart

Cast

Walter Stuart, Dionísio Azevedo, Maurício do Valle

Based on the novel by Franklin Távora, the film follows the adventures of a father and a son in 18th century Brazil.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Milton Amaral

Cast

Enoque Batista, Marlene França, Milton Ribeiro

Brazil, the 1920s. The sadistic colonel Minas massacres the hometown of a famous cangaceiro (a kind of revolutionary bandit). The only survivor is a young farmer called Espedito; he is nursed back to health by a hermit who thinks he has been sent by God and therefore baptizes him the Redeemer. Espedito/The Redeemer forms his own gang o...

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Giovanni Fago

Cast

Tomas Milian, Ugo Pagliai, Renato Rossini

The origins of "cangaço", armed brigands in the Northeast between 1935 and 1939, interviews with some survivors of the fighting, police and outlaws movement. Interspersed with testimonials, authentic sequences of films made in 1936 by Benjamin Abraham, an Arab peddler who managed to film the famous band of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, ...

Runtime

32m

Cast

Paulo Gil Soares, Zé Rufino, Benício Alves dos Santos

In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah

Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa