Amor em Quatro Atos (TV Mini-Series) (2011) aka Love in Four Acts

In the first episode, Marjorie Estiano plays Letícia, a filmmaker who gets involved with Antônio, a bricklayer. A “love square” is depicted in the second chapter: Lauro and his wife Maria host a party at their mansion. Dora, Lauro’s ex, brings her new boyfriend Fernando to the party. Maria develops a bond with Fernando during the night and starts an affair with him. In the third and fourth episodes, Ary, a married man, becomes involved […]

Bittersweet

Bittersweet (2016)

September 1, 2020

After a terrible fight with her conservative parents, 19-year-old Mina moves in with her sister Mandy, who works a prostitute. Mina finds love when she meets Tony, a DJ with financial problems. But two sinister debt collectors give them a drastic ultimatum: they have three days to raise 11 000 Euros. Mandy’s advice to Mina is a diabolic one: to sell the costliest thing she possesses, her virginity.

Máncora (2008)

An adventure drama that tells the story of Santiago, a 22-year old from Lima. Following his father’s suicide, haunted by his inner daemons and hatred for the world in general, Santiago decides to escape the crude Lima winter to take refuge in Mancora, a beach to the north of Peru where it is always summer. Upon his departure, Santiago receives the unexpected visit from his stepsister, Ximena, a young and beautiful photographer in her late […]

The Hyena (1997)

An ex-model gets caught up in lust, mu..er and betrayal when a gun-wielding man pays her a visit. Emy (Cinzia Roccaforte) is left home alone after her rich husband goes out of town. It doesn’t take long for Roy (David D’Ingeo) to show up and he claims to have Emy’s sister held hostage and he’s demanding $500,000. With the banks being closed the two have to stay together for the weekend, which leads to a […]

Vita segreta di Maria Capasso

Vita segreta di Maria Capasso (2019)

May 18, 2020

Maria married an honest worker at a very young age, works as a part-time beautician and has three offsprings. Her life is like many others in the working-class suburbs of Naples, where the daily struggle to make ends meet makes you get used to everything. When her husband is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Maria accepts the help of Gennaro, a rich owner of a car dealership. She lets him court her until she becomes his lover. One day he suggests that she become a business partner: he will transport a load of cocaine to Switzerland. Once she becomes a widow, her relationship with Gennaro will make her fall into a criminal vortex, which will finally allow her to experience new possibilities and fulfill old dreams. But the path chosen by Maria for her personal revenge will leave its inevitable victims in its wake, just like in a war that does not look anyone in the face.

La última noche

La última noche (2005)

April 8, 2019

This film is different from the previous ones; its themes are more mature, and the characters and situations are different. The protagonist is still Mariana Ávila, who now has to face adulthood and marriage.