44th São Paulo International Film Festival
by rkiste | created - 10 Oct 2020 | updated - 14 Oct 2021 | PublicList of movies I will try to watch during the Festival
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1. There Is No Evil (2020)
151 min | Drama
The four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats.
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Zhila Shahi, Baran Rasoulof, Mahtab Servati, Mohammad Valizadegan
Votes: 6,128
2. Moral Order (2020)
101 min | Drama
In 1918, Maria Adelaide Coelho da Cunha, heiress and owner of the Diário de Notícias, leaves the social, cultural, and family luxury in which she lives to escape with a chauffeur 26 years her junior.
Director: Mário Barroso | Stars: Maria de Medeiros, Marcello Urgeghe, João Pedro Mamede, João Arrais
Votes: 287
3. Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020)
183 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man from Guinea-Bissau moves to Germany, where he is befriended by a drug dealer and two women.
Director: Burhan Qurbani | Stars: Welket Bungué, Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Annabelle Mandeng
Votes: 3,876
4. 499 (2020)
87 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Upon the 500-year anniversary of the Spanish Conquest, a ghostly Conquistador arrives in modern Mexico. As he journeys toward the capital city, he remembers events from his past while ... See full summary »
Director: Rodrigo Reyes | Star: Eduardo San Juan
Votes: 146
5. Summer White (2020)
85 min | Drama
Life for a solitary teenager is altered when his mother brings home her new boyfriend to live with them.
Director: Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson | Stars: Adrián Rossi, Sophie Alexander-Katz, Fabián Corres, Fernanda Echevarría
Votes: 241
6. True Mothers (2020)
140 min | Drama
A woman with an adopted child is contacted unexpectedly by the child's birth mother.
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Hiromi Nagasaku, Arata Iura, Aju Makita, Reo Sato
Votes: 1,958
7. Nadia, Butterfly (2020)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Sport
Nadia, an Olympic swimmer in her twenties, faces the challenges of her imminent retirement.
Director: Pascal Plante | Stars: Katerine Savard, Ariane Mainville, Hilary Caldwell, Cailin McMurray
Votes: 767
8. Toprak (I) (2020)
106 min | Drama
Since the death of his parents, the teenage Burak has lived with his uncle Cemil and grandmother in a remote Turkish village. The small family unit has been trying to make a living by ... See full summary »
Director: Sevgi Hirschhäuser | Stars: Numan Çakir, Burak Aydin, Emine Anil, Serpil Arik
Votes: 107
9. Sweat (2020)
Unrated | 106 min | Drama
Three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zajac, a social media celebrity surrounded by loyal employees and admirers, who is really looking for true intimacy.
Director: Magnus von Horn | Stars: Magdalena Kolesnik, Julian Swiezewski, Aleksandra Konieczna, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Votes: 3,795
10. Mosquito (I) (2020)
125 min | Drama, War
A Portugese soldier gets lost in the African jungle, in 1917
Director: João Nuno Pinto | Stars: João Nunes Monteiro, João Lagarto, Filipe Duarte, Alfredo Brito
Votes: 668
11. Sun Children (2020)
99 min | Drama
12-year-old Ali and his three friends, together they work hard to survive and support their families. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find hidden treasure underground.
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Ali Nasirian, Javad Ezati, Tannaz Tabatabaei, Rouhollah Zamani
Votes: 3,881
12. Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
65 min | Documentary
A rare and transcendent journey into the life and films of the legendary Stanley Kubrick like we've never seen before, featuring a treasure trove of unearthed interview recordings from the master himself.
Director: Gregory Monro | Stars: Stanley Kubrick, Michel Ciment, Malcolm McDowell, Jack Nicholson
Votes: 2,605
13. Murmur (2019)
84 min | Drama
When an elderly dog is scheduled to be euthanized, Donna decides to take the dog home to fill the emptiness she feels, Donna begins to take home more and more animals and she is soon in over her head.
Director: Heather Young | Stars: Andria Edwards, Shan MacDonald
Votes: 182
14. Summer Knight (2019)
99 min | Drama
Summer, 1996. In a small community in South West China, an 8-year-old tries to capture the thief responsible for stealing his grandma's bike and enters the moral quandary for the first time.
Director: Xing You | Stars: Ludi Lin, Lu Huang, Lingchen Ji
Votes: 33
15. The Twentieth Century (2019)
90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Determined to become the leader of the Dominion of Canada, a young W.L. Mackenzie King rises to power.
Director: Matthew Rankin | Stars: Dan Beirne, Sarianne Cormier, Catherine St-Laurent, Mikhaïl Ahooja
Votes: 1,465
16. Father (2020)
120 min | Drama
A Serbian man fights to regain custody of his children.
Director: Srdan Golubovic | Stars: Goran Bogdan, Boris Isakovic, Nada Sargin, Milica Janevski
Votes: 3,036
17. The Hypnotist (2019)
72 min | Documentary, Biography, Fantasy
Life story of Finnish hypnotist Olavi Hakasalo, aka. Olliver Hawk.
Director: Arthur Franck | Stars: Olliver Hawk, Laila Hakasalo, Valto Käkelä, Johannes Virolainen
Votes: 225
18. The Death of Cinema and My Father Too (2020)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
A father and son try to freeze time through cinema, but the father's illness threatens to cut their quest short.
Director: Dani Rosenberg | Stars: Marek Rozenbaum, Roni Kuban, Natan Rosenberg, Ina Rosenberg
Votes: 184
19. Digger (2020)
101 min | Drama
A father and a son long lost. Love and hate. Digging deep into mud to find their roots. Revenge and Redemption. A Western, revisited.
Director: Georgis Grigorakis | Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Argyris Pandazaras, Sofia Kokkali, Theo Alexander
Votes: 2,921
20. The Domain (2019)
166 min | Drama
The chronicle of a Portuguese family that owns one of the largest estates in Europe, on the south bank of the River Tagus.
Director: Tiago Guedes | Stars: Albano Jerónimo, Sandra Faleiro, Miguel Borges, Ana Vilela da Costa
Votes: 1,495
21. 1986: The Act (2020)
124 min | Documentary, Drama
A dramatic forensic examination of the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act and its consequences.
Director: Andrew Wakefield | Stars: Mary Holland, Brian Hooker, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., David Kirby
Votes: 173
22. This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection (2019)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
When her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to reservoir construction, an 80-year-old widow finds a new will to live and ignites the spirit of resilience within her community.
Director: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | Stars: Mary Twala, Jerry Mofokeng, Makhaola Ndebele, Tseko Monaheng
Votes: 1,447
23. Genus Pan (2020)
150 min | Crime, Drama
A look at how much human beings are like animals.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Nanding Josef, Bart Guingona, Don Melvin Boongaling, Hazel Orencio
Votes: 390
24. The Evening Hour (2020)
114 min | Drama
Adaptation of Carter Sickels' 2012 novel.
Director: Braden King | Stars: Philip Ettinger, Tess Harper, Archie Lewis, Jessie Noe
Votes: 346
25. Days (2020)
Unrated | 127 min | Drama
Kang lives alone in a big house, Non in a small apartment in town. They meet, and then part, their days flowing on as before.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Anong Houngheuangsy
Votes: 1,907
26. In Between Dying (2020)
88 min | Drama
'In Between Dying' is the love story of Davud, a young man trying to find his "real" family, who completes his life cycle in a single day. When he does find Love, it's in the place he has always lived. But it is too late.
Director: Hilal Baydarov | Stars: Orkhan Iskandarli, Rana Asgarova, Huseyn Nasirov, Samir Abbasov
Votes: 351
27. Siberia (2020)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An exploration into the language of dreams.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Dounia Sichov, Simon McBurney, Cristina Chiriac
Votes: 2,481
28. Manor House (2020)
201 min | Drama, History
A landowner, a politician, a countess, a General and his wife gather in a spacious manor house and discuss death, war, progress and morality. As time passes by, the discussion becomes more serious and heated.
Director: Cristi Puiu | Stars: Agathe Bosch, Ugo Broussot, Frédéric Schulz-Richard, Diana Sakalauskaité
Votes: 1,359
29. Kala azar (2020)
91 min | Drama, Fantasy
In a big city somewhere in the south of Europe, a couple takes care of dead animals and abandoned roadkill as an act to give meaning to their life. Kala azar is a meditation on the paradox of life-circles among beings of different species.
Director: Janis Rafailidou | Stars: Penelope Tsilika, Dimitris Lalos, Michele Valley, Tasos Rafailidis
Votes: 406
30. Just Like That (2019)
109 min | Drama
Mrs. Sharma is the wife of a respected, small-time government employee in Allahabad. When her husband dies, she is expected to move in with her son and grandchildren. But the woman wants to live by herself.
Director: Kislay | Stars: Trimala Adhikari, Harish Khanna, Mohini Sharma, Shivam Sharma
Votes: 40
31. Between Heaven and Earth (2019)
92 min | Drama
Two married young couple are going through steps to get divorced when the husband finds out secrets about his past
Director: Najwa Najjar | Stars: Mouna Hawa, Firas Nassar, Lamis Ammar, Sari Bisharat
Votes: 227
32. Miss Marx (2020)
107 min | Biography, Drama, History
Bright and passionate, Eleanor links feminism and socialism. Partaking in workers' battles, she fights for women's rights and against child labor. Meeting Edward Aveling in 1883, her life is overtaken by a tragic love affair
Director: Susanna Nicchiarelli | Stars: Romola Garai, Patrick Kennedy, John Gordon Sinclair, Felicity Montagu
Votes: 1,108
33. My Wonderful Wanda (2020)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
Wanda, a Polish woman, takes care of 70-year-old Joseph in his family villa on the lake. She is always there for him and also helps his wife Elsa. The work is poorly paid, but Wanda needs the money for her family.
Director: Bettina Oberli | Stars: Agnieszka Grochowska, Marthe Keller, André Jung, Birgit Minichmayr
Votes: 509
34. The Delivered (2019)
112 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Fanny lives in an English farmhouse in 1657 when militant Puritans rule. Two fugitives with radical new ideas arrive. When the sheriff arrives, things deteriorate badly prompting Fanny to make drastic decisions about her life.
Director: Thomas Clay | Stars: Maxine Peake, Charles Dance, Freddie Fox, Tanya Reynolds
Votes: 1,805
35. Spider (2019)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three friends are part of an opposition group in the chaotic Chile of the early 70's and together commit a political crime that changes the history of the country and incidentally involves them in a betrayal that separates them forever.
Director: Andrés Wood | Stars: Mercedes Morán, María Valverde, Marcelo Alonso, Pedro Fontaine
Votes: 949
36. Colombia in My Arms (2020)
91 min | Documentary, Drama
The peace agreement between FARC guerrillas and the Colombian Government throws the country into chaos. What happens to a fragile peace in an unequal country if doing the 'wrong' thing may easily be justified as the only means of struggle?
Directors: Jenni Kivistö, Jussi Rastas | Stars: Ernesto, Juan Manuel Santos, Pacho, María Fernanda Cabal
Votes: 119
37. Memory House (2020)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama
Cristovam, a native from the brazilian hinterland, works in a milk factory in a former Austrian colony in Brazil. He feels lonely, ostracized by cultural and ethnic differences. One day, he... See full summary »
Director: João Paulo Miranda Maria | Stars: Antonio Pitanga, Ana Flavia Cavalcanti, Sam Louwyck, Soren Hellerup
Votes: 377
38. Curral (2020)
87 min | Drama
Curral is a political drama set in the rural Brazilian city of Gravatá. During the mayoral elections, the population is divided between the Blue and Red parties, two political oligarchies ... See full summary »
Director: Marcelo Brennand | Stars: Thomas Aquino, José Dumont, Rodrigo García, Mayara Millane
Votes: 146
39. The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (2020)
74 min | Documentary, War
To cope with the daily trauma of living in a war-zone, Anna and her children are making a film together about their life in the most surreal surroundings.
Director: Iryna Tsilyk | Stars: Danylo Dydenko, Ganna Gladka, Olena Gladka, Olga Gladka
Votes: 766
40. Goddess of the Fireflies (2020)
105 min | Drama
A coming of age story set against the backdrop of a rural Québec town and grunge music's rise.
Director: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | Stars: Kelly Depeault, Caroline Néron, Normand D'Amour, Éléonore Loiselle
Votes: 591
41. Naked Animals (2020)
83 min | Drama
Five young people in provincial Germany. They run into each other and away from each other. They kiss and they fight. It's their last winter together before they leave school, after that ... See full summary »
Director: Melanie Waelde | Stars: Katrin Beckmann, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, Ulrike Hübschmann, Luna Arwen Krüger
Votes: 257
42. DAU. Degeneratsiya (2020)
369 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A secret Soviet Institute conducts scientific and occult experiments on animals and people, aiming at creating an "ideal human being". A KGB general and his aides prefer to turn a blind eye... See full summary »
Directors: Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Ilya Permyakov | Stars: Vladimir Azhippo, Dmitry Kaledin, Olga Shkabarnya, Alexei Blinov
Votes: 635
43. And the Birds Rained Down (2019)
127 min | Drama
Three elderly hermits live in the woods. While wildfires threaten the region, their quiet life is about to be shaken by the arrival of two women - A story of intertwined destinies, where love can happen at any age.
Director: Louise Archambault | Stars: Andrée Lachapelle, Gilbert Sicotte, Rémy Girard, Kenneth Welsh
Votes: 754
44. At Dusk (2019)
128 min | Drama
A historical drama set in Lithuania in 1948, "Au Crépuscule" focuses on Ounté, a 19-year old boy who experiences passion and violence after joining a group of partisans resisting the Soviet occupation.
Director: Sharunas Bartas | Stars: Arvydas Dapsys, Marius Povilas Elijas Martynenko, Alina Zaliukaite-Ramanauskiene, Salvijus Trepulis
Votes: 351
45. Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue (2020)
112 min | Documentary, History
Filmmaker Jia Zhangke chronicles his local literature festival in Shanxi, China which includes a multi-generational roster of the country's most esteemed writers.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Huifang Duan, Liang Hong, Yu Hua, Pingwa Jia
Votes: 525
46. The Exit of the Trains (2020)
175 min | Documentary, History
This is a documentary essay composed entirely of archive photographs and documents of the first big massacre of the Jews in Romania: in the city of Iasi, on the 29th of June 1941, more than... See full synopsis »
Directors: Adrian Cioflâncã, Radu Jude | Stars: Catalin Anchidin, Larisa Crunteanu
Votes: 153
47. Cat in the Wall (2019)
92 min | Drama
South-East London, in the multicultural neighborhood of Peckham, in a municipal building. A Bulgarian family goes into serious conflict with their neighbors due to abandoned cat.
Directors: Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva | Stars: Irina Atanasova, Angel Genov, Orlin Asenov, Gilda Waugh
Votes: 578
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