Kleber Mendonça Filho
Vinil Verde
A mother and her daughter live in an apartment in Recife. The mother gives her daughter a box of old colored records with children’s music. She can listen to anything apart from the green vinyl. If she does, it will have tragic consequences.
Retratos Fantasmas
In the Brazilian city of Recife, director Kleber Mendonça Filho moves through the city's grand movie theaters, once vital spaces of collective imagination and social life. Archival material, film excerpts, and memories trace a century of dreams, ruptures, and transformations.
Recife Frio
In the tropical city of Recife, temperatures drop drastically and its inhabitants have to adapt. This ‘mockumentary’ gradually turns critical, looking at the climate, urban development and social interaction from every angle. Does a ray of sun pierce the clouds, after all?
Eletrodoméstica
1990s, post-urban Recife, without maracatu, with lots of buildings and traffic. A middle-class family, made up of a mother and her two children, lives in a house that is full of superfluous appliances capable of making a lot of noise.
Friday Night Saturday Morning
After a party on Friday night, a man goes to a convenience store and calls a woman who is in another country. The two talk a lot and try to connect through the call, as if they were meeting.
The Secret Agent
1970-tallets Brasil er et utrygt sted å stå på venstresiden. Militærjuntaen har strammet grepet, og frykten ligger som et teppe over landet.
Aquarius
Clara er en 65 år gammel pensjonert musikkkritiker og enke. Men hun er også den siste leilighetseieren i Aquarius, et luksuriøst to-etasjes kompleks i Recife. Alle de andre leilighetene har allerede blitt kjøpt opp av et selskap som har helt andre planer for tomten. Clara har sverget på å bli boende til hun dør, og hun går inn i en kald krig med selskapet, en konfrontasjon som er både mystisk, skremmende og nervepirrende.