Matheus Nachtergaele

After disappearing for 20 years, João Grilo returns to the small town of Taperoá to gather with his old friend, Chicó. This time, he is welcomed as a celebrity in the village..

Two hapless cops find themselves in over their heads as they cross paths with dangerous criminals while searching for Celestina, a beloved goat mascot.

In an ingenious adaptation of the existentialist novel Zama, Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel inserts her own incisive commentary on colonialism and masculinity. Frenzied first-person narration transforms to become a cinematic fugue state in this singular and stupefying period drama.

Dora, a former teacher, earns money writing letters for illiterate people in Rio de Janeiro’s Central Station. One day she meets Josué, a nine-year-old boy whose mother requests Dora’s services so he can be reunited with his lost father. After the mother tragically dies, Dora reluctantly begins a journey with Josué across northern Brazil to find his family, gradually developing an unlikely bond.