Sonia Braga
1) Wonder
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the New York Times best-seller, this tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
2) Aquarius
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Portuguese
Formats
Description
Clara, a vibrant former music critic, avid swimmer, grandmother, cancer survivor, willing lover and widow with flowing tresses, is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. As the builders’ tactics to remove Clara become increasingly hostile, Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with. Nominated for the Palm d'Or and the Queer Palm at the **Cannes Film Festival**....
3) Bordertown
Publisher
Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When a young girl is raped and left for dead in Mexico, she enlists the help of an ambitious reporter and a local newspaper owner for help. Soon their own lives are in danger as they try to uncover the terrors on the border. Inspired by true events.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A struggling New York actor is kidnapped and forced to impersonate the late dictator of Parador, a Caribbean nation. The actor gets better and better at the role, with the help of the dead leader's sultry mistress, until guerilla fighters strike, and he wonders if it might not be a good time to move to a new role!.
6) The rookie
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Car thieves take a police veteran hostage, putting pressure on his latest partner to save him.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Mona Gray is a quirky young woman who hides in a private world of numbers after her beloved mathematician father falls ill. But when Mona is offered a job as an elementary school math teacher, she will introduce the students to her own eccentric gift for numerical obsession. Can the joys of arithmetic multiplied by a shy romance with the school science teacher help Mona discover a new life she can count on?
Publisher
City Lights Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Luis, a homosexual, and Valentin, a political prisoner are mismatched cell mates in a South American prison. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep his mind on the situation he's in. Eventually, the two men come to understand and respect one another.
10) American family
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
This set contains all 22 episodes from season one of this critically acclaimed dramatic series as seen on PBS. "American Family" is the first broadcast TV drama series featuring an all Latino cast.
11) Bacurau
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Portuguese
Formats
Description
A few years from now, Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their village has literally vanished from online maps and a UFO-shaped drone is seen flying overhead. There are forces that want to expel them from their homes, and soon, in a genre-bending twist, a band of armed mercenaries led by Udo Kier arrive in town picking off the inhabitants...
12) Fatima
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A trial of faith unfolds at the apex of World War I, when secrets are revealed to three courageous Portuguese children through a series of apparitions, while their doubting family and aggressive government officials try to silence them.
13) Empire
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
The tough, gritty streets of the South Bronx meets the white-collar world of Wall Street, as a charismatic Latino gangster tries to escape from his criminal past. He tries to make a legitimate life for himself, only to discover that the price he must pay for his new lifestyle will end up costing him more than he ever imagined.
14) Meddling mom
Publisher
Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Carmen Vega is notorious for meddling in her grown daughters' lives, and her new project is mapping out a master plan to find a husband for her eldest daughter Ally. The career-minded Ally is more interested in her job as an architect until she falls for Ben McInnes, the new project manager at work. Carmen takes a liking to Ben, but the real question is whether Ally and her new suitor will survive all of Carmen's plotting to make sure they ride off...
15) Angel eyes
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
After a startling ambush, one of Chicago's best cops, Officer Sharon Pogue, is looking point blank into the barrel of a scumball's handgun. Then it happens, a mysterious stranger appears out the the shadows and saves her life. She discovers that its not the first time she and the mystery man have met before. The troubled pasts of these two have led them to build walls around their private lives, but brick by brick, secret after secret, love is going...
16) Perfume
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
The story of two women who are partners in a design firm. Overnight, one finds herself without dignity, the other will betray herself for fashion's ultimate deal.
Publisher
Film Movement Classics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Portuguese
Description
Based on the novel by Jorge Amado, This Brazilian Comedy follows the strange events that befall Dona Flor after she is left a widow after the death of her wild, irresponsible husband. (He died after another wanton night of carousing). Attempting to marry more wisely the second time around, Dona Flor weds a stable, but boring, pharmacist who has no interest in sex. When she discovers that her new sex life is less than satisfying Dona Flor is visited...
Publisher
New Yorker Video [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
Portuguese
Description
A beautiful young woman marries a very erotic man who is a horrible husband. When he unexpectedly dies, she marries again, but misses the passion of her first marriage...until the ghost of her first husband comes to find her.