The Man of the Year 2003  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Jose Enrique Fonseca
Cast: Murilo Benicio, Claudia Abreu, Natalia Lage, Jorge Doria, Andre Gonclalves, Lazaro Ramos, Perfeito Fortuna, Jose Wilker, Paulo Moska, Wagner Moura
After accepting a bet in a bar, Maiquel (Murilo Benicio) bleaches his hair–an act that leads to him murdering a local bully. The murder, in turn, makes Maiquel a hero, but he finds this new reputation has more than a few problems associated with it.
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Orfeu 1999  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Carlos Diegues
Cast: Toni Garrido, Patricia Franca, Murilo Benicio, Zeze Motta, Milton Goncalves, Isabel Fillardis, Maria Ceica, Stepan Nercessian, Mauricio Goncalves, Lucio Andrey
Set in Rio's violent slums at carnival time, this is the doomed love story of Orfeu (Toni Garrido), a renowned samba player, and the beautiful Euridice (Patricia Franca), a new arrival in this crime-ridden area. Beautifully photographed with authentic music of Rio. Based on a Greek myth and previously filmed in Rio as "Black Orpheus," an Academy Award winner.
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Woman on top 1999 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fina Torres
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Murilo Benicio, Harold Perrineau, Mark Feuerstein, John de Lancie, Anne Ramsay, Ana Gasteyer, Analu DeCastro, Thais DeSaCurvelo, Eliana Guttman
In this romantic comedy, a Brazilian beauty, Isabella (Penelope Cruz), suffers an extreme case of motion sickness; she controls it by taking on the driving force in all situations–whether in the car or in bed. When husband Toninho (Murilo Benicio) cheats on her, Isabella escapes to San Francisco and her transsexual friend, Monica (Harold Perrineau Jr.). She is soon starring in a very successful cooking show, which suddenly suffers problems after Toninho appears in town.
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| 1. The Man of the Year (2003)
2. Orfeu (1999)
3. Woman on top (1999)
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