Movies: Toscographics

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Documentary about the musical and social phenomenon of Brazilian funk (or Carioca Funk), a style derived from Miami Bass, based on repetitive bass drum loops and lyrics full of sexual and violent overtones, not directly related to American funk/soul ...

Based on a short story by Aldir Blanc. After a difficult pregnancy, Oséias makes a promise to put her daughter to parade for three years in a carnival block dressed as a saint. Soon the girl gains a reputation as a miracle worker....

A cigarette factory decides to launch a new brand of cigarettes on the market, the Relax 3000. A team of publicists takes action. Thousands of dollars involved, thousands of meetings, thousands of scoldings and a smell of shit in the air....