Movies: Maria José Novais Oliveira

  • 2017
    Elon Doesn't Believe in Death

    Elon Doesn't Believe in Death (2017)

    Elon Doesn't Believe in Death

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    As he does every single day, Elon goes to meet his wife at her workplace, but she is not there. He doesn’t find her at home as well, so he starts to retrace the path Madalena makes daily. In the morning after, Elon goes to the police station and file...

    Elon Doesn't Believe in Death
  • 2019
    Long Way Home

    Long Way Home (2019)

    Long Way Home

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    In order to take a new job as an employee in the public sanitation department, Juliana moves from the inner city of Itaúna to the metropolitan town of Contagem in Brazil. While waiting for her husband to join her, she adapts to her new life, meeting ...

    Long Way Home
  • 2019
    In the Heart of the World

    In the Heart of the World (2019)

    In the Heart of the World

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    The inhabitants of the Brazilian city of Contagem yearn for a better life. At the core of it all is Selma, a woman dreaming about the heart of the world: it could be anywhere, as long as it's a place where to feel happier....

    In the Heart of the World
  • 2016
    She Comes Back on Thursday

    She Comes Back on Thursday (2016)

    She Comes Back on Thursday

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    With its obvious simplicity, the film’s title happens to set the mood of the film, or at least its guiding principle: staying anchored in everyday life. More precisely, the life of Maria José and Norberto, who have been married for 35 years and who l...

    She Comes Back on Thursday
  • 2023
    Our Mother was an Actress

    Our Mother was an Actress (2023)

    Our Mother was an Actress

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    Maria José Novais Oliveira, a black woman, resident on the outskirts of Contagem, already in her 60s, has become a film actress, with an award-winning career in Brazil and internationally. This documentary recalls the image of a unique woman who mark...

    Our Mother was an Actress
  • 2015
    Backyard

    Backyard (2015)

    Backyard

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    Another day in the life of an elderly couple in the suburbs....

    Backyard
  • 2021
    Abandonment

    Abandonment (2021)

    Abandonment

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    The couple Laura and Israël have a five-year-old son, Lucas. They live together but seem to have lost interest in one another's thoughts and cares. Their relationship seems headed for the rocks, and the only one who seems to still be looking for some...

    Abandonment
  • 2019
    Angela

    Angela (2019)

    Angela

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    Angela collects diagnostics of diseases she has never had, but a new friendship might bring this peculiar collection to an end....

    Angela
  • 2009
    Alzheimer

    Alzheimer (2009)

    Alzheimer

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    An elderly woman films what she doesn't want to forget....

    Alzheimer
  • 2021
    Ataléia Street

    Ataléia Street (2021)

    Ataléia Street

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    In 2011, during a blackout in an outskirt neighborhood’s street, a family – surrounded by candles that light conversations and thoughts – awaits the return of electricity. Now, ten years later, the light tries to impose its place towards the shado...

    Ataléia Street