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  • All Over Brazil (2003)
    Review preview for All Over Brazil

    A thoroughly enjoyable exploration of family life, without mum, and neatly encapsulates an era.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    World Cup summer of 1974 and all 13-year-old Steve wants to be is a glam rocker.
  • Brazil (1985)
    Review preview for Brazil

    With dazzling visual effects and stunning sets, Brazil is a film that you should see on the biggest screen possible.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A typo leads to an innocent man being confused with a revolutionary, plunging the life of a small time bureaucrat into chaos.
  • A Brazilian Immigrant (2005)
    Review preview for A Brazilian Immigrant

    While the animation is quite artistic, its throbbing lines are constantly vying with the subtitles, making them difficult to make out and digest.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    Documentary on the Brazilian experience of clearing Customs to enter the UK.
  • Directors' Factory - Brazil (2025)
    Review preview for Directors' Factory - Brazil

    The shorts are all by emerging filmmakers.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Showcase of short films by emerging filmmakers set in Brazil.
  • Ray Charles - Live In Brazil (1963)
    Review preview for Ray Charles - Live In Brazil

    Charles' effortless style and poise is so totally cool, he wows us completely.

    Max Blinkhorn · 4.5 out of 5
    A 32-year-old Ray Charles plays live in Brazil.

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