Luiz Pepeu

Travessia

Booyah!

Amadeu needs money, he and Gina are in trouble.Fate smiles on him when he finds a bag stuffed with a small fortune, which he ends up hiding. Now Gina has to find out where Amadeu kept the bag. But she's not the only one on the hunt for this fortune.

The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell

Friends of the recently deceased Quincas take their pal's body on one last tour of his favorite spots in Brazil's Bahia.

Sonho de Arrocha

Amigos Sem Compromisso

A talent scout from São Paulo recruits an art director from Salvador for a job in São Paulo. What starts as a friendship quickly becomes an arrangement for no-strings-attached sex and a battle to avoid getting emotionally involved.

A Bicicleta do Vovô

O Compadre de Ogum

Garden of Silences

The story of Tuã, a Black oncologist who, as a child, leaves Brazil with his mother after his family endures a series of tragedies during the military dictatorship. Years later, as an adult living in Italy, he is overcome by unfamiliar feelings following his mother’s death. Shaken by this quiet turmoil, Tuã decides to return to Bahia to reunite with his grandparents, revisit his past, and discover new meanings for the present.

Estranhos

A street singer, a former prostitute and her jealous husband, two thieves, a teacher and two children. All strangers. All in the same place. Five stories that could be one: the search for what we call happiness.

The Messenger

Fulfilling her work as a bailiff in Salvador, Íris delivers warrants and is often forced to execute orders that go directly against what she believes in. The job torments her. One day, with the disappearance of an activist after the execution of a warrant issued by her, the officer begins to investigate the crime and finds herself involved in the discovery of a large land grabbing scheme.