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Motel Destino (2025)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Starring: Fábio Assunção | Fabiola Liper | Iago Xavier | Nataly Rocha | Renan Capivara

Motel Destino
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Firebrand (2024)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Starring: Alicia Vikander | Bryony Hannah | Eddie Marsan | Junia Rees | Ruby Bentall

Firebrand
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Invisible Life (2020)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Starring: António Fonseca | Carol Duarte | Flávia Gusmão | Julia Stockler

Invisible Life

Jeff says: “INVISIBLE LIFE begins with an allegory, two sisters climbing a mountain through a jungle, hand-in-hand. They become separated, and even though they are not far apart, they each cannot hear the other as they call out. “It’s the

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Futuro Beach (2015)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Karim Aïnouz

Futuro Beach

Kyle says: “FUTURO BEACH is in danger of being swallowed into the niche sinkhole of gay cinema, and being dismissed for a strict, even boring tri-partite  formal structure, bookended by men on motorcycles. That would be a lamentable fate for

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Love for Sale (2007)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Starring: Hermila Guedes | Maria Menezes | Zezita Matos

Love for Sale

Bruce says: “The film starts out with a home movie of ‘The Day I Got Pregnant.’ Hermila dances around the beach with a blue blanket. She was determined to make this day ‘the happiest day of her life or die

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Madame Satã (2003)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Starring: Flavio Bauraqui | Lázaro Ramos | Marcelia Cartaxa

Madame Satã

Bruce says: “Diehard fans of CITY OF GOD should definitely add MADAME SATA to their must see list. Set in the 1930’s, this is the story of Madame Sata, a bisexual transvestite gangster, who is very much a part of

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