Richard Tavares Movies

A lonely beach on the southernmost coast of Brazil is the scene for two friends, on the brink of adulthood, to explore their understanding of...

Joao is a 50 year old actor who lives with his 72 year old mother, Celina. He spends his time between his work at night as a crossdresser in small...

Students at a municipal school in Porto Alegre face a challenge: is it possible to fictionalize a football match?

A young filmmaker faces off against the greatest chess player of all time, Garry Kasparov. During the match, Garry makes powerful comments about the...

Adelaide and Virgínia met in 1937, a year after the German arrived in Brazil, fleeing the Nazi persecution of the Jews, where she came with...

A young man wearing a gas mask wanders in an grey and empty city.

Dione is a mysterious young man living with a family in a rural and remote place in the southern Brazilian plains. The quietness of the region is...

Three young people get together for Carnival, united only by the memories from their recent past as they try to figure out their future.

Joana is the victim of a hit-and-run after antagonizing an aggressive driver who cut her off in traffic. On the surface, she’s visibly shaken...

Distant and rejected, a couple of friends dream of the same image.

A boy finds a body in the woods. Every stare turns to the body.

A man is illegally transported to the interior of Rio Grande do Sul to work in counterfeiting liquid soap. After days isolated in the middle of the...

Dario is a psychologist who has recently began taking child patients again, after going through a traumatic experience. His first patient is Sofia, a...

In winter, the biggest beach in the world changes, vacationers return to the city and leave their beach houses empty. Daniel, Tando and Soninho sneak...

Carlos goes to the kitchen and makes some coffee. The time that sets apart yesterday from now.

A man in search of space.

During the early hours of the morning, a young man drives a car through the city streets and tries to get rid of a huge weight in his life.

Squatters living in an abandoned building receive a notice that they may be evicted some time soon. While Anna tries to deal with the news, she has...