The 2nd Brazilian Film Festival has started in CinemaPlus on October 30.

The festival was held until November 3 at the premium cinema CinemaPlus, located in the Deniz Mall shopping center.

The Ambassador of Brazil in Azerbaijan, Manuel Adalberto Carlos Montenegro Lopez, spoke about the importance of the festival and noted that because of the shown films people can become more familiar with Brazilian culture.

According to Fernanda Bulhoins, director of Linhas Produções Culturais, one of the main objectives of the festival is not only to bring together new films, but also to present to the Azerbaijani people a mixture of emotions and genres that demonstrates quality and diversity.

The romantic film “Eduardo and Monica” was shown at the opening of the festival. The film is based on the song of the same name, by a Brazilian rock band that rocked many generations from the 80s onwards. Directed by René Sampaio, Eduardo and Monica shows the romance of a very different couple, but who were born together for each other. another to move people of all ages. They fall madly in love despite differences in culture, age and even tastes. The film, which has already won international festivals, stars actress Alice Braga, also famous for her work in Hollywood in films such as Elysium, with Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, and Eu Sou a Lenda, with Will Smith and Gabriel Leone, a young revelation of Brazilian cinema.

On Tuesday, the 31st, it will be the turn of the film The Truths, a fictional drama. A police officer seeks to solve a crime that occurred in a small town in the Brazilian backlands. The story is told from three points of view: a hired killer, a bride and a businessman. Everything with lots of action, suspense and mysteries that also involve the relationship between the police officer and his fiancée.

On Wednesday, the 1st, the documentary Elis & Tom – will be shown. Maestro and composer Tom Jobim was one of the greatest geniuses in world music, famous for his partnership in “Girl from Ipanema”. Elis Regina was one of the greatest interpreters of Brazilian music. The documentary goes behind the scenes of the recording of the duo's album, in Los Angeles, in 1974 – material that was unreleased until this year. On Thursday, the 2nd, it's the turn of Pixinguinha – A Caring Man, a biographical film about the life and work of Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho, known as Pixinguinha, one of Brazil's most admired artists of the century 20. The film portrays important moments in his life, from the beginning of his career at the age of 14, his time in Paris with his group and his relationship with his wife.

On Friday, the 3rd, the closing session shows the drama inspired by real events Pureza, which won several international awards. The movie shows the desperate search of a mother for her son who left to work in a mine in the Amazon and was never heard from again. She travels through cities, enters farms and discovers a cruel system of recruiting and imprisoning rural workers. Inspired by the true story of Pureza Lopes Loyola, whose struggle inspired the creation of the Special Mobile Inspection Group, the first action in Brazil's history to combat slave labor throughout the national territory.