From Peru: Fitzcarraldo (1982)

           
Brian Fitzgerald Sweene, better known under the name of Fitzcarraldo, dream of building the largest opera house in the world in Iquitos, in the heart of the Amazon To earn money for his project, he bought a rubber concession along the Uycali river deemed inaccessible due to violent rapids.To achieve its concession Fitzcarraldo chooses to descend Pachitea river, separated from the Uycali only by a mountain.

His attempt ultimately failed and Fitzcarraldo transforms the theater ship welcoming singers and musicians for a unique spectacle in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

Brazilian: The House of Sand

In the film, the time passes come from heaven. When the caravan led by Vasco de Sá (Ruy Guerra) arrives in the middle of nowhere and stops, his wife Aurea (Torres) not delay to want to go back to town and take his mother along, Maria (Montenegro). There also is slow to the dunes become even more desert and Golden, pregnant, have only the mother and future daughter for company. In the wanderings through the region are Massu (Seu Jorge) and a village that was once a quilombo. The new neighbors will help them in the task of surviving in the middle of the sand. With the exception of merchant Chico (Emiliano Queiroz), the next contact with civilization will happen only nine years later, when Golden is an expedition of British scientists was in northeastern Brazil to photograph the sky and thus help prove the theory of relativity Einstein. This meeting is reborn desire to leave. Looking up, we see after aircraft, bringing news of what happened not only with the lives of Maria, Aurea and Maria, but also in the world, which was in the midst of World War II. The third major event, perhaps the most beautiful, has as a reference point the arrival of man on the moon.
                          
As monochrome as the natural satellite is the scenario, as well as reminds Golden, "which is not sand is heaven." But this absence of other colors does not hurt. In fact, if it were different probably would not work. The same can be said of almost complete absence of music. What is heard more noises are. Even the dialogues are economical, leaving the more visual history. And it works well!

In times when romantic comedies starring global players and "actresses" beer advertising come to the mountains, good to see more elaborate films. Do not get me wrong. Each has its value in the much-talked resumption of Brazilian cinema. One calls the populace to cinemas and amuses. The other takes advantage of this blockbuster to raise funds for the environment and develop denser projects. It helps a lot also have talent and Andruchas Fernandas. The mother, in fact, should be able to carry out such travel at the speed of light commented in the film because exudes a unique playfulness on the big screen.

Arroz amargo 1949..nice and old

The film starts at the beginning of the season rice planted in northern Italy. Francesca (Doris Dowling) and Walter (Vittorio Gassman) are a young couple who have just thieves steal a valuable necklace in a hotel where she worked as a waitress. To escape the police, Walter trust necklace Francesca and both try to go unnoticed in a crowd of laborers (the mondine) to board a train to the rice fields of the Po valley . While waiting to board the train, the couple met Silvana (Silvana Mangano), a young and sensual mondina, Walter flirts with which to hide from the police, despite which is recognized and flees. Francesca and Silvana together make the trip to the rice fields.

Silvana, intrigued by Francesca, help you get a job as "clandestine" mondina (no contract). After initial resistance of contract workers, the "underground" are finally admitted to planting. Francesca is thus introduced in the grueling lifestyle of temporary rice.

Silvana soon discovers the necklace stolen by Francesca and it withdraws him in the bedroom. Then accused of strikebreaking , to out of the way.

Francesca danger of being lynched by their peers, but is saved by a sergeant about to be licensed after his service in the army, Marco Galli ( Raf Vallone ), which pacifies the two sides. Francesca gets grouped with other irregular partners and eventually convinces all laborers to perform a common protest with the aim that all mondine are legally employed.

Silvana Francesca apologizes and returns the necklace, confessing to have acted tired and asequeada of the hard life of a day laborer. Upon returning the booty assists Marco, who is in love with Silvana, while Francesca is far from it.

On arrival at the estate of Walter, who had been hiding waiting for things to calm down, wreak havoc during an evening party. Silvana returns to "borrow" the necklace to Francesca and dances with Walter between laborers and laborers. Also go to the party Marco, who upon seeing Silvana necklace mounted with anger, rips neck collar and fistfight with Walter.

Francesca Walter then reveals that the stolen necklace is just imitation and leaves, while, to woo Silvana, offers the same necklace as a gift, hiding her the truth. Dazzled by the prospect of life that offers Walter, Silvana becomes her lover. But Walter movement is not disinterested: is actually in league with three accomplices to steal the rice harvest and Silvana has seduced to have your help. So when will be crowned "Miss Mondina 1948", Silvana opens the floodgates of channels and flood the rice field. Thus, while all rtrabajadores strive to save the crops, Walter can get away with arrroz and harvested.

But Francesca guessed Walter plans and, thinking that the robbery rice would mean ruin for mondine and that's quite another to steal from the rich, warns Marco, thinking it's the only one who can help her. Marco and Francesca are faced with Walter and Silvana; the two men hurt each other and the outcome is in the hands of women, each armed with a gun. After mouth Francesca know that Walter has cheated and has used it for their own purposes, Silvana pointing the gun at him and shoot. But that will not be enough to redeem his own eyes the betrayal of his comrades, looking for an illusory individual salvation; Instead redemption that has managed to find Francesca class solidarity. Thus, Silvana, in shock, commits suicide and mondine pay homage, covering her body handfuls of rice; while, Francesca and Marco march together in search of a better future.

Folle d'elle 1998 nice movie

Returning from a story abroad, Mark, a young photographer, finds his girlfriend in the arms of her roommate. Abandoned by his editor who tells him stories without interest, he finds refuge with Victor and Alex, a couple of gay friends. For its part, Lisa, Alex's best friend is getting a divorce from a husband who deceives and suffers from loneliness. She would share her home with "someone like Alex." Exasperated by fads Marc Victor and Alex are going to pass it to Lisa Gay accepts it as roommate.