The Agora RS team curated films that had scenes or were recorded in Rio Grande do Sul. Check out where to watch:
Something Is Not Right
Where to Watch: Prime Video
Recorded in Alvorada
Detectives Walter Biombo and Tony Dodoy are investigating the mysterious murder of Uber driver, Deoclécio Bacia, victim of “copycat syndrome” – he can’t stop imitating personalities. However, what apparently seemed to be a banal and passionate crime of self-defense begins to get complicated when mysterious mortadella appear and it becomes clear that it is a conspiracy by aliens from the past in the perfect past tense of the shopping mall’s work.
The Man Who Copied
Where to Watch: Prime Video and Paramount+
Recorded in Porto Alegre
A Brazilian photocopier operator falls in love with a girl who lives in a house opposite and spends his nights looking at her through his binoculars.
The time and the wind
Where to Watch: Netflix
Recorded in the scenic city of Santa Fé, in Bagé and Charqueada da Costa, in Pelotas.
Love, losses, changes. The saga of two enemy families over 150 years of history in southern Brazil. Based on the books by Érico Veríssimo.
The Quadril
Recorded in Bento Gonçalves and Antônio Prado
Where to Watch: Prime Video or Canal Europa Filmes (Canal Brasil) on Youtube
In a 1910 rural community, two couples share the same house. When one of the wives falls in love with the other’s husband, the new couple decides to run away, leaving their old partners behind.
Colleagues
Where to Watch: Netflix
Scenes recorded in Torres
Inspired by the film “Thelma & Louise”, three friends with Down syndrome decide to leave the institution where they live behind and embark on a long car journey.
My Uncle Killed a Guy
Where to Watch: Telecine
Recorded in Porto Alegre
Éder is arrested after confessing to killing a man. Duca wants to prove his innocence, as she is sure he is committing the crime to free his girlfriend, the dead man’s ex-wife.
