Movies: João Pedro Zappa

Before entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel Buchmann decides to travel the world for one year. After ten months on the road with his backpack full of dreams, immersed at the heart of various countries, he arrives in Kenya determined to...

After several behavior problems, teenager John is admitted to a psychiatric clinic by his family. There he meets Judith, for who he soon falls in love. The problem is that she does not have long to live and they know it. This shall not prevent the em...

After a shooting assignment, Henrique is mugged by two armed motor-bikers who steal his camera and speed off. Seconds later, he watches both get hit by a pickup truck driven by a self-appointed avenger, someone weary of feeling defenseless against th...

40 years after fighting for what he thought was new and revolutionary, a former anonymous militant against the now fallen Brazilian dictatorship is accused of being conservative, antiquated and anachronistic by his own son....

An experimental collective film lasting little more than an hour, compiled from 10 episodes by a total of 14 different young Brazilian filmmakers. The project was an initiative of the directing duo Felipe Bragança and Marina Meliande, who sent a ‘le...

Xeu and Lidiane are going to have a child. She pressures him to sell his motorcycle and get another job. The news of the pregnancy and Xeu’s to a cousin in Maré brings instability to the relationship....

In the story, set in Rio de Janeiro, a pregnant woman will feel the desire to eat a certain fruit and will ask her husband to go buy it. When he is in the market, he will be the victim of a stray bullet. Meanwhile, at home, the girl will begin to giv...

After the death of his wife, Otto starts having trouble to sleep without his natural medicine: a lettuce tea she made every night....

Pedro and Fabrício are two young filmmakers who never got the chance to make their comedy films. Frustrated, they consider quitting the business, but decide, as their last attempt, to produce a low-budget drama and submit it to a local film festival....

Joana D'Arc, a former public school teacher in Rio de Janeiro, tries to recover her home, lost to the City Hall. The trajectory is shared by the pirate fisherman Pharaó, from Guanabara Bay....

Rafael is a young man who is tired of only reaching guys who say they are straight. Not wanting to go through this kind of embarrassment anymore, he gets a device that will put an end to all his doubts, the gaydar....

During the hottest summer of his life, teenager discovers pleasure among buses, balloons, Darth Vader and Newton's laws....

José Dourado uses a double identity to be able to have fun without compromising his image as a rich heir and telecommunications shareholder. His best friend, Agenor Nabuco, makes use of this to invade José's farm and, then, he meets the seductive Cec...

Rio de Janeiro, May, 2012. João waits for Bia in front of the women’s restroom. However, she mysteriously disappears. Now, he doesn’t know if she died, was raptured or just fell in love with somebody else....