On the last days of his life, while succumbing to alcoholism in a hospital, famed writer Lima Barreto chronicles his trajectory story as a black, poor writer living in Brazilian society between monarchy's dying days and early years of republic with its countless social problems, which formed the basis of his many novels.

Mo' Better Blues
1990
6.5/10

Goodbye June
2025
6.5/10

Play Dirty
1969
6.3/10

Helen
2009
6.5/10

Requiem for a Dream
2000
8.0/10

Lust for Life
1956
7.2/10

Puncture
2011
6.7/10

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
2010
7.8/10

Rogue Agent
2022
6.3/10

Hounddog
2008
6.5/10

Araby
2018
8.0/10

Broke
2025
7.0/10

I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020
6.5/10

Angela
2023
5.9/10

Saturday Night Fever
1977
6.7/10

The Young One
1960
7.0/10

The Beaver
2011
6.4/10

The Nest
2020
6.1/10

Wakefield
2017
6.1/10

The Brutalist
2024
6.9/10
Marie Antoinette
2006
6.688/10