Rio Babilonia

Blue Beach

March 1982 •Spanish

Fun and Games

October 1971 •English

The daughter of a British prison governor returns from an American finishing school, and chases after the inmates of her Dad's prison.

Street Wars

April 1991 •English

A young man takes over as the head of a crack dealing outfit after his brother, the gang's leader, is murdered.

Le salamandre

February 1969 •Italian

Inspired by the writings of writer Fritz Fanon, who believed that a colonial population could only reach freedom by declaring violence towards their occupiers, Cavallone’s tale sees a white photographer who seduces a black model. A doctor then arrives on the scene, and Schurer falls for his charms.

Impávido

July 2012 •Spanish

Ray, a man without family addicted to the game, dedicated to steal cars and for love will end up in jail.

The Telephone Book

October 1971 •English

A sexually voracious young woman receives a dirty phone call from a stranger; so satisfied by the experience, she sets out to find him somewhere in New York City.

East End Hustle

September 1976 •English

Group of prostitutes who rely on each other to revolt against their sinister pimps. Their bid for freedom turns much more dangerous than they ever imagined.

Strike Force

April 1975 •English

A New York City detective teams up with a federal agent and a state trooper to bust up a drug ring.

Case Study: Heroin

December 1969 •English

A man talks about heroin abuse and withdrawal.

Call Girl

November 2012 •Swedish

Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.

Amor en Tiempos de Coca

January 1997 •Spanish

Jose and Diana fall in love while living a world of drug trafficking.

Meu Nome é Dindi

November 2008 •Portuguese

Meu Nome é Dindi shows the movement of time over a young woman who owns a small marketplace near bankruptcy and fights for survival.

Riptide

Invalid date •English

When a biker gang's drug operation is raided by the ATF the gang leader's two sons develop differing views about the gang's future.

Tropical Snow

May 1988 •English

New York is the dream city of Tavo and Marina, where the lovers hope to start a better life; at home in Bogota they have to work as pocket pickers at the airport to support their families. Dealer Oskar can persuade them to smuggle drugs in their stomachs on plane to New York - although both know of the risks, since Marina's sister died on a similar journey. However on arrival at the airport in New York they show nerves and all their dreams start to shatter.

Sex Life in a Convent

January 1972 •German

120 schoolgirls live in a Catholic boarding school for girls together with nuns, who teach them, but secular teachers are also employed here. Behind the conservative façade of decency, discipline and order, there are unsuspected sexual abysses.

The Castro's Abbess

January 1974 •Italian

A young woman is forced into a convent. However, due to her nobility she rises to be an abbess. She has to deal with corruption in the church.

Go Ask Alice

January 1973 •English

A 14-year-old girl in late 1960's America is inadvertently sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs. She eventually seeks help.

Sweet Nothing

June 1995 •English

Angel celebrates the birth of his daughter by taking his first hit of crack cocaine. With the hesitant support of his wife, Monika, he joins a friend of his to deal drugs for a short time--enough time to get out of debt and buy some nice things for the family. Three years later, Angel is still dealing, and has not saved any money, instead spending it on crack. His addiction grows, straining his friendship and his family life, and he gradually loses control.

El idioma imposible

November 2010 •Spanish

Fernando, lives in the heart of Barcelona's Chinatown, which seeks life peddling amphetamines and alternating with a peculiar gallery sinister characters. In one of those sunrises stolen life, Fernando meet Elsa, a young teenager, fresh and lively, with a passionate and self-destructive personality who unwittingly become the most addictive. Together they try to survive in a shadowy villain and Barcelona at the end of the day is taken by the renegades of society and their particular codes.

Dadah Is Death

October 1988 •English

On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of Heroin. A crime which in Malaysia carries a mandatory sentence of death... Dadah Is Death (A Long Way From Home) is the true story of Barbara Barlow's desperate attempt to save her son from the Hangmans rope - a courageous effort that involved impassioned pleas to President Reagan, The British Prime Minister, and even the Pope. By July 1986 this international struggle had seemed to reach a hopeless conclusion and all that was left was a mother's love for her son.