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Stories Set in Brazil
Rio's favelas and carnival, sertão feuds, São Paulo's concrete sprawl and Amazon journeys — Brazil's fiction runs from Jorge Amado to modern crime epics. These ten famous works open the door; StoryTerra's map holds many more, filterable by city and era.
Open Brazil on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Brazil
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Browse 138 books, 634 movies, 20 TV shows and 43 games set in Brazil.

City of God
In the slums of Rio two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

Fast X
Over many missions and against impossible odds Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying…

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Following their explosive showdown Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world challenging their very existence – and our own.

Elite Squad
In 1997 before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope…

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias…

Rio
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind but…

Fast Five
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a…

A Dog's Will
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small in Northeastern Brazil. When they die they have to be judged by Christ the Devil and the Virgin Mary…

Senna
The remarkable story of Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off his quest for perfection and the mythical status he has since attained is the subject of…

Central Station
An emotive journey of a former school teacher who writes letters for illiterate people and a young boy whose mother has just died as they search for the father he never knew.
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