José Renato, a 35-year-old geologist, is sent out on a solitary expedition to the hinterlands of northeastern Brazil. The purpose of the trip is to assess possible routes for a canal that will connect the area with the only major river in the region. As the field trip progresses, it becomes clear that Renato shares with those places the same emptiness, sense of abandonment and isolation.

Using his personal background, Brazilian Karim Aïnous invites the audience to follow/discover an incredible journey through space and time, with an original and usually unknown prism/aspect : The strong bound between Algeria and Brazil, two countries with political and revolutionary strikes that mould their evolution.

2002 film by Karim Aïnouz

Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna, and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bounds of their friendship to the limit.

21岁的女子赫米拉（Hermila Guedes 饰）曾自认是世界上最幸福的女人，温柔的丈夫和可爱的儿子构成她生命的全部。但完美的事物从来不存于世。丈夫的失踪让赫米拉的世界崩塌，也直接断掉了这对母子的经济来源。化名苏丽的她不愿轻率地成为妓女，而是以抽取彩票的方式赚取生活费。当然，作为彩票的回报，有幸中得大奖的男人将得到“天堂一夜”的奖励。男人们趋之若鹜，女人们唾弃诅咒。为了家庭和孩子，苏丽愿意牺牲一切……
本片荣获2006年捷克伯拉第斯拉瓦国际电影节最佳女主角奖（Hermila Guedes）；2006年哈瓦那电影节最佳女主角奖和金奖；2006年里约热内卢国际电影节最佳女主角奖、最佳导演奖和最佳影片奖。

2014 film by Karim Aïnouz

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950. In the conservative home of the Gusmão family, Eurídice and Guida are two inseparable sisters who support each other. While Guida can share with her younger sister the details of her romantic adventures, Eurídice finds in her older sister the encouragement she needs to pursue her dream of becoming a professional pianist.

故事发生在1910年的巴西，在那里，两大家族之间的斗争从未停歇。布雷维斯家在家族战争中失去了他们的大儿子，这让老父亲（乔斯·多蒙特 José Dumont 饰）感到非常的悲伤，于是把复仇的希望寄托在了小儿子汤诺（罗德里格·桑托罗 Rodrigo Santoro 饰）的身上。父辈的仇恨剥夺了汤诺的童年和快乐，最终，当他手刃杀死哥哥的敌人后，感受到的并没有释然和救赎，仅仅是空虚。
汤诺找到了仇人的祖父，希望能够阻止两个家族无休止无意义的争斗，对方当然拒绝了，但是答应汤诺两家人在下一个月圆之夜前暂时停火。镇上来了一个美丽的姑娘克莱拉（Flavia Marco Antonio 饰）她的歌声和笑容深深吸引了汤诺。