Movies

Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint...

A man and a woman have been secretly married. He belongs to a rich family and she is a poor actress and singer that is failing to success in her...

After their relative and associate runs way, the Naves brothers inform the police of the incident, who end up arresting them under the accusation of...

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

italian documentary

The story of how D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7th, 1822, and rose from prince of Portugal to first emperor of Brazil.

In São Paulo, a businessman wants to rehabilitate street children, called "trombinhas", through a social project. After being discouraged by...

Rich girl travels with her fiancé (a cousin) to the family farm, where they're going to marry. But finds another cousin in love with her who...

The young singer Beth is torn between love for the honest pianist Guy; and the powerful smuggler Estênio, who sponsors his promising career.

Sexual adventures of a prostitute's son and a bordello owner, who like to swap women.

A man seeks revenge after his sister get raped by an unknown foreign, identified only by scar and a missing finger. But his payback journey is a long...

In 19th century Brazil, young people in the State of São Paulo fight against black slavery and the farmers who support it. Against this...

Film in three segments. In the first, father is suspicious about his son's masculinity. The second one shows a Don Juan-like guy who, at church for...

Tico-Tico no Fubá is a 1952 Brazilian comedy film directed by Adolfo Celi and starring Anselmo Duarte. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes...

As revenge against the big landowner who killed his brother, a convict escapes and rapts the man's daughter.

The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".

In the Brazilian countryside, poor sharecroppers join a messianic group led by Joaquim, who believes he is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Gaining...

Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material;...

An employee of a glass factory suffers with his wife's contempt and starts to develop homicidal delusions about her. One night, he meets a singer...