As grandes obras da literatura brasileira no cinema (aproximação a uma filmografia)
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- DirectorAlfredo SternheimStarsHelena RamosMichel CohenOswaldo D'ávilaLúcia, a prostitute, the most rich and most beautiful woman in Rio de Janeiro, a single woman, until knows Paulo. With a relationship, the both walk together on a hard way, where the court makes awful comments about them. Is possible a prostitute live with only a man? Is possible live well with the court making awful comments?
- DirectorGeraldo VietriStarsElaine CristinaPaulo FigueiredoFlávio GalvãoA beautiful and poor woman buys herself a rich husband after inheriting a great deal of money.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsHelena RamosTony CorreiaCarlos KoppaThe loves and life of a beautiful Brazilian Indian woman.
- DirectorFauzi MansurStarsDavid CardosoDorothée Marie BouvyerFlávio PortoThe love affair between Ceci, a white woman and a handsome Indian, Peri, in Brazil.
- DirectorPaulo César SaraceniStarsIsabellaOthon BastosRaul CortezAdaptation of Machado de Assis's classic novel "Dom Casmurro". Bentinho and Capitu are friends since childhood and end up marrying. But Bentinho destroys his life when he starts suspecting Capitu has an affair with his best friend and that his son is not really his.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsNildo ParenteIsabel RibeiroArduíno ColassantiA new priest comes to a Brazilian coastal town and builds an insane asylum. Eventually the whole population ends up in the asylum.
- DirectorRoberto SantosStarsAdriana AbujamraBrigitte BroderLaura CardosoBased on a book by Machado de Assis (1839-1908) and adapted to the present time. After the death of the philosopher Quincas Borba, his friend and disciple Rubiao inherits all he possessed: his fortune, his dog, his philosophy and the germ of his madness. Rubiao's passion for Sofia, a friend's wife, places him at the center of a game in which she is the main piece while he is the only one who ignores the rules. The story of a dreamer and delirious man facing a reality to which he is not prepared.
- DirectorSergio BianchiStarsRenato BorghiJosé Rubens ChacháRodrigo SantiagoTheater director asks his actors for a research on human cruelty and misery in Brazil, while trying to raise funds for his next production, a play based on a story by Machado de Assis, "A Causa Secreta" (The Secret Cause). The troupe oblige and go around town witnessing long lines in National Health Services, inhuman conditions in public hospitals and poor people being constantly humiliated. They find people are becoming indifferent to human suffering.
- DirectorAndré KlotzelStarsReginaldo FariaMarcos CarusoPetrônio GontijoFree adaptation of Machado de Assis's classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.
- DirectorMoacyr GóesStarsMarcos PalmeiraMaria Fernanda CândidoBruno GarciaFree adaptation of Machado de Assis's "Dom Casmurro". Bento marries an actress, and soon afterwards she gets pregnant. He begins to suspect the child isn't his, but his best friend's.
- DirectorWagner de AssisPablo UrangaStarsDeborah SeccoLuigi BaricelliIlya São PauloRita is about to marry a wealthy physician, Dr. Augusto Vilela. One night, Vilela's best friend, Camilo, is brought to the hospital, dying from an overdose. Vilela saves his life and introduces him to his fiancée. Rita and Camilo fall in love and, confused about what to do, the girl goes to a fortuneteller to seek for advice.
- DirectorSergio BianchiStarsAna CarbattiCláudia MelloHerson CapriFree adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film tries to trace a parallel between life in Brazil during the slavery period and life in modern Brazil.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsÁtila IórioMaria RibeiroOrlando MacedoA poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place to live, with food and work. But the drought and misery destroy their hopes.
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsOthon BastosIsabel RibeiroNildo ParenteThe story of Paulo Honório, a poor kid who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much attention to his wife, Madalena, a teacher who reacts against his tyrannical ways.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsCarlos VerezaGlória PiresNildo ParenteGraciliano Ramos' period he spent in prison after being considered a subversive element by the government.
- DirectorWalter George DurstCassiano Gabus MendesStarsZulmira AguiarDionísio AzevedoJorge AzevedoThe siege of the residence of a political leader in the late 19th century, including conflicts between besieged occupants.
- DirectorDurval GarciaStarsRossana GhessaGeraldo Del ReyPereira DiasFamily of gauchos suffer repeated attacks from bandits. After saving the life of a semi-Indian, they decide to shelter him in their own family. But he falls in love with Ana Terra, the patriarch's daughter, giving rise to tragical events.
- DirectorAnselmo DuarteStarsFrancisco Di FrancoElza De CastroNewton PradoFearless bohemian enters quiet city and wins the hearts of women and admiration of men while causing many conflicts.
- StarsGlória PiresJosé de AbreuTarcísio MeiraThe story of the foundations of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, through the Cambará family and Bibiana's memories of her grandmother, Ana Terra, and her husband, Captain Rodrigo.
- StarsFernanda MontenegroNicette BrunoRegina DuarteIn 1963, workers in the fictitious city of Antares in the South of Brazil decide to strike, fighting for better salaries and working conditions. Meanwhile, seven locals die: conservative Catholic matriarch and very powerful lady, Quitéria Campolargo; corrupt lawyer Cícero Branco; Spanish anarchist shoemaker Barcelona; drunkard Pudim de Cachaça; prostitute Erotildes; student João da Paz; and pianist Menandro Olinda. Their bodies remaining unburied because of the general strike, they decide to claim to the local authorities the right of being buried. Major Vivaldino Brazão, Judge Quintiliano do Vale, "Colonel" Tibério Vacariano, and the local sheriff are unable to force the workers to return to their normal activities, so the dead citizens disclose dark secrets about the corruption of leaders and dwellers. Once they are corpses, they are not subject to the laws of the living and they can freely speak about the sordid hidden secrets.
- DirectorRoberto SantosStarsLeonardo VillarJofre SoaresMaria RibeiroAugusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies is bitten up and left for dead. He is rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again. Influenced by the couple Augusto Matraga turns to a religiosity a long time neglected, believing he is atoning for past sins. Then he starts a long penitent life while waiting for his hour and chance. As time goes on he comes strong again but he only realize this after meeting Joaozinho Bem Bem, a famous chief of "jaguncos" who sees in him the violent man he was. Augusto Matraga starts a fight between his violent nature, his hidden desire of vengeance and the mysticism and goodness which is also part of him. This conflict lasts until the moment when his hour and his chance comes, the hour and chance to fight, to struggle an to use his strength and courage in the name of faith and humanity.
- DirectorGeraldo Santos PereiraRenato Santos PereiraStarsMaurício do ValleSônia ClaraJofre SoaresCowboy Riobaldo is attracted to same sex Diadorim, not knowing that "he" is a girl dressed in man's clothes. After Diadorim's father is killed, she swears revenge, being joined by Riobaldo in this mission.
- DirectorPaulo ThiagoStarsJoel BarcellosMilton MoraesÍtala NandiIn Northeast Brazil, after carrying out some comissioned killing, hitman returns home to find his wife involved with a man who is a hitman hunter. A conflict ensues.
- DirectorCarlos Alberto Prates CorreiaStarsCristina AchéDébora BlochCarlos KroeberLalinha, after being abandoned by her husband, seeks comfort in her farm. There, she discovers a new world.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsLavoisier AlbernazDenise AlvarezBarbara BrandtStory of a farming family defined by the absence of its father who abruptly abandoned his wife and children, sailing away down the river, including his son who continues to communicate with his father, speaking daily to him from the river bank.
- DirectorPedro BialStarsTeuda BaraMárcia BecharaSílvia BuarqueFive stories by Brazilian writer Guimarães Rosa: in the hinterland of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a man fears for his life after having killed one of the dire Brothers Dagobé, outlaws who have great influence over the region; a hitman asks a doctor what's the meaning of a name he has heard; in a farm, the landowner decides to share the use and property of the estate among his employees; a man falls in love with a girl, but she's said to have a dreadful disease; and the local butcher spends half of his time running after his mother and daughter, both utterly mad.
- DirectorGlauber RochaStarsJorge AmadoZélia GattaiA documentary by Glauber Rocha about the Brazilian writer Jorge Amado.
- DirectorLuiz de BarrosStarsAlvarengaMarilu DantasJackson De SouzaRomantic comedy about the horse races and Maria, who owns a horse which leaves in the 13rd position.
- DirectorJonaldStarsPaulo GracindoDulce NunesNelson Vaz
- DirectorHall BartlettStarsJuarez SantalvoFreddie GedeonAdemir Da SilvaInspired by the classic novel by Brazilian cultural icon Jorge Amado, this is the story of a gang of homeless children lead by Pedro Bala. Set in Bahia, the film follows the adventures of Bala's gang of under aged outlaws as they steal, rape, find love, "capoeira" (a Brazilian form of martial arts) and African-Brazilian religion.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsSonia BragaJosé WilkerMauro MendonçaIn a small city of Brazil, a woman named Flor marries a man named Vadinho, but once married she finds that he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking and he takes all of her money to gamble. After Vadinho dies, Flor marries Tedoror, the owner of a drugstore. Flor is happy with her new husband but misses the love life with her previous husband. When one day the ghost of Vadhino comes back to pursue her.
- DirectorMarcel CamusStarsMira FonsecaZeni PereiraMaria Viana
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsHugo CarvanaSônia DiasAnecy RochaThe life of Pedro Arcanjo, self-taught mestizo intellectual who in the first decades of the XXth century challenged racist ideas of the School of Medicine of Bahia and highlighted the importance of the blacks' contribution to Brazilian culture.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsSonia BragaMarcello MastroianniAntonio CantaforaIn 1925, Nacib (Marcello Mastroianni) is the owner of a bar in a small Brazilian coastal town runs by the local colonels. He meets Gabriela (Sonia Braga) and hires her on as a cook. They soon enter a passionate relationship, fueled by his strong attraction to her sensual nature. However, he soon grows annoyed by the attention she receives. Under his best friend Tonico's (Cantafora) advice, he proposes to her, thinking it will stop the attention. After they're married, he warns her to dress and behave more modestly so they will be seen as more respectable, but she can't help but stray and he is forced to annul their marriage when he finds her in bed with none other than Tonico. Later, as both Nacib and the town begin to undergo a transformation, Nacib and Gabriela resume their relationship. The town's political ways modernize slightly and Gabriela returns as Nacib's mistress.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsGrande OteloJulien GuiomarCharles BaianoJubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonym novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the daughter of a rich Commander and Antonio Balduíno, a rascal, fighter and famous lover from Salvador.
- DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsSonia BragaMarília PêraChico AnysioJust when her family starts believing that she is dead and that they can expect a rich heritage, Tieta returns from São Paulo to her native village in Bahia, which she had been forced to leave long ago because of her involvement with a goatherd. Believed to be fabulously rich--and nobody knows how--she brings, to the great disappointment of her family, a young stepdaughter and heir. With the arrival of Tieta, turmoil enters the life of her family and their fellow villagers, most particularly those of her nephew who was promised to the Church, and the young aspiring mayor.
- StarsRodrigo SantoroFernanda MontenegroEduardo MoscovisFour segments based on Jorge Amado's stories: "O Casamento do Cabo Martim", "O Cumpadre de Ogum", "A Paixão de Curió" and "Um Vestido para Otália".
- DirectorCecília AmadoGuy GonçalvesStarsJean AmorimAna GracielaRoberio LimaAbout the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as Capitães da Areia (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia, during the 1950s.
- StarsAdriana BocalónRoberto BomtempoYolanda CardosoFreely adapted from Jorge Amado's novel, "Capitães de Areia" tells the story of very young outsiders, homeless children and teenagers, living in Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil.
- StarsGiulia GamEdson CelulariMarco NaniniDona Flor marries Vadinho, who is very handsome and passionate, but does not offer him much. She supports the family by cooking for her neighbors, but the husband bets most of the money. Vadinho dies suddenly and Dona Flor begins to miss the wedding. She marries the doctor Teodoro Madureira, but he is the opposite of Vadinho. While Dona Flor is married to Theodore, the ghost of her late husband appears.