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- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsGrande OteloJece ValadãoMalu MaiaA talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him.
- DirectorCao HamburgerStarsMichel JoelsasGermano HaiutDaniela PiepszykA boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in 1970, when the World Cup coincides with political crackdowns by the military dictatorship.
- 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.
- DirectorRogério SganzerlaStarsHelena IgnezJorge LoredoMaria GladysBanker, acting as an international front, lives dangerously among a blonde, a brunette and a dark woman, his lover.
- DirectorCarlos ReichenbachStarsÊnio GonçalvesEmílio Di BiasiImara ReisTransposition of the myth of Faust to modern Brazil. The heir to a bankrupt cigarette factory, amidst a personal crisis, leaves everything behind and heads for a supposed paradise he has seen in a tourist agency, where he believes he could find self-knowledge. In his search, he is inspired by a Mephisto-like character.
- DirectorPatricia TerraStarsTeresa CristinaYamandú CostaLuís Felipe de LimaIt tells the story of the musicians who revitalized Lapa, from the end of the 90s, in meetings on the small stage of "Bar Semente". The documentary is a historical record of a stronghold of cultural effervescence that remained in the affective memory of Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorHumberto MauroStarsAlvaro CostaJoão de DeusManoel RochaThe Armada of Pedro Álvares Cabral discovers Brazil.
- DirectorHumberto MauroStarsMaury BuenoErnani de PaulaPedro FantolIn the beginning of the Twentieth Century, in Belo Horizonte, the industrial Sampaio lives in a manor house with his stepdaughter Carmen, who has a sort of engagement with Roberto. Sampaio's daughter Neusa, of same age as Carmen, was sent to a metropolis to have a modern education and returns to Belo Horizonte. In the São João party in the country of Acaba-Mundo, promoted by the traditional Marta, Neusa has a one night stand with Roberto. Carmen witnesses their affair and decides to commit suicide. Meanwhile, Cristovão and his cousin Max decides to go to a cabaret in town instead of staying in the party,. They find Carmen and bring her to Marta's property, where she stays with the family and Tufy, Max's younger brother. Along this period, Cristovão falls in love for Carmen, and she has to decide between the love of the unfaithful Roberto and Cristovão.
- DirectorHumberto MauroStarsNita NeyLuís SoroaMáximo SerranoIn Rio de Janeiro, the wasteful Luis Soares is deserted by his father and has no money. Meanwhile, the sugarcane plant owner Mr. Carlos Silva decides to fire the manager of the plant, Pedro Bento, and hire a new one. When Luis sees the advertisement in the newspaper, he is interviewed by Mr. Silva and meets his daughter Anita Silva. Mr. Silva hires Luis and he moves to the countryside to work at the plant. Soon Anita and he fall in love with each other, but the vengeful Pedro sends letters to Mr. Silva telling the affair of his daughter with Luis. Mr. Silva decides to move to the big city with Anita to avoid a scandal. On her birthday, Luis travels with his friend Jorge to meet Anita and give a rose to her. Meanwhile Pedro uses dynamite to blow up the funnel of the plant. When Luis returns, he seeks out Pedro. What will happen next?
- DirectorWatson MacedoStarsOscaritoGrande OteloEliana MacedoIn Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into working in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Alberto, the captain, receives a radio message saying that there was a dangerous international spy on board. Things get worse when some passports are mixed-up.
- DirectorWatson MacedoStarsOscaritoGrande OteloModesto De SouzaA gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo (angel in Portuguese), robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The identification would be through a cigarette case with an angel, and the password "- Is everything all right?" Meanwhile, the director Ricardo is preparing a show for the carnival in the hotel with Marina, and they love each other. The janitor Serafim receives a letter from his unknown American brother, who will come to Rio to spend the carnival and meet him, and asks Eliana for a chance in the show, since his brother believes he is an artist. When Ricardo finds the cigarette case lost by Anjo in the entrance of the hotel, he is misidentified by the thieves, and this is the beginning of lots of confusion and fun.
- DirectorCarlos MangaStarsOscaritoFada SantoroCyl FarneyBarber's jeep crashes against a house where a mad scientist was building a time machine. The crash triggers the machine, taking them to Gaza Kingdom, circa 1153 B.C., where they get involved in many funny situations. Spoof of Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah (1949).
- DirectorCarlos MangaStarsOscaritoGrande OteloJosé LewgoyCity Down is a town where impunity reigns thanks to the outlaw Jesse Gordon. But the situation changes when Humphrey and Bogart arrest him by chance and get named local sheriffs. It gets complicated when Gordon escapes, promising revenge.
- DirectorCarlos MangaStarsOscaritoCyl FarneySonia MamedeIndustrialist's son returns from the USA, where he'd been supposedly studying Nuclear Physics, when in fact he'd devoted himself to pop music, without his father's knowledge.
- DirectorJ.B. TankoStarsAnkitoGrande OteloJaime CostaUpon discovering that the director of the station where he works wants to organize a show, the servant Popó tries to include his musical group in the presentation. He meets the director's daughter and invites her to join the show.
- DirectorJosé Carlos BurleWatson MacedoStarsAnselmo DuarteEliana MacedoIlka SoaresZé Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him.
- DirectorVictor LimaStarsGrande OteloAnkitoRenata FronziTypical Brazilian musical comedy of the 50s, having the carnival as theme and featuring great names of Brazilian music and radio.
- DirectorJ.B. TankoStarsZé TrindadeGrande OteloConsuelo LeandroA scoundrel from a group of artists abandoned by their manager tries to seduce a wealthy widow.
- DirectorMatheus NachtergaeleStarsDaniel de OliveiraJuliano CazarréJackson AntunesSantinho is a young man considered to be a saint after performing a miracle following his mother's suicide, in a riverside community in the Alto Amazonas.
- DirectorSilvio TendlerStarsLeonel BrizolaJoão GoulartJuscelino KubitschekThe story of João "Jango" Goulart, the Brazilian left-wing president deposed by the military.
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyLuiz Bolognesi
- DirectorJoão JardimWhile a group of high school seniors from an impoverished area of Brazil prepare for an exam that can change the course of their lives, a journey of anxiety and personal drama unfolds before the camera.
- DirectorAntonio Carlos da FontouraStarsOdete LaraCarlo MossyPaulo GracindoMarquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to school, he just lives on the spur of the moment, watches TV, plays soccer on the beach by day and goes out with his mates by night. He meets Irene, a 40 year-old woman and they have a love affair that is going to change his life - for a while.
- StarsCarlos Ebert
- DirectorDenise Godinho CostaBruno GrazianoHugo MouraStarsAndré BarcinskiKid BengalaPamela ButtIn 1982, almost five million people took theaters to see Erotic Things, the first Brazilian porn movie. The production is today considered a major episode in the history of Brazilian cinema because it was launched during the military dictatorship of the country. 30 years later, The First Time of Brazilian Cinema found the producers and actors to tell the inside story of this fascinating journey.
- DirectorJosé JoffilyStarsCassiano CarneiroLuciana RigueiraJoana FommBased on the true story of Fernando Ramos da Silva, actor of Hector Babenco's Pixote (1980).
- DirectorCristiano BurlanIn front of impunity, the film immerses in a vertiginous journey to rebuild Isabel's image and life.
- DirectorGeraldo VietriStarsElaine CristinaPaulo FigueiredoFlávio GalvãoA beautiful and poor woman buys herself a rich husband after inheriting a great deal of money.
- DirectorFauzi MansurStarsDavid CardosoDorothée Marie BouvyerFlávio PortoThe love affair between Ceci, a white woman and a handsome Indian, Peri, in Brazil.
- DirectorHumberto MauroStarsCarmen SantosRodolfo MayerSílvio CaldasTwo boys return from Paris without money with the idea of opening a cabaret in a slum,for tourists in search of new sensations. There, one of the boys, Roberto, will meet and fall in love with the beautiful Rosinha.
- DirectorCarlos MangaStarsJulie BardotDircinha BatistaNorma BengellAnthology of scenes from Brazilian musicals of old (1949-1959), focusing on films from the main studio specializing in the genre, Atlântida.
- DirectorTom PayneOswaldo SampaioStarsEliane LageAnselmo DuarteEsther GuimarãesIn 19th century Brazil, young people in the State of São Paulo fight against black slavery and the farmers who support it. Against this backdrop, Sinhá Moça falls in love with a young lawyer, and they get involved in a great love story.
- DirectorAnibal Massaini NetoStarsVera FischerPerry SallesWalter StuartBeautiful model is hired to star a campaign to sell a new product: the male contraceptive pill. But it isn't easy to win the confidence of its target market, since people believe it causes impotence.
- DirectorOswaldo de OliveiraStarsAdele FátimaCostinhaMeiry VieiraErotic spoof of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- DirectorOdy FragaStarsArlindo BarretoLuiz Carlos BragaPericles CamposYoung administrator is arrested to answer questions about Pedro, his college friend, who has become an opposition political leader.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsMilton MoraesVera GimenezZbigniew ZiembinskiCarlos felt frustrated because he'd only managed to be a crime reporter. But everything changes when he receives from an anonymous informant proofs of a big smuggling scheme.
- DirectorPaulo CaldasLírio FerreiraStarsDuda MambertiLuiz Carlos VasconcelosAramis TrindadeA Lebanese photographer living in Brazil in the '30s manages to take pictures of Lampião, a legendary Brazilian outlaw, kind of a tropical Robin Hood.
- DirectorNorma BengellStarsMarcio GarciaTatiana IssaGlória PiresThe forbidden love affair between Peri, an Indian, and the beautiful Ceci, a Portuguese white girl, in the 17th century Brazil.
- DirectorSérgio SilvaStarsAraci EstevesMarcos PalmeiraDira PaesTold by gauchos from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai, the legend says that Anahy de las Missiones wandered around the Plata Basin during the time of Cisplatina War (1825-1828), stealing the dead.
- DirectorSergio RezendeStarsPaulo BettiCarla CamuratiJosé de AbreuThe real story of a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders.
- DirectorCarla CamuratiStarsMarieta SeveroAntonio AbujamraThales Pan ChaconA hot blooded Spanish princess plots to conquer her enemies and become queen.
- DirectorOswaldo CaldeiraStarsHumberto MartinsPaulo AutranCláudio Corrêa e CastroThe story of one of the most important Brazilian heroes, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes. He was the leader of a group who tried to proclaim Brazil's Independence from Portugal in 1789. But he was betrayed by one of his comrades and hanged.
- DirectorSylvio BackStarsKadu KarneiroMaria CeiçaLéa GarciaPoet Cruz e Souza was a black man, born in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, where the majority of the population are blonde. He was also poor and fell a prey to the racism of his time. Died young, at 37, and dragged the great love of his life, Gavíria, into a path of great suffering.
- DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsCatarina AbdallaKaren AciolyCarla AlexandarFour love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. "Elephant's Stomp" : the story of a highway patrol officer who is infatuated with a mulatto dancer at a local nightclub. "Drao" : a publicity man and a boutique owner who face a crises in their marriage. "You Are Beautiful" : two homeless teenagers seek love amidst their personal misery. "Samba of the Great Passion" : a book maker who is charmed and captivated by the voice of a female singer coming from a building across the street. Characters in search of love in order to escape from the boredom, loneliness and helplessness of their lives.
- DirectorSandra WerneckStarsAndrea BeltrãoDaniel DantasTony RamosThe story of a relationship illustrated by words in alphabetical order.
- DirectorHugo CarvanaStarsClaudio MarzoLúcia VeríssimoDaniel DantasA man locked out of his apartment in the nude is pursued by the police and by the media.
- DirectorWalter SallesDaniela ThomasStarsFernanda TorresFernando Alves PintoAlexandre BorgesAfter the death of his mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to his mother's native land. In a foreign land, he finds love and danger.
- DirectorPaulo César SaraceniStarsIsabellaOduvaldo Vianna FilhoSérgio BrittoPassively facing the repression imposed by military dictatorship in Brazil in the 60s, a journalist gets into a personal crisis, aggravated by his love affair with an industrialist's wife, who doesn't want to leave her home because of her son.
- DirectorAdirley QueirósStarsWellington AbreuNancy AraújoMarquim do TropaThis is a fiction/documentary which presents some contradictions of Brasilia, the federal capital of Brazil, and how the poor people who built the city were pushed out from the city center in the 70s.
- DirectorVladimir CarvalhoStarsOthon BastosJean-Claude BernardetVladimir CarvalhoThe story of the University of Brasília, since it was only a project in Darcy Ribeiro's head until the fateful events in August 1968 when its campus was invaded by the police, during the military dictatorship, thus putting an end to its independence.
- DirectorLibero LuxardoStarsAlfredo CunhaFritz DucheneDilo Guardia
- DirectorMário CarneiroPaulo César SaraceniIn the brazilian city of Arraial do Cabo, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, fishermen struggle to sustain their community. A big industry installs in town, changing the way and the culture of this small village.
- DirectorJosé Mojica MarinsStarsJosé Mojica MarinsNilcemar LeyartA self indulgent, autobiographical docu-drama that chronicles the filmmaker's "struggle" with narrow minded authorities, critics, and personal tragedy.
- DirectorMarina PersonStarsWalmor ChagasRicardo AronovichJean-Claude BernardetThe life and work of Brazilian film director and writer Luís Sérgio Person is presented in this fascinating documentary/tribute written and directed by his daughter Marina Person. She interviews actors, family members and friends who worked with him.
- DirectorBeto BrantCamila PitangaStarsAntonio PitangaCamila PitangaCaetano VelosoThis documentary investigates the aesthetic, political, and existential journey of actor Antonio Pitanga who, directed by great directors such as Glauber Rocha, Carlos Diegues, and Walter Lima Jr., was featured in some of the greatest artistic restlessness moments of Brazilian cinema.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsPaulo GracindoCristina AchéPaulo GuarnieriRio de Janeiro police investigator Galvão is pursuing two trails, one professional and one personal. While he tracks a serial killer of taxi drivers, he also seeks his estranged daughter, Sandra, whom he had thrown out of the family home when she adopted a promiscuous teenage lifestyle. Lives intersect when the serial killer, Toninho, a young man of unsavoury connections, befriends Sandra, now an exotic dancer and prostitute living and working in the seamy underside of late 1970s Rio. Theirs is an unstable relationship, built on unmet emotional need, lived in the shadow of her father's pursuit.
- DirectorJean GarretStarsAngelina MunizRosina MalbouissonLuigi PicchiYoung woman has many love affairs, after killing her husband.
- DirectorAntonio MeliandeStarsLia FurlinOsmar AlvesJosé AmaralLilian sustains her paraplegic mother working as a secretary for Daniel, which threatens to fire her if she doesn't submit to his desires. At night, Lilian attracts lonely men at nightclubs and murders them violently, placing on the body a red rose and the inscription "Lilian, the dirty".
- DirectorGeraldo VietriStarsSelma EgreiEwerton de CastroArlete MontenegroIn the interior of São Paulo, an apparently normal family hides unexpected secrets. One of the members makes sex her only weapon to get what she wants in this plot full of revenge, prejudice and contestation of values.
- DirectorAna CarolinaStarsXuxa LopesNey MatogrossoDaniel DantasIn order to leave her past and family values behind, woman has relationships with many men and, among many doubts, tries to find out her own identity and happiness.
- DirectorHugo CarvanaStarsMarília PêraHugo CarvanaPaulo César PeréioA group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, doomed to be closed to give way to the construction of a big building. Intellectuals, artists, and night-people in general join forces to try to stop its demolition. Among its customers are actress Ana; her intellectual-type husband Zeca, in crisis about his work for TV; artists, newspapermen, a female researcher, and a couple who's always quarreling only to be reconciled moments later.
- DirectorHugo CarvanaStarsHugo CarvanaDenise BandeiraClaudio MarzoMan has a clandestine radio station in a shantytown, and broadcasts the swindles happening in the city, at the same time running absurd contests with preposterous prizes.
- DirectorVladimir CarvalhoStarsJorge AmadoJosé Américo de AlmeidaMário LagoDocumentary about José Américo de Almeida, aka "The Patriarch of Democracy", interventor in the State of Paraíba while Getúlio Vargas was President of Brazil and the events of the Revolution of 1930.