Anselmo Duarte

Golpe de Vista (2024)

The rise of Brazilian directors Anselmo Duarte and Glauber Rocha occurred through different professional trajectories. Rocha working as a young film critic in Bahia and Duarte working his way through the Brazilian studio system as part of the leading actor ...

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century (2017)

Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material; more than two hundred scanned photos and more than one hundred films watched. In total, more than a thousand ...

I, I, I José Lewgoy (2011)

Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors of all times. ...

O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois (2011)

The Man Who Bottled Clouds (2008)

A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement i ...

Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds (2006)

Created by his son Leonardo, this portrait of Adolfo Celi reconstructs his personal and artistic journey between Italy and Brazil. Through interviews, film clips, testimonials, photos, and extraordinary footage from the Celi family's personal archive, we w ...

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997)

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

Brasa Adormecida (1986)

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 does everything to hamper the wedding. ...

Estou com AIDS (1986)

A docufiction that reveals the obstacles faced by AIDS victims during its worst period when it was a new and deadly disease. Interviews with famous Brazilian personalities and anonymous people about the disease's pandemic all over the world, their opinions ...

Tensão no Rio (1984)

Chick Fowle, Faixa Preta de Cinema (1981)

About English photographer Chick Fowle. Statements by Anselmo Duarte, Leonardo Vilar, Marlene França, Vanja Orico. A film about directors, actors and teams that Chick Fowle worked and works with, also showing the possibility of renewal that Brazilian cine ...

Embalos Alucinantes: A Troca de Casais (1979)

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

A Casa das Tentações (1977)

Saul and Mônica return to São Paulo after three years and find his family's colonial mansion abandoned, inhabited only by his old nanny, Bá, and his brother, Domício. ...

Ninguém Segura Essas Mulheres (1976)

Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente (1976)

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 his own wedding, cannot remember who the bride might be. In the third, a rich husband tries to find the tatt ...

Paranóia (1976)

Four thieves enter a house and terrorize a family. ...

Assim Era a Atlântida (1975)

Noiva da Noite - O Desejo de 7 Homens (1974)

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

O Marginal (1974)

Fleeing from the orphanage where he was living, young Valdo immediately entered the life of the crime, establishing himself as a dangerous adult criminal. However, his petty thefts do not satisfy him and he longs for bigger things and when he becomes a lov ...

Independência ou Morte (1972)

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. ...

Brazil in Cannes (1971)

The importance of the Cannes Film Festival in world terms and what it represented for Brazil in 1971. For Brazilian cinema, Cannes 71 represented the transition from film to industrialized production. ...

A Madona de Cedro (1968)

Delfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is urged by his friend to steal the image of the Madona de Cedro (the Cedar Madonna), sculpted by Aleijadinho in the 18th century, from the ...

Juventude e Ternura (1968)

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

A Espiã que Entrou em Fria (1967)

A scientist discovers a breakthrough formula for harnessing nuclear energy and becomes the target for numerous secret agents around the world. ...

Case of the Naves Brothers (1967)

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 murdering the missing person. The brothers are tortured in order to confess a crime they did not commit whi ...

As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor (1961)

The characteristic loves of Margarida and Clara, the distinct moral of Pedro and Daniel, the goodness of João Semana, and the dissidents, sensibility, tenderness, rituals and landscape involvement of the Minho. ...

Un rayo de luz (1960)

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 career. One day, he decides to tell his family that he's married and flies to Italy, where they live, but the f ...

O Cantor e o Milionário (1958)

A singer is in love with the wife of a rich banker. Both men have the same analyst who allow them to swap souls. ...

Absolutely Right (1957)

A man who's memorized his town's telephone directory tries his luck on a TV Show. But a small group of people who control the bettings in town try to get advantage of his simple-mindedness. ...

Scarlet Macaw (1957)

A mine boss hires a policeman to chase some runaways who stole a precious diamond. ...

Depois Eu Conto (1956)

Zé da Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him. ...

O Diamante (1955)

Disagreements between brothers and marital infidelity are just some of the consequences that the discovery of a valuable diamond causes. ...

Carnival on Mars (1955)

A woman impressed by news reports about flying saucers, gets hit on the head by a vase, passes out and dreams that she is the 'Queen of Mars', from where she sends an expedition to Earth in order to bring back Rio's Carnaval to the planet. ...

Carioca Symphony (1955)

The Landowner's Daughter (1953)

In 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. ...

Veneno (1952)

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 which resembles his wife a lot and conjures up a plan. ...

Appassionata (1952)

Sílvia Nogalis, a renowned concert pianist, prefers her career to her marriage. On the night she performs Beethoven's "Appassionata", she learns of the death of her husband, maestro Walter Hauser. ...

Tico-Tico no Fubá (1952)

A fictionalized biography of Brazilian composer Zequinha de Abreu (1880–1935), who penned the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá" that became an international hit in the 1940s. ...

Maior Que o Ódio (1951)

Two friends grow together in the same neighborhood but, as adults, take different paths in life. One becomes an honest worker, and the other gets strayed. But the good guy's sister has an affair with her brother's friend, and is much abused by him. Her bro ...

The Shadow of Another (1950)

A drama about double personality ...

Don't Tell Me Goodbye (1950)

An Argentinian and a Brazilian fall in love and at the same time, their couples do the same thing between them. ...

Aviso aos Navegantes (1950)

In 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 danger ...

Pinguinho de Gente (1949)

Nini dreams of a doll that resembles a queen living in a toy store window. Although now, first of all, it is necessary to think about paying the rent. ...

Terra Violenta (1949)

O Caçula do Barulho (1949)

In a workshop there are six workers, the six are brothers. Enter the mother who asks them to rescue the seventh brother, the youngest, Luis. The brothers hesitate because the youngster keeps getting into trouble, but they end up giving in to the request. G ...

Carnaval no Fogo (1949)

A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo, 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?" Meanw ...

Minas Conspiracy (1948)

Reconstruction of the historical episode of the Inconfidência Mineira (Minas Conspiracy). ...

Querida Suzana (1947)

Romantic comedy... ...

O Caçador de Esmeraldas (1979)

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

Os Trombadinhas (1979)

In São Paulo, a businessman wants to rehabilitate street children, called "trombinhas", through a social project. After being discouraged by the police, he seeks help from the coach of the Santos Futebol Clube youth team. ...

O Crime do Zé Bigorna (1977)

In the 1930s, a blacksmith is accused of murdering his wife and becomes a hero and political leader. ...

Ninguém Segura Essas Mulheres (1976)

Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente (1976)

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 his own wedding, cannot remember who the bride might be. In the third, a rich husband tries to find the tatt ...

O Descarte (1973)

After Cláudia, haunted by her husband's death on a car crash, starts a romance with another man, she starts receiving threatening letters. ...

Independência ou Morte (1972)

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. ...

A Certain Captain Rodrigo (1971)

A knight, half soldier, half gaudério, dolphinfish hair in the sun, guitar on his back, enters the sleepy town of Santa Fe. Nobody could imagine that this man was also getting into their lives. Singing and drinking was winning the hearts of women and admi ...

Quelé do Pajeú (1969)

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 way and bears its surprises. ...

O Impossível Acontece (1969)

Anthology comedy made by the director of "The Given Word" among other directors. ...

Os Carrascos Estão Entre Nós (1968)

Brazilian intelligence agent finds and pursues Nazi war fugitives hiding in Brazil. ...

A Madona de Cedro (1968)

Delfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is urged by his friend to steal the image of the Madona de Cedro (the Cedar Madonna), sculpted by Aleijadinho in the 18th century, from the ...

The Obsessed of Catulé (1965)

In the Brazilian countryside, poor sharecroppers join a messianic group led by Joaquim, who believes he is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Gaining power over the peasants, he begins to persecute those who do not pay absolute obeisance. ...

The Given Word (1962)

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 Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's churc ...

As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor (1961)

The characteristic loves of Margarida and Clara, the distinct moral of Pedro and Daniel, the goodness of João Semana, and the dissidents, sensibility, tenderness, rituals and landscape involvement of the Minho. ...

Absolutely Right (1957)

A man who's memorized his town's telephone directory tries his luck on a TV Show. But a small group of people who control the bettings in town try to get advantage of his simple-mindedness. ...

Depois Eu Conto (1956)

Zé da Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him. ...

Carnival on Mars (1955)

A woman impressed by news reports about flying saucers, gets hit on the head by a vase, passes out and dreams that she is the 'Queen of Mars', from where she sends an expedition to Earth in order to bring back Rio's Carnaval to the planet. ...

Carnaval no Fogo (1949)

A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo, 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?" Meanw ...