Bete Mendes

Victims of the Day (2025)

Elder and Daiane are a couple in the midst of an urban war: while he fights to survive, their first child is about to be born. ...

Esta Noite Seremos Felizes (2023)

Two 80-year-olds, Miss. Daisy and Mr. Carlos, meet every week at the "Tonight We Will Be Happy" ball to live a delicate and nostalgic love story. ...

Introdução à Música do Sangue (2015)

In the interior of Brazil, between the archaic and the contemporary world, a family lives its anguish in an atmosphere of desire and repression. Based on an argument by a master of the psychological introspection novel, the writer Lucio Cardoso. ...

Vazio Coração (2013)

Hugo Kari is a famous singer who decides to take a break from his schedule to find his father, ambassador Mário Menezes. Together, they try to adjust a relationship shattered by time and conflict. ...

Mário Lago (2013)

Life and work of brazilian actor, poet and songwriter Mário Lago. ...

Bete & Deise (2012)

Van Oldenborgh's practice explores social relations through an investigation of gesture in the public sphere. Bete & Deise brings about a meeting between veteran telenovela actress and political activist Bete Mendes and Deise Tigrona, one of the most p ...

Aparecida - O Milagre (2010)

Marcos Resende is a cold and crisis man command MetalNobre company. Mark lost his faith in God when her father, Antonio, died in the construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida. He had asked the day before to Our Lady Aparecida cleats for him to ...

Eles Não Usam Black-Tie - Conversando com o Elenco (2007)

Vestido de Noiva (2006)

While in the hospital, after being run over, Alaíde thinks about her life, specially after the moment she'd found the diary of Madame Clessy, in the house where her family had moved in, which was a former bordello. ...

Brasília 18% (2006)

A star medical examiner is called to Brasília, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, young congressional aide's dead body. But his scientific rigor soon leads him to details of a multi-layered political scandal. ...

A Cobra Fumou (2002)

ABC of a Strike (1990)

ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat untouched until after the death of highly-regarded director Leon Hirszman in 1987, by which time the material had a new relevance. The gripping film captures the ...

Mulheres: Uma Outra História (1988)

Filmed as Brazil was transitioning back into a democracy after over two decades of dictatorship, 'Mulheres: uma outra história' focuses on various aspects of women's participation in the Brazilian political scene and features interviews with some of the 2 ...

Muda Brasil (1985)

The documentary recalls the political reopening of the country, and narrates in detail the events that culminated in the election of Tancredo Neves as the first civilian president after 20 years of military dictatorship. ...

Insônia (1982)

A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos. ...

They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981)

Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of persp ...

J.S. Brown, o Último Herói (1980)

João da Silva Brown, a resident of Salvador, has always been a fan of comics, movies and adventure series and superheroes. Once he learns about a course for detectives and decides to attend it. With his private detective degree, he sets up an office and p ...

Rain Lovers (1979)

A curious story: it rains whenever a couple of lovers meet. Against the weather forecast, it rains all over the city. And as the love grows, the stronger becomes the rain. Found by a television crew, they receive the title of "Rain Lovers", and their dates ...

The Delights of Life (1974)

Young writer sells a soap-opera script to a TV network and manages to place his girlfriend in an important role. ...

Águias em Patrulha (1969)

Bete & Deise (2012)

Van Oldenborgh's practice explores social relations through an investigation of gesture in the public sphere. Bete & Deise brings about a meeting between veteran telenovela actress and political activist Bete Mendes and Deise Tigrona, one of the most p ...