Carlos Augusto Calil

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 ...

Abeladormecida: Entrada numa Só-sombra (1978)

Murilo Mendes: A Poesia em Pânico (1977)

Short film about the life and work of the poet Murilo Mendes. ...

Simiterio do Adão e Eva (1974)

Acaba de Chegar ao Brasil o Bello Poeta Francez Blaise Cendrars (1972)

Reconstitution, through photos, films and texts, of the arrival in Brazil of the poet Cendrars, in 1924. Tributes received, visits throughout the country and the desire to make a "100 percent Brazilian film". Testimonials from figures who lived with the in ...

Devil's Hour (1971)

An ex-guerrilla fighter wants to leave and forget the past, but is blackmailed by an old friend, who threatens to turn him in. Pursued by the police, he is eventually arrested. ...

When The Marquees' Lights Go Out (2018)

With archive footage and testimonials from former filmgoers, a story of movie theaters that were located on the avenues of São João and Ipiranga and its surroundings, in São Paulo's city centre. Known as Cinelândia Paulistana, this area lived its heyda ...

Samurais, Famílias e uma Harpa da Birmânia - Os Cinemas da Liberdade (2017)

Abry (2003)

At 84 years of age, Lúcia Rocha admitted herself to a hospital in São Paulo to undergo heart tests. Upon receiving the news about the risk to her life, Lúcia, laconic, tells the doctor: 'Then open it'. This is the second time she has undergone bypass su ...