Eduardo Escorel

Antonio Candido, Final Notes (2024)

The film focuses on unpublished texts that deal with the signs of physical fragility, cinematographic preferences, evocations of ancestors, mentions of childhood and memories of Gilda de Mello e Souza. ...

1968 - Um Ano Na Vida (2023)

Facts of life in 1968, some remembered, some forgotten. Based on the diary Lost, by Silvia Escorel, and commented by the author in voice-over through the original letter written 54 years later, addressed to her brother a year and a half younger. ...

Sars-CoV-2: O Tempo da Pandemia (2021)

Seven doctors and public health specialists accept the mission to fight the pandemic, working voluntarily. This unforeseen task in the careers of Paulo Chapchap, Maurício Ceschin, Gonzalo Vecina, Drauzio Varella, Sidney Klajner, Eugênio Vilaça and Pedro ...

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)

Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death. ...

The Edge of Democracy (2019)

A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and ...

In the Intense Now (2017)

A personal essay which analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s. From the military coup in Brazil to China's Cultural Revolution, from the student uprisings in Paris to the end of the Prague Spring. ...

A Fera na Selva (2017)

A story about a man who hopes to see something extraordinary. Based upon the book of Henry James. ...

Images of the Estado Novo 1937-45 (2016)

Resorting on a vast archive material of newsreels, photographs, letters, family videos, fiction movies, diary and popular songs excerpts, the documentary reassesses the legacy of the dictatorial period of Getúlio Vargas (1937-1945). Through the comparison ...

Afterword: Images of the Unconscious (2014)

Dialoguing directly with the trilogy of documentaries "Images of the Unconscious", made between 1983 and 1986 and based on clinical cases and therapies with a humanist approach and artistic expression, conducted by the pioneering psychiatrist Nise da Silve ...

Descobrir: Os Criadores de Saci (2014)

Paulo Moura - Alma Brasileira (2013)

O Tempo e o Lugar (2008)

Behave (2007)

In Rio de Janeiro, over many days, the director Maria Ramos witnesses and films the judgment of several teenagers accused of stealing, trafficking and murdering. Underage youths are protected by the Brazilian laws and their faces can not be exposed; theref ...

Santiago (2007)

Documentary about Santiago, a peculiar man who used to work for the director and his parents as a butler. The material was filmed in 1992 but, for some strange reason, the director felt he couldn't edit it and put it aside. In 2005 he remembers the unfinis ...

Lost and Found (2007)

A retired cop becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a prostitute. ...

Let Me Tell You (2007)

The documentary presents the biography of filmmaker Leon Hirszman, director of Cinema Novo, who made 11 short films and five feature films between 1962 and 1986. A review of the trajectory of Leon Hirszman through his work and archive images. ...

Vocação do Poder (2005)

The documentary follows the campaign of 6 candidates to the municipal legislative council of the city of Rio de Janeiro (population of approximately 6 million) in Brazil, in the 90 days preceding election day. All of them dispute their first election, but ...

Atos: A campanha pública de Lula (2004)

Two Lost in a Dirty Night (2002)

In New York City, an illegal immigrant gets into trouble because of his relationship with a self-destructive prostitute. ...

35, Heist of Power (2002)

Documentary about the frustrated insurrection of 1935 that resulted in the consolidation of the absolutist government of Getúlio Vargas in Brazil (1930-1945). ...

O Chamado de Deus (2001)

Fé (2000)

Retrato Pintado (2000)

The story of a portraitist of northeastern Brazil and how his art resists time. ...

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion (2000)

The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil. ...

O Arremate (1997)

O Barão (1996)

32 – A Guerra Civil (1993)

For the people of São Paulo, in the early 1930s, Getúlio Vargas's Provisional Government had become a dictatorship. The civil war lasted three months. The conflict resulted in approximately 800 fatalities. ...

Ulysses Cidadão (1993)

The life and work of deputy Ulysses Guimarães based on news reports, interviews and testimonies. ...

Rondon - O sentimento da terra (1992)

The Memory Thread (1991)

A panorama of the Brazilian black experience, starting with the figure of the semi-illiterate popular artist and employee of a salt mine Gabriel Joaquim dos Santos. ...

1930 - Tempo de Revolução (1990)

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 ...

Sonho Sem Fim (1986)

The story of one of Brazilian cinema's pioneers, Eduardo Abelim, from the start of his career, in Rio de Janeiro, until his filming of the 1930 Revolution. To promote his films, Abelim would even perform car stunts, give classes on the occult and offer gui ...

Twenty Years Later (1984)

Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and came back to it in 1981, looking for the same places and people, showing what had ocurred s ...

The Blue Horse (1984)

Boy from a poor family loses his only asset: a colorless little horse that his imagination turns into a magical and colorful pretty stallion. To get his pet back, he leaves home and faces all dangers ahead with courage, getting involved in many adventures. ...

Chico Antônio, o Herói com Caráter (1983)

The rescue of a real character from the work of Mario de Andrade. Chico Antônio is a singer and poacher of the interior of Rio Grande do Norte. As he climbed the stems to reach the fruits, he sang and enchanted those who passed by. ...

Primeira Página (1981)

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 ...

Act of Violence (1981)

Antônio Nunes is sentenced to 30 years in jail, after having killed a woman, and becomes known as ripper of women. Infatuated Tânia begins to visit him frequently and hires a lawyer to try to take him out. ...

Jubileu (1981)

Erotic Stories (1980)

Comedy in 4 segments. In "Arroz e Feijão" (Rice and Beans), owner of a boarding-house seduces her young countryboy tenant. In "As Três Virgens" (The Three Virgins) three spinsters are influenced by the behaviour of their teenager niece, whom they are lod ...

Terra dos Índios (1979)

A collection of testimonies from Brazilian indigenous people about the interests of FUNAI (National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples), multinational corporations, and large landowners behind the disastrous policy of indigenous emancipation in Brazil. Narr ...

Tropical Paths (1977)

In the island of Paquetá, professor investigates the genital vocation of vegetables and fruits, maintaining sexual relations with a watermelon. In his experiences, he counts on the interlocution of an attentive student. ...

Conjugal Warfare (1975)

Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof. ...

Love Lesson (1975)

A German governess is hired to give German and piano lessons to the teenager son of a rich traditional family, in the 20s. But soon they get involved, and she teaches him love lessons instead. ...

Os Condenados (1974)

In São Paulo, during the 1920s, a woman who is loved by a telegraphist and seduced by a slacker ends up in prostitution. ...

This Is Pelé (1974)

Joanna Francesa (1973)

Joana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She will let down Pierre, the French consul at São Paulo, and with him the frivolity of tea-parties and comfort. Her wild inner-soul will develop into the wild forest ...

O Que Eu Vi, O Que Nós Veremos (1973)

The life of the brazilian aviator Alberto Santos Dumont. ...

When Carnaval Comes (1972)

Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn't an easy task. ...

Saint Bernard (1972)

The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman 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. ...

The Conspirators (1972)

The real story of the failed attempt of an independence coup by a group of intellectuals and rich men during Brazil's colonial days, from its beginning to the execution of Tiradentes. ...

The Lion Has Seven Heads (1971)

A white-robed preacher wanders and sermonizes across African lands; European communists and CIA spies conspire out of mutual self-interest to engineer the appointment of an African bourgeois to a puppet government presidency; and a revolutionary group marc ...

O Doce Esporte do Sexo (1971)

Erotic comedy in five segments, starring the same actor, Chico Anysio: O Torneio (The Tournament), A Boca (The Mouth), O Filminho (The Short Film), A Suspeita (The Suspicion) and O Apartamento (The Apartment). ...

Cutting Heads (1970)

In a castle, somewhere in the Thirld World, Diaz is delirious, dreaming of the power he had in Eldorado, while oppressing the indians, workers and peasants. He is well aware of the menace his old victims represent, while a miracle-making shepherd fascinate ...

The Heirs (1970)

Jorge, an ambitious journalist, marries into money and betrays colleagues to become a powerful politician during political turmoil in 1946 Brazil. ...

Casa de Farinha (1970)

Documentation of the production of cassava flour, a basic component in northeastern Brazilian food. ...

O Engenho (1970)

The process of production of rapadura in the Brazilian state of Ceará. ...

Visão de Juazeiro (1970)

In 1969, the city of Juazeiro do Norte inaugurated a large concrete statue to honor its most famous and beloved resident: Father Cicero Romão Batista. On that year's All Souls' Day, the pilgrimage and devotion, trade and politics around the figure of Fath ...

Jornal do Sertão (1970)

A Cantoria (1970)

In May 1969 at Tres Irmãos Farm, Caruaru, PE: Lourival Batista and Severino Pinto, two singers by profession, meet for a challenge. This film documents some moments of the Cantoria. ...

Viva Cariri (1970)

The confrontations and conflicts between the city of Padre Cicero's pilgrims and the attempts to develop the region. ...

Os Imaginários (1970)

Pilgrims from the Northeast have the habit of buying images of characters in whom they identify exemplary behavior. By carving wood to shape these figures, the imaginary artists, artisans who make images of typical characters from the traditional Northeast ...

Macunaima (1969)

Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci ...

Antonio das Mortes (1969)

A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antônio is moved by the pli ...

Nelson Cavaquinho (1969)

A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name 'Cavaquinho' refers to the small guitar-like instrument that he played and used to compose his son ...

The Brave Warrior (1968)

Young congressman Miguel Horta represents a party that is directly opposed to the present government. He slyly switches parties in order to gain favor with those in power, seriously compromising his own ideals and ethics in the process. ...

The Outsiders (1968)

Guilherme, who has the police on his trail for having been involved with a niece of the mayor of his city, runs away with the girl after receiving threats. On the other side is "Papo Amarelo": a bandit from Rio de Janeiro who spends the rest of his problem ...

Entranced Earth (1967)

Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conser ...

Bethânia Bem de Perto: A Propósito de um Show (1966)

Documentary about Maria Bethânia, at the very beginning of her career as a singer, when she arrived in Rio da Bahia to replace Nara Leão in the show Opinião. Bethânia's appearance, at that time in southern Rio, was a cultural shock that shook the city. ...

The Priest and the Girl (1966)

In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the sudden attraction this priest feels for a beautiful girl. This forbidden love affair soon turns into an unbridl ...

Maranhão 66 (1966)

A report on Sarney's inauguration as the governor of the Maranhão state. His promises are heard alongside images of the grim reality. ...

Lima Barreto: Trajetória (1966)

Short film about the life and career of the notorious Brazilian writer Lima Barreto. ...

The Dare (1965)

Passively facing the repression imposed by military dictatorship in 1960s Brazil, a journalist enters a personal crisis, aggravated by his affair with an industrialist's wife, who doesn't want to leave her home because of her son. ...

Um Documentário Brasileiro (2021)

Na Ilha (2019)

Immersive documentary in the film editing process. Twenty Brazilian cinema editors expose the nuances of this art, its secrets and processes. ...

Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro (2011)

Before and After S. Bernardo (2008)

Extras from the remastered DVD of the film São Bernardo by Leon Hirszman. The process of restoring the film, with testimonials from actors and the film's technical team. ...

Milagrez (2008)

Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film. ...

Depois do Transe (2006)

The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Mar ...

Arne Sucksdorff: Uma Vida Documentando a Vida (2004)

Dib (1997)

Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of Brazilian cinema. ...

Que Viva Glauber! (1991)

Twenty Years Later (1984)

Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and came back to it in 1981, looking for the same places and people, showing what had ocurred s ...

Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1984)

Documentary in four parts on Latin American cinema. First episode: the influences of Cahiers du cinéma, the New Wave, Italian neorealism. In Brazil, Cinema Novo draws inspiration from these models while drawing on the historical and cultural singularity o ...

Claves, 2: We will return younger (1984)

Documentary in four parts on Latin American cinema. Second episode, evoking the border between fiction and documentary. With his film Tire dié (1960), the Argentinian Fernando Birri proposed this manifesto: to create a realistic and critical national cine ...

Chico Antônio, o Herói com Caráter (1983)

The rescue of a real character from the work of Mario de Andrade. Chico Antônio is a singer and poacher of the interior of Rio Grande do Norte. As he climbed the stems to reach the fruits, he sang and enchanted those who passed by. ...