Esther Góes

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina (2021)

In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages ​​from the ...

An Eye and a Knife (2018)

A group of friends working on an offshore oil rig maintain close bounds and do their best to face the difficulties presented by living and working isolated out in the middle of the sea. A job promotion triggers events that disrupt, in an irreversible way, ...

The Patient (2018)

The true story of Tancredo Neves, the first civilian president of Brazil after a 20-year military dictatorship, and the infamous hospitalization which led to his death before he ever managed to take office. ...

Determinadas Pessoas - Weigel (2017)

Mandrake (2012)

An intriguing case lands on Mandrake's desk. Just when he thinks he has it solved, some unexpected news changes the course of events. ...

A Hora Marcada (2000)

Por Trás do Pano (1999)

A famous actor believes he has totally mastered his craft. A young and talented actress is open to new challenges. They meet, and confront each other; on, and off the stage. From his personal and artistic lethargy, he sees the possibilities of a new beginn ...

A Grande Noitada (1997)

As Meninas (1995)

During the military dictatorship in Brazil, Lorena, Lia and Ana Clara, three university students of different social backgrounds and origins meet at a nun's pension in São Paulo. Besides their differences, they become close friends, sharing their dramas a ...

O Calor da Pele (1994)

A Causa Secreta (1994)

Theater director asks his actors for a research on human cruelty and misery in Brazil, while trying to raise funds for his next production, a play based on a story by Machado de Assis, "A Causa Secreta" (The Secret Cause). The troupe oblige and go around t ...

Stelinha (1990)

A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and sex. ...

Anos 30: Entre Duas Guerras, Entre Duas Artes (1989)

Hunting Season (1988)

Hunting Season deals with the wave of homosexual murders that plagued São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s. With street statements and cultural and artistic figures such, such as Zé Celso, Jorge Mautner, Roberto Piva and others. ...

Eternamente Pagu (1987)

Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian political, literary and artistic activist. An important figure of the Brazilian Modernism, Pagu was also a militant for the Brazilian Communist Party after she ...

The Next Victim (1983)

A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood. ...

The King of the Candle (1982)

Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved children, corrupt and implacable capitalists are the characters interpreted by the Grupo Oficina, in a celebrated theatrical performance from 1967, fundame ...

Uma Mulher para Sábado (1971)