Expedito Barreira

Mary, Mother of the Son of God (2003)

Maria Auxiliadora is a 24 year-old woman very poor, that she lives Joana, her 7 year-old daughter close to. Needing go look for the result of Joana's exam in the hospital, Maria asks the priest of the local church that takes care of her to return. In spite ...

A Sauna (2003)

A family man cannot resist temptation and betrays his wife. The problem is, he didn't expect that one night of pain and pleasure could change the whole course of his life. ...

Amazon (1990)

Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences to the r ...

The Story of Fausta (1988)

An unhappily married cleaning woman in the slums of Rio entices all the money and gifts she can out of an elderly widower. ...

O Desejo da Mulher Amada (1985)

Aguenta, Coração (1984)

The relationship among three friendly couples turns upside down when two of the men get a job on TV. Their girlfriends leave them, looking for more action in their lives. ...

Go Ahead, Brazil! (1982)

Mid-1970s. When the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian football team on the World Cup serve as a distraction for the persecution of opposition leaders by the political police of the dictatorship. Under this context, Jofre ...

Fish in a Barrel (1977)

Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets. ...

Lucio Flavio (1977)

Story of Brazilian bank-robber Lúcio Flávio, who fascinated some people in Rio de Janeiro during the 1970s for his bold robberies and spectacular escapes, and also because he was thought to be intelligent and "politically aware". Before dying, he disclos ...