Fernando José

Master, a Building in Copacabana (2002)

The daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: their drama, aspirations, intimate revelations, loneliness, dreams... ...

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei (1999)

A movie about a Brazilian entrepreneur who rivalled American's richest man at his time, well-known Rockfeller. Irineu Evangelista de Souza in 1867 had $155.000 contos de reis, meanwhile the Brazilian Governement annual budget was 97.000 contos de reis. The ...

Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz (1984)

Didi, Soró and Tatu in search food and water head for the town of Oróz. On their journey they find a Scarecrow, a man in a metal vat, and later are arrested by a Lion Sheriff. ...

Estranhas Relações (1983)

Escalada da Violência (1982)

An architect has his family brutally murdered and leaves for relentless vengeance. ...

The Dream's Not Over (1982)

The routine of a group of brazilian teenagers living in Brasília, Brazil's capital. Their aspirations, dreams and illusions presented in a context of a country that was on the final years of a dictatorship back in the 1980s. ...

Os Vagabundos Trapalhões (1982)

Bonga, his three friends and his girlfriend Loló care for abandoned children in a cave on the outskirts of a city. One day, Pedrinho runs away from home and goes to live in the cave. His father, a powerful industrial, offers a reward to anyone who brings ...

O Sequestro (1981)

A robber breaks into a house in the Santa Teresa district of Rio de Janeiro and kidnaps the family's youngest son. Based on a true kidnapping that happened in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, whose victim, Carlinhos, has never been found to this day. ...

The Claudia Case (1979)

Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress Márcia Rodrigues's sister, was found in the seashore. After Police investigation, it was found she had been murdered on a ...

I Killed Lucio Flavio (1979)

In the early seventies in Rio de Janeiro, detective Mariel Moryscötte de Mattos belonged to a special police force called "The Golden Men". This powerful group of the elite of the police was created with the intention of eliminate crime from Rio de Janeir ...

O Amante de Minha Mulher (1979)

Alberto Verani is a married farmer and a relentless womanizer. When his wife Marina is away he tries to seduce Condessa Arduini sending her a bouquet signed anonymously. However Marina is the one to find the gift and hides it from Alberto, believing she ha ...

As 1001 Posições do Amor (1978)

A doctor teaches new methods to relieve tension through sex. ...

As Taradas Atacam (1978)

Os Sensuais - Crônica de Uma Família Pequeno-Burguesa (1978)

Elke Maravilha Contra o Homem Atômico (1978)

Reporter Tião, who routinely brings neighbor's son Zeca along for leisure features, is drawn into investigating mysterious disappearances in the city. He uncovers Dr. Kiriri's hidden laboratory, where the mad scientist and his secretary Mérilin transform ...

Manicures a Domicílio (1978)

The life of hairdresser Aurora Boreal is marked by many unfortunate episodes. His mother works with illegal gambling and, to escape this fate, he sends female manicurists to important businessmen's houses. These workers, in order to help Aurora, end up doi ...

Ódio (1977)

The lawyer Roberto leaves his career and his fiancée behind to chase the criminals who killed his entire family in a brutal massacre. ...

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 ...

Ladrão de Bagdá (1976)

Tem Folga na Direção (1976)

The Massage Professionals (1976)

Dr. Brochard, the owner of the massage clinic "Academia Mãos de Ouro" in Rio de Janeiro, fires two employees for prostituting themselves on the side to the customers. In their place he hires two virgins, Virgem and Berta who are both immediately set upon ...

O Flagrante (1976)

Five friends decide to enjoy Mardi Gras without their wives, leaving them home. But one of the wives doesn't accept this arrangement and tries to get even. ...

A Lost Woman (1976)

The story of a poor woman living in the backwoods of Brazil and working as a maid. One day she is unfairly fired from the house where she was working and goes to the big city, facing a cruel and hostile world, working in factories, bars and bordellos. ...

As Granfinas e o Camelô (1976)

Com as Calças na Mão (1975)

Reg owns the store "Tem Tudo... E Muito Mais" (Has Everything... And Much More). To satisfy his customers, he is forced to perform the most strange functions. ...

Ipanema, Adeus (1975)

Young and rich executive living in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, leaves his wife and kids behind and goes to Porto Seguro, Bahia, to try and live as a fisherman with his mistress. ...

O Casal (1975)

The story of the first steps of a very young couple. Their love is great, as are the financial obstacles and an unexpected pregnancy. ...

O Comprador de Fazendas (1975)

Two conmen (one trying to pretend his lousy farm is a great one to sell, other pretending to buy one without actual money) try to con each other. ...

Quando as Mulheres Querem Provas (1975)

O Filho do Chefão (1974)

Karla, Sedenta de Amor (1974)

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. ...

Divórcio à Brasileira (1974)

Oh! Que Delícia de Patrão! (1974)

Comedy in two segments. In the first, an important businessman becomes temporarily paralyzed after taking too much of a potent aphrodisiac. To take his place, his employee finds a mechanic who is a look-alike. In the second story, a businessman's woman pre ...

O Judoka (1973)

The first Brazilian movie adaptation of a national super-hero comic. ...

Salve-Se Quem Puder - O Rally da Juventude (1973)

A millionaire Aníbal sponsor a car racing, the "Youth's Rally". A couple, Helena and Fernando, want to be part of the competition but after a fight between both, they decide to compete in a team only with men and another one with women. ...

O Libertino (1973)

Commander Emanuel is a man who dedicates his life to fighting pornography. Going through financial difficulties, he finds himself obliged to rent his house to a college of girls. Over time he will find out that college is actually a house of meetings. ...

Ali Babá e os Quarenta Ladrões (1972)

Ali Baba falls for a former trapeze artist who was paralyzed in an accident and wants to get money to make the girl recover their health. Ali Baba discovers a hidden deposit of 40 thieves, and finds many bars and diamonds too fake money. ...

O Enterro da Cafetina (1971)

As the owner of a very famous bordello in Rio de Janeiro gets buried, an old scoundrel remembers his own past among the bohemian circles of the city. ...

O Vale do Canaã (1970)

The film depicts the arrival of immigrants in the city of Espírito Santo following the history of Carlos, an Italian who struggles for his place against Hermann Gunter, a German colonist who rules the region. ...

Simeão, o Boêmio (1970)

Simeão is a good and simple man but a little too lively for a small city in the middle of Brazil. The most respectable citizens of this town start to think about how they are going to kick him out. ...

Two Lost in a Dirty Night (1970)

Two outcasts fight over a pair of shoes in a run-down boarding-house room. ...

Bonga, o Vagabundo (1969)

Bonga is a bum who lives on the streets, alone and free, with no commitments, except for pulling off naive scams to get food. When he is in front of a nightclub, he meets a gigachad and builds a great friendship with him. The boy's businessman father press ...

Time of Violence (1969)

Wealthy banker Antônio witnesses the murder of a journalist, who got killed for exposing the activities of a gang of smugglers. After they find out about him, Antônio and his wife are both targeted and pursued by the criminals. ...