Geraldo José

Os Heróis Trapalhões: Uma Aventura na Selva (1988)

Didi, Dedé, Mussum and Zacarias are sent in a rescue mission to the daughter of the Army's minister. ...

When the Bats are Quiet (1986)

A man makes his way through a dark and stormy night to a spooky old house, where surprises await him. ...

Os Trapalhões na Serra Pelada (1982)

The friends Curió, Boroca (Dedé Santana), Mexelete and Bateia they venture in search of gold in the mine of Serra Pelada. The area is controlled by the foreigner Von Bermann, whose orders are executed by the bully Bira. Thirsty of being able to, the fore ...

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 ...

The Seven Kittens (1980)

Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their four eldest daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back from boarding school after killing a female cat and her seven newborns in a h ...

Lerfá Mú (1979)

Strange graffiti on the walls of Rio de Janeiro, with the meaningless words Lerfá Mú, become the talk of the town, and cause for concern for the authorities. ...

'78 Cup - The Power of Football (1979)

Documentary about the Football World Cup held in Argentina in 1978, focusing on the competition and behind the scenes of the most important soccer competition in the world. Two versions of the 1978 official film exist, the first "Copa 78 - O Poder do Futeb ...

Gargalhada Final (1979)

Father and son are members of a decadent circus. Tired of being constantly criticized by the owner of the circus, Trombada, the ventriloquist, makes a joke about his boss, and the two fight. The clown Marreco hits their boss on the head. Now the two have t ...

The Pleasure Principle (1979)

In a financially troubled farm in the 1930's, its depraved owners become attracted to their new handsome and young handyman. ...

Inquietações de Uma Mulher Casada (1978)

Unhappy with her marriage, woman looks for sexual satisfaction by any means. ...

Daughters of Fire (1978)

A young woman living in São Paulo goes to Gramado to visit a friend of hers. Together, they meet an odd woman who engages in strange experiences through parapsychology. From then on, bizarre events are bound to happen. ...

Se Segura, Malandro! (1978)

Paulo Otávio is the host of a pirate radio station on the slums of Rio de Janeiro. He struggles to mantain the station working, since the only help he's got comes from news reporter Calói. Their story goes beyond as the city starts to face a crime wave. ...

The Lyre of Delight (1978)

During the Carnival, in Niterói, the son of a Lira do Delírio nightclub dancer is kidnapped. With the help of a journalist friend, she dives into Rio de Janeiro's underworld and meet all kind of criminals. She also goes back in time, to a past carnival, ...

Lady on the Bus (1978)

Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on crowded buses in Rio de Janeiro. ...

Nos Embalos de Ipanema (1978)

Toquinho is a young man living in Marechal Hermes, a poor neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, together with his widow mother and a younger sister. Although he is poor, he is also ambitious, and wants to change his life. He spends all his time on the beach, at ...

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. ...

Tent of Miracles (1977)

When a prominent U.S. Nobel Laureate arrives in Salvador, Bahia, the city with the largest black population in Brazil, he stirs emotions by championing a long-forgotten local writer named Pedro Archanjo, who believed that humanity would be improved only th ...

Sea of Roses (1977)

A woman runs away in the company of her daughter, the ultimate brat, in a journey full of bizarre events. ...

O Forte (1977)

The Vampire of Copacabana (1976)

Carlos and Suely are a normal couple. He has some extramarital adventures and she's a standard housewife. During a Carnival, when he goes out wearing a vampire costume, Suely decides to follow a friend's advice and go for it. On Ash Wednesday, he finds her ...

Paranóia (1976)

Four thieves enter a house and terrorize a family. ...

The Fall (1976)

An accident at a construction site, resulting in one death, sets one worker off on a struggle for justice that exposes the mechanisms of exploitation and the class relations of a country that had undergone one decade of fast-paced 'conservative modernisati ...

Sete Mulheres Para Um Homem Só (1976)

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. ...

Padre Cícero: Os Milagres de Juazeiro (1976)

The Wedding (1976)

On the eve of her wedding, Glorinha finds herself looking back at her life and confronting the injustices, sexual perversions, adultery and crimes that are hidden under the happy bourgeoise facade. ...

Nós, Os Canalhas (1975)

Two twin brothers, Cláudio José and José Cláudio, definitively separate when one of them decides to leave for the big city. Years later, the second brother also started living in Rio de Janeiro. One night, he is attacked by three thugs, who kill his pr ...

Vivência de Campeões (1975)

Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa (1975)

Dino and Dalmo are twin brothers. Dino is very shy, and the other, the opposite: a true Don Juan. When Dalmo dies, after being shot by a furious husband, he is received in heaven by a Club of Don Juans. But, in order to be admitted, he must go back to Eart ...

Cada um Dá o Que Tem (1975)

Comedy anthology in three segments, each one involving beautiful and uninhibited women. ...

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. ...

O Padre Que Queria Pecar (1975)

Shortly before becoming a priest, a young man decides to run away from the seminary and goes to Rio de Janeiro. There he will face a series of problems, most of them related to carnal temptations. ...

O Segredo da Rosa (1974)

Friends Severina and Maria José struggle to survive in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. The first is a widow who sells flowers and the second has a lover who does little to help with expenses. Their children sell peanuts during the day. One day, the children g ...

Sagarana: O Duelo (1974)

Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown. ...

Um Homem Célebre (1974)

A Married Man's Report (1974)

Carlos, a married lawyer, gets involved with one of his clients. But the relationship turns into an obsession. The woman understands she'll never manage to separate Carlos from his wife, and decides to leave him, running away with another man. ...

Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo (1973)

All Nudity Shall Be Punished (1973)

A rich man encounters a prostitute and gets confused about the nature of his feelings for her. He can't decide between attraction and repulsion. ...

Go To Work You Bum! (1973)

Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players. ...

Os Machões (1972)

Three young men from the beach neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro lead a carefree life, in spite of having no money. After meeting Denise, who presently turns out to be Dênis (a man), they start to learn some tricks and their lives begin to change. ...

Jesuíno Brilhante, o Cangaceiro (1972)

In the late 19th century, Jesuíno Brilhante swears to avenge his cousin, the republican and abolitionist Botelho, who was killed by powerful landlords. Government troops and a rival family unite to hunt down Jesuíno, who has assembled his own band of ar ...

O Homem do Corpo Fechado (1972)

A Viúva Virgem (1972)

In Minas Gerais, the powerful "colonel" Alexandrão gets married with the young and virgin Cristina and promotes a huge wedding party in his farm. He eats and drinks a lot along the day, but in his "first night" with the bride, he dies before consummating ...

Lucia McCartney, Call Girl (1971)

In the 60's Lúcia McCartney is a call girl who is a fan of the Beatles. A diplomat tries to get her out of prostitution by falling in love with her. ...

Pantanal de Sangue (1971)

Powerful land-owner Chico Ribeiro wants the lands of his neighbor Miguel, leading to a confrontation at the cattle auction. ...

The Murdered House (1971)

Nina, a typical woman of the big city, marries a powerful farmer and goes to live in the countryside of Minas Gerais. There, however, she is faced with a decomposing, decadent family who seems to dislike her. ...

André, a Cara e a Coragem (1971)

Country boy arrives in Rio de Janeiro, looking for a better life, but he finds it extremely difficult to get a job, and even has to work as a pimp in order to survive. ...

Faustão (1971)

A gang of bandits led by Faustão intervene in a fight between two members of rival families, the Pereiras and the Araújos. Henrique Pereira, son of Colonel Pereira, is wounded in an ambush. Faustão rescues him and demands the father to pay a ransom in e ...

Roberto Carlos e o Diamante Cor-de-Rosa (1970)

A statuette bought in an antique shop in Tokyo may lead to the discovery of a great treasure. ...

Of Gods and the Undead (1970)

In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who has already been shot seven times, gets involved in the battle for land and cacao plantations. His plan is to take the place of "Colonel" Santana, taking his w ...

Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis (1970)

A Cama ao Alcance de Todos (1969)

A comedy divided into two episodes. The first tells the story of Agildo, a man obsessed with women, who is caught by his wife in bed with the maid. He begins to live a sexual fast so his wife doesn't leave him, but tries to use his imagination to cheat on ...

A Doce Mulher Amada (1969)

A soap opera idol, lonely despite his fame and wealth, seeks a woman for companionship. He becomes interested in Míriam, a mysterious character who causes him countless setbacks. He's inclined to marry Carolina, his 19-year-old neighbor, who spends her ti ...

Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas (1969)

The adventures of a peaceful and infatuated man, who tries to identify the man who killed his sweetheart, an unconventional young woman who used to receive "guests" at home, calling them her cousins. ...

Garden of War (1969)

Edson is having an affair with actress Maria do Rosário, who dreams of being a movie director. So he tries to get some easy money for her film, but is arrested and meets a police torturer instead. ...

Copacabana Fools Me (1969)

Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to school, he just lives on the spur of the moment, watches TV, plays soccer on the beach by day and goes out w ...

O Tesouro de Zapata (1969)

Incredible, Fantastic, Extraordinary (1969)

Based on a radio show that was broadcast for 11 years (1947-1958) and ended only when the host and creator, the genius Henrique Foreis "Almirante" Domingues, had a stroke. There were hundreds of horror stories, supposedly true, sent by listeners from all c ...

Hunger for Love (1968)

An extended research tour of US university film programs introduced dos Santos to the American avant-garde filmmakers, among them Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage, who would directly inspire his formally radical adaptation of an allegorical short story about ...

Jovens Pra Frente (1968)

After a flood that destroyed the orphanage he managed, Padre João develops a project to rebuild the place. To help, singers Rosemary and Jair Rodrigues will get involved in great adventures. ...

Desesperato (1968)

Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leaves his home to carry out literary research in the country's most obscure settings. Unhappy with the current national situation, the historian joins a guerr ...

Juventude e Ternura (1968)

The young singer Beth is torn between love for the honest pianist Guy; and the powerful smuggler Estênio, who sponsors his promising career. ...

O Rei da Pilantragem (1968)

Bebeto, a scoundrel and flirt, always gets the short end of the stick in his flirtatious advances. Having his eye on a woman who claims to be married, he uses various tactics to win her over. Following a friend's advice, he takes her to a deserted location ...

Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte (1967)

Inspired by the life of one of the most famous policemen in the history of Brazil: detective Perpétuo de Freitas, immortalized in the annals of Brazilian criminal history for relentlessly pursuing and without the slightest assistance of the Rio police for ...

Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring (1967)

In the village of Leva-e-Traz, the discovery of a oil field is responsible for a mass evasion of the townspeople. Left are the old and incapable for the extraction job. When the local priest announces he, too, is leaving the town, Satan emerge thrilled wit ...

The Girl from Ipanema (1967)

Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend her days among bohemians, musicians and intellectuals. While seeming happy in the outside, she's extremel ...

El Justicero (1967)

A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos' Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the self-conscious antics of the French New Wave. The pampered son of a general, El Justicero is a hipster playboy who fan ...

Cristo de Lama (1967)

The story of Antônio Francisco Lisboa, the famed Brazilian sculptor and architect born in the 17th century who became known as "Aleijadinho". ...

A Cabra na Região Semi-Árida (1966)

On the dry ground of the caatinga and on the rocky slopes of the sertão, the goat survives. Organic parts of the country landscape, linked to the economy of certain regions, provide milk, meat and skin for export. ...

Society em Baby-Doll (1965)

Two women from Méier, a suburban neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, marry wealthy men who suddenly become millionaires. Displaced from their original social background and unsuited to wealth, the two wives must devise a plan to, acting like socialites, win o ...

The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (1965)

Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies, is beaten up and left for dead, being rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again. Infl ...

The Guns (1964)

A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposit in the dry backlands. While the alienation and insanity of people driven to hallucination by their laten ...

Black God, White Devil (1964)

Wanted for killing his boss, Manuel flees with his wife Rosa to the sertão, the barren landscape of Northern Brazil. Thrust into a primordial violent region, Manuel and Rosa come under the influence and control of a series of frightening figures. ...

Barren Lives (1963)

In vivid images, the documentary-like story of a drover and his family in the northern badlands of Brazil during the drought. A family in the search of new hope and destiny. ...

Golden Mouth (1963)

After a powerful outlaw dies, a reporter interviews his lover and gets three different stories about the legendary man. ...

Ganga Zumba (1963)

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves. ...

Assault on the Pay Train (1962)

Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune. ...

Esse Rio que Eu Amo (1962)

The Turning Wind (1962)

In Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé religion, which he considers a factor of political and social oppression, with tragic outcome. ...

The Unscrupulous Ones (1962)

Upon learning that his rich dad is on the brink of bankruptcy, spoiled Vavá summons his friend Jandir with a plan to get some quick cash: they will blackmail an uncle of Vavá by taking compromising photos of his lover, Leda. ...

Red Mandacaru (1961)

Despite being promised to another man, a young orphaned woman falls in love with man working at the farm she lives in , and together they escape. According tradition in Northeast Brazil, her aunt goes after them, in order to kill them for revenge. ...

Aviso aos Navegantes (1950)

In Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into working in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Alberto, the captain, receives a radio message saying that there was a danger ...

Ser Tão Cinzento (2011)

Sambando nas Brasas, Morô? (2007)

The adventures of Pedro, a musician who is trying his luck in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1950's. He leaves his hometown Belo Horizonte to share a lodging with his brother Carlos in Rio. During one of his gigs, he meets Arlete, a singer in a vocal group and fal ...

Geraldo José - O Som Sem Barreira (2003)

The story of the most famous sound technician in cinema and television in Brazil, known as the "noise-man". ...