Giulia Gam

Tributo: Manoel Carlos (2024)

Distritc 666 (2022)

In a dystopian world, young people discover government secrets about the pandemic. While fighting oppression, they try to survive. ...

O Auto da Boa Mentira (2021)

In four stories inspired by humorous tales by Ariano Suassuna, each created based on phrases by the poet from Paraíba, we meet Helder, Fabiano, Pierce and Lorena, living different situations where, ironically, the lie is always the protagonist. ...

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 ...

Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta (2019)

The intense life of Ferreira Gullar, one of the most influential poets in Brazil, is revisited by his personal friend Silvio Tendler, based on his most acclaimed work: Poema Sujo. In addition to addressing other poems by Gullar, the documentary also includ ...

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos - O Filme (2015)

Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme (2015)

The beautiful Flor marries Vadinho -- and soon finds out he's spending all their money on gambles and has mistresses all over the city. Vadinho suddenly dies while partying during Carnival, and Flor, left helpless and full of debts, ends up marrying Teodor ...

Aperana Street 52 (2012)

In his film Rua Aperana 52 Júlio Bressane describes the invention of a landscape, the topology of a corner of Rio de Janeiro. The film consists of a series of photographs taken between 1909 and 1955 by, among others, Bressane's parents at and around the a ...

Federal Bank Heist (2011)

"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 8 ...

Chico Xavier (2010)

A biography of spiritual medium and author Francisco Candido Xavier. ...

A Guerra dos Rocha (2008)

Clumsy old lady Dina Rocha lives with her son Marcelo. After a series of incidents at home, she moves to her house in Santa Teresa. She meets her friend Nonô and she pays a visit to her old friend. Her sons do not know where she is and they go to the hosp ...

Ver Viver Reviver (2007)

In September 2007 Júlio Bressane goes to Ferrara. In the cemetery of the Italian city he ends up making two movies. ...

The Passenger: Adult Secrets (2006)

A coming of age story about a boy in RIo de Janeiro, Brazil who, after his father's death, finds out about his family and where he came from. ...

A História de Rosa (2005)

Dry Movie (2005)

Weatherman from a TV network goes back to his hometown, Vale da Rocha, a place in Northeast Brazil, devastated by the drought. He is forced to face the geographic elements and his own memories. ...

Pobres Diabos No Paraíso (2005)

Owner of the Story (2004)

A 50 year-old woman who analyses her past. She pictures herself when she was 20 years old and she re-creates the story of her life through a game of innumerous possibilities. What if she wouldn't have gone to that ball? What if... instead of meeting the ma ...

The Price of Peace (2003)

At the end of the 19th century, an influential man diplomatically defended the city of Curitiba against the action of revolutionaries in the south of Brazil to depose the country's president. ...

Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil (2003)

Tiradentes (1999)

The story of one of the most important Brazilian heroes, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes. He was the leader of a group who tried to proclaim Brazil's Independence from Portugal in 1789. But he was betrayed by one of his comrades and hang ...

Outras Estórias (1999)

Five stories by Brazilian writer Guimarães Rosa: in the hinterland of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a man fears for his life after having killed one of the dire Brothers Dagobé, outlaws who have great influence over the region; a hitman asks a docto ...

Miramar (1997)

Story with some autobiographical touches taken from director's life. ...

Nos Tempos do Cinematógrapho (1996)

The 1920s. A young woman's fiancé has a strange perversion: pricking his beloved's skin and sucking her blood. Adaptation of the short story "Dentro da Noite" (Inside the Night) by João do Rio. ...

The Mandarin (1995)

The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner who, with his special way of singing - whispering and softly saying the words - in a time when singers with poten ...

Saturday (1995)

On a Saturday morning, an advertising crew arrives at a decadent old building downtown São Paulo to shoot a TV commercial. ...

O Alienista (1993)

The story, set in the 19th century, portrays the hypocritical bourgeoisie of the time. The eccentric Dr. Simão Bacamarte is a doctor who will develop his theories about the treatment of madness, knowledge acquired during his stay in Europe. The city is le ...

Oswaldianas (1992)

Collective film with five segments around the works and life of brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade. ...

Quem Seria o Feliz Conviva de Isadora Duncan? (1992)

The meeting between the young Brazilian author Oswald de Andrade, 18 years old, and the famous American ballerina Isadora Duncan, 40 years old, as she traveled through Brazil. ...

Galáxia Albina (1992)

A liberal interpretation of the book Galáxias, one of the most important works by the great contemporary Brazilian poet Haroldo de Campos, written between 1963 and 1976 and published in 1986. Bressane considers this work of poetry the Portuguese Finnegan' ...

High Art (1991)

Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl. ...

Fire and Passion (1989)

A bus tour to São Paulo's touristic spots bumps into several strange people. ...

O País dos Tenentes (1987)

With death getting near, a retired officer remembers the most important passages in his life and his participation in historical events in Brazil, such as the Lieutenants' Movement, and the 1964 coup. ...

Aurora (1987)

A man tells a story from his childhood, comparing it to his current experience. ...

Besame Mucho (1987)

The story of two couples - Xico and Olga, Tuca and Dina - through 20 years of friendship, from adolescent dreams to maturity frustrations. They meet in a small town in the State of São Paulo, but one of the couples decides to try their luck in the big cit ...