Humberto Catalano

Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor (1989)

Pedro, a poor Portuguese immigrant, comes to Brazil to try to change his life, but ends up getting in trouble. He falls in love with the wife of one of his best friends and marries her; soon after, she cheats on him. ...

Moon Over Parador (1988)

Underappreciated actor Jack Noah is on location in Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right-hand man makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse... to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses but not close friends and employees o ...

The Torturer (1980)

Zionists hire a hitman to kill a Nazi war criminal exiled in a Latin American country, where he's being protected by the local dictator. Get ready for gunshots; sex scenes; strange form of tortures; a cocaine-addict priest who helps the dictatorship; cont ...

Os Paspalhões em Pinóquio 2000 (1980)

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 ...

Essa Freira É Uma Parada (1977)

As Desquitadas em Lua de Mel (1976)

Tem Folga na Direção (1976)

As Mulheres Que Dão Certo (1976)

Le Samouraï (1967)

After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him. ...

Rio, Spring & Love (1966)

A succession of modern songs, from Iê-iê-iê to Bossa Nova, mix with the record of the tastes and customs of the youth of the time. ...

Três Colegas de Batina (1961)

The project of urbanization of a shantytown is endangered by lack of money. To get the necessary sum, three friars start to sing in plain clothes, incognito, also recording records and doing shows in nightclubs. ...

A Viúva Valentina (1960)

Minervina Vem Aí (1960)

Three Loves in Rio (1959)

Meus Amores no Rio is a thin romantic comedy about a young woman (Suzana Freyre) who wins a trip to Rio de Janeiro on a television quiz show. Being both young and attractive and excited about the city, she manages to enchant three different men. The first ...

Quem Roubou Meu Samba? (1959)

Somebody is selling songs for two recording companies, simultaneously. The owner of one of them hires a detective to find out the swindler's identity. But the private-eye is clumsy, and messes things up even more. ...

Shut Up, Etelvina (1958)

Alligator raiser from the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, travels to his nephew's, and takes the maid Etelvina for his nephew's wife. ...

O Camelô da Rua Larga (1958)

O Circo Chegou à Cidade (1958)

A Grande Vedete (1958)

Madame Janete is an aging music hall star who insists on doing roles far beneath her real age, and whose secretary keeps her fans in a payroll. One day she meets young author Paulo and falls for him; but he is in love and engaged to ballerina Vilma, and mi ...

A Baronesa Transviada (1957)

Manicurist finds out she's the daughter of a rich baroness, and inherits her fortune. Now, she'll have to fight her mother's parents, with help from some of her friends. ...

Depois Eu Conto (1956)

Zé da Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him. ...

Genival é de Morte (1956)

Rio Fantasia (1956)

Quartet from Northeast Brazil arrive in Rio de Janeiro, to try their luck in the big city. ...

Quem Sabe... Sabe! (1956)

Carnival on Mars (1955)

A woman impressed by news reports about flying saucers, gets hit on the head by a vase, passes out and dreams that she is the 'Queen of Mars', from where she sends an expedition to Earth in order to bring back Rio's Carnaval to the planet. ...

O Petróleo é Nosso (1954)

A lady, owner of a large area of land where it is believed there are several oil wells, is almost fooled by the president of a pseudo petroleum company into giving up her property for nothing, but is saved by his son's noble intervention. ...

... E O Mundo Se Diverte (1949)

That's What I'm Gonna Do (1948)

A hard working man goes to São Paulo to look for his twin brother unaware that he's famous for his lazyness. ...

The World is a Tambourine (1947)

A Brazilian musical comedy ...

Cem Garotas e Um Capote (1946)

Não Adianta Chorar (1945)

Samba em Berlim (1943)

The Pearls of the Crown (1937)

The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing. ...