Ilka Soares

For Sale or Rent (2013)

A once-rich family of women in Rio de Janeiro must sell their mansion in order to keep their high standard of living, but the proximity to the slums disrupts business. ...

The Man Who Bottled Clouds (2008)

A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement i ...

Gatão de Meia Idade (2006)

Forty-year-old Cláudio is always looking for a romantic relationship. His routine changes when he has to take care of his 12-year-old daughter: women no longer look at him and the conquest tactics have no effect. ...

Movie Theaters of Rio (2001)

The story of Rio de Janeiro's movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema. ...

Copacabana (2001)

Moments before turning 90 years of age, Alberto remembers his life, lived in Copacabana, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The film is a comedy about old age nowadays, with Copacabana as a background. ...

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997)

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema. ...

Brasa Adormecida (1986)

Rich girl travels with her fiancé (a cousin) to the family farm, where they're going to marry. But finds another cousin in love with her who does everything to hamper the wedding. ...

Pintando o Sete (1959)

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. ...

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. ...

Floradas na Serra (1954)

Man and woman fall in love while in treatment for TB, in the beautiful town of Campos do Jordão. ...

Esquina da Ilusão (1953)

This comedy tells the confusion created by Dante Rossi, owner of a pizza restaurant in Braz, namesake of a powerful industrial São Paulo. This coincidence, arranged by good luck, enabled him to lie for many years, writing letters to his brother in Italy i ...

O Amanhã Será Melhor (1952)

The ups and downs in the lives of immigrants from post-war Europe, arriving in Brazil in search of a better future. ...

Três Vagabundos (1952)

A scientist swaps the mind of banker and an idiot by accident. ...

Maior Que o Ódio (1951)

Two friends grow together in the same neighborhood but, as adults, take different paths in life. One becomes an honest worker, and the other gets strayed. But the good guy's sister has an affair with her brother's friend, and is much abused by him. Her bro ...

Katucha... A Mulher Desejada (1950)

A beautiful young woman, raised by prostitutes and disgusted with life, accepts the offer to move with an older, opportunist man. Depressed and weak, she dedicates herself to her doll collection until by chance she meets a young doctor she falls in love wi ...

A Echarpe de Seda (1950)

Iracema (1949)

The romantic relationship between a Tabajara indigenous young woman and a Portuguese colonist, who was allied with her nation's enemies, the Pitiguaras. ...