Jofre Soares

Memórias do Grupo Opinião (2019)

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous ...

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Lampião e Maria Bonita - O Filme (2015)

Perfumed Ball (1997)

A Lebanese photographer living in Brazil in the '30s manages to film the band of Lampião, a legendary Brazilian bandit. ...

O Cangaceiro (1997)

This is a remake of Brazil's first international success in the cinema world. Just as its same name predecessor was, this film is a fictional version of the story of the "cangaceiros." These were bandits who sacked towns and spread terror throughout Northe ...

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997)

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

Mr. Abrakadabra! (1996)

Felicidade É... (1995)

Four directors tell stories related to the concept of happiness. ...

Maracatu, Maracatus (1995)

The cultural differences between the several generations of the rural maracatu: an afro-indigenous ritual which originated in the sugar mills of the state of Pernambuco. ...

The Third Bank of the River (1994)

After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring of his early masterpieces, offering a combinatory adaptation of five stories by the renowned Brazilian novelist ...

Nunc et Semper (1993)

Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots (1990)

A Cat from outer-space comes to earth and befriends a Miller's Son and together they set out to defeat an evil wizard. ...

Better Days Ahead (1989)

Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star. ...

O Grande Mentecapto (1989)

Geraldo Viramundo (Diogo Vilela) is a nice guy with absurd ideas. Genial and / or insane, he decides to leave her small town in Minas Gerais and win the world. Your goal is to destabilize the system and their accomplices are the prostitutes and the destitu ...

Sonhos de Menina Moça (1988)

Iolanda, a widow who is the matriarch of a large and complicated family, is the hostess of a large party in a mansion that brings back many memories. The celebration is marked by a barbecue with lots of gossip and fun among old friends. ...

Sonhei com Você (1988)

Milionário and José Rico are robbed of their money and their fans' enthusiasm. But a female truck driver is out to help them. ...

Jubiabá (1987)

Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the daughter of a rich Commander and Antonio Balduíno, a rascal, fighter and famous lover from Salvador. ...

Por Incrível que Pareça (1986)

A man who works at a nuclear plant is contaminated by radioactivity. On the way to the hospital, the ambulance has an accident, and the man's head disappears. Lost and free from its body, the head goes through many adventures. ...

Massacre in Dinosaur Valley (1985)

A plane crashes in the Amazon jungle, and its passengers must battle their way through cannibals, slave traders, wild animals and murderous piranha fish to safety. ...

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. ...

Memories of Prison (1984)

In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners. ...

Quilombo (1984)

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a ...

Águia na Cabeça (1984)

A senator having contacts with illegal betting activities is killed by the man who is his right arm, who wanted to get his position. But the power structure resents this disturbance and can fall apart, specially since there's a witness. ...

O Filho Adotivo (1984)

O Bom Burguês (1983)

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his disguise, he gets involved with high society, and with industrialists who were financing repression to the gr ...

Domingo em Família (1983)

An elderly couple, Dona Lu and Seu Souza, live in the district of Paty do Alferes, in a simple little house where they raised their children. When the tenant dies, the landlord's heirs evicted the couple, and it is up to the four children to decide their f ...

Gabriela (1983)

In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels. ...

Dôra Doralina (1982)

The Conquest of Paradise (1981)

Pablo (Arturo Puig) receives the news that his father, who abandoned him and his family a long time ago and was thought dead, wants to see him so he can pass all his fortune to him. Pablo goes to see his father in Brazil, expecting to inherit a large sum o ...

Time for Revenge (1981)

Two coworkers decide to blackmail the corrupt demolition company they work for by setting up a fake accident. ...

The Son of the Prostitute (1981)

Prostitute is impregnated by a wealthy businessman. Identical twins are born: Márcio created by the father and the mother another. The latter becomes a marginal, while the first, with the death of his father, inherits fortune incalculable. Upon learning o ...

Bacanal (1980)

One car failure and a long bus ride to nowhere lead to a small Brazilian country town where two groups of guys and girls meet. This coincidences change the courses of their lives as they soon mingle and passion arises among them. ...

O Boi Misterioso e o Vaqueiro Menino (1980)

Young man who makes a living making surfboards falls in love with a girl from high society, but suffers a shock to discover that she felt a strong attraction for his father. She didn't know which one was the father of another but is determined to stay with ...

Bye Bye Brazil (1980)

The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. T ...

The Love Bug (1980)

According to an Amazonian indigenous legend, a certain insect, Anophelis sexualis, has aphrodisiac properties: one who is bitten by it will surely die if it does not have sex within two hours. Knowing this news, Hans Muller, a scientist, moves to the habit ...

Cabocla Tereza (1980)

O Guarani (1979)

The love affair between Ceci, a white woman and a handsome Indian, Peri, in Brazil. ...

The Animal's Skin (1979)

In the 20's, in the State of Piauí, Brazil, a young cowboy is used politically after killing his wife, who had been seduced by her boss and his son. ...

O Caçador de Esmeraldas (1979)

The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter". ...

O Coronel e o Lobisomem (1979)

O Milagre - O Poder da Fé (1979)

Colonel Delmiro Gouveia (1979)

In the beginning of the 20th Century, in the Northeast of Brazil, one of the first Brazilian industrialists is persecuted because he refuses to sell his business to a British company. ...

Chapéu de Couro (1978)

Batalha dos Guararapes (1978)

In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer, João Fernandes Vieira, sees himself in the middle of a conflict, torn between joining his friend Mauricio de Nassa ...

Summer Showers (1978)

70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age. ...

A Santa Donzela (1978)

Jordão Magalhães, a young plastic artist from a small inland city, is hired to sculpt the statue of the local virgin patron. The model that inspires her is Verinha, with whom she maintains a loving relationship. ...

Abeladormecida: Entrada numa Só-sombra (1978)

Virgin on the Hill (1977)

Ring whose previous owner was a prostitute with supernatural powers causes double personality in a young woman about to marry. After some time, her face gets disfigured, forcing her to wear a mask. ...

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 ...

Morte e Vida Severina (1977)

The story of Severino, a man who tries to escape the misery and the drought prevailing in the rural backcountry of the Northeast of Brazil. He heads for Recife, passing through desert and forest regions, expecting to find a better life. ...

Cordão de Ouro (1977)

O Jogo da Vida (1977)

The dreams and problems of three friends: Malagueta, an inveterate gambler; Perus, former factory worker who abandoned the assembly line to earn his living at the billiards; and Bacanaço, trickster who puts on chic airs, always dreaming of performing the ...

Who Killed Pacifico? (1977)

Roberto, Pierre and Pedro are very different men, with very different life paths; However, one thing unites them: the three are suspected of having murdered Colonel Pacífico, the rich and powerful owner of the city of Parada de Deus, in the interior of th ...

O Menino da Porteira (1977)

O Crime do Zé Bigorna (1977)

In the 1930s, a blacksmith is accused of murdering his wife and becomes a hero and political leader. ...

Deadly Cruelty (1976)

Man leaves his family behind and moves to Nova Iguaçu, a poor and violent city in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. He tries to rebuild his life, but falls in love with a woman who despises him, which drives him mad. ...

Soledade - A Bagaceira (1976)

Bahia (1976)

The adventures of Otalia, a strangely innocent young Brazilian prostitute who has just arrived in Salvador, Bahia. Though her belongings are stolen from her shortly after arrival, Otalia swiftly meets up with a group of charming and helpful friends. ...

Fogo Morto (1976)

In 1910, in the State of Paraíba, Brazil, a man is expelled from his own land by the ruthless colonel who owns the sugar mill. He asks some outlaws to help him retrieve his land. ...

Padre Cícero: Os Milagres de Juazeiro (1976)

Um Brasileiro Chamado Rosaflor (1976)

Cordiais Saudações, Mr. Kissinger (1976)

Dina Sfat plays Carlos Dolabella's romantic partner in a fictional soap opera that fascinates the daughter and wife of a simple country man, played by Jofre Soares. After receiving a TV set, Soares begins to doubt his traditional knowledge of weather forec ...

O Predileto (1975)

Based on the novel "Totônio Pacheco", written by João Alphonsus. At the time of the decadence of the great farms of Minas Gerais, Totônio is a symbol of the golden age of state farms: old and accustomed to having all his wills obeyed. However, after mov ...

Cada um Dá o Que Tem (1975)

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

O Jeca Macumbeiro (1975)

Pirola is a poor guy who lives with his son Ze in a hovel on his boss's farm. One day, Pirola is surprised by the visit of an old friend who, feeling that the hour of his death approaches, decides to present him with a bag full of money. ...

Conjugal Warfare (1975)

Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof. ...

Noiva da Noite - O Desejo de 7 Homens (1974)

As revenge against the big landowner who killed his brother, a convict escapes and rapts the man's daughter. ...

O Exorcista de Mulheres (1974)

Neusa, the mistress of millionaire Rodrigues, plans her own kidnapping with Rubinho, the son of a tycoon, in order to pocket the reward money. The accomplice, in partnership with the adventurer known as the Crazy Exorcist, spends all the money on parties a ...

The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe (1974)

Filmmaker José Mojica Marins travels to spend Christmas with friends in a small farm, where they spend leisure time while Mojica writes the story for his next film. However, he observes eerie things in the house, with his friends being possessed one by on ...

A Man and His Cage (1974)

The painter Tino, in professional and political crisis, receives a telegram from his mother-in-law, Selma, announcing her return from Europe. After his wife's death, Tino continues living with Selma, with whom he had ambiguous relations, which he now wants ...

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. ...

As Cangaceiras Eróticas (1974)

Helena, a criminal's daughter, was raised in a boarding school. When the priest who was her teacher is killed by a group of outlaws, Helena and her female friends assemble in a strange gang of female bandits, wandering Northeast Brazil and forcing the men ...

The Amulet of Ogum (1974)

An ubiquitous folk singer narrates the tale of a young boy, who apparently becomes immune to gunfire after his mother arranges for him to have an amulet bearing Ogum's blessings. As time goes by, he becomes a valuable member of a mobster's hit-team, but en ...

Trindad... É Meu Nome (1974)

Trote de Sádicos (1974)

Saint Bernard (1972)

The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much attention to his wife, Madalena, a teacher who reacts against his tyrannical ways. ...

João and the Knife (1972)

Against all advice, a destitute Brazilian old man marries a nineteen-year-old girl. Because he can't give her any children, he moves to the interior to make money, so she will at least have a good life. When he returns, he is told she has a three-year-old ...

Uma Verdadeira História de Amor (1971)

Paulo, an engineer, adopts shoe-shining teenage boy Darci, and slowly realizes he has more than just paternal feelings for him. Many twists follow, regarding Darci's true identity. ...

The Prophet of Hunger (1970)

The story of a fakir who works in a decadent circus. He and his colleagues do weirder numbers each day to attract audience, and warrant their survival. The numbers resemble a horror-show and they get marginalized. Through fable and allegory, reality turns ...

The Godless Bandit (1970)

After the proclamation of the Republic, a group of fanatics in the sertão dreamed of and fought for the restoration of the Monarchy. At that bloody time, Fabiano, a quiet boy, becomes a cangaceiro and is attacked by the police. Although wounded, he manag ...

The War of Pelados (1970)

In 1913, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, the Government gives some lands to a foreign railway company, giving rise to revolt by the former owners of the land. The episode became known as Guerra dos Pelados. ...

Corisco, o Diabo Loiro (1969)

After killing a troublemaker, Cristino flees to a town in the Northeast and is forced to join Lampião's gang, where he becomes his right-hand man, under the name Corisco, the Blond Devil. He falls in love with Dadá, a farmer's daughter, and takes her wit ...

Antonio das Mortes (1969)

A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antônio is moved by the pli ...

O Cangaceiro Sanguinário (1969)

After robbing and massacring a village, the head of a gang of bandits, Captain Jagunço, kidnaps Flô, Mayor Cisso's wife and tortures her. ...

Águias em Patrulha (1969)

Journey to the End of the World (1968)

During a flight, passengers confront their aspirations, frustrations, fears, wishes and fears, mixing up reality and fiction. ...

Panca de Valente (1968)

Western spoof. Depicts the conflict between the leader of a gang of country bandits and his former protégé, now a police officer. ...

Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço (1968)

Romantic biography of Maria Bonita, daughter of a poor farmer who was kidnapped by Lampião and became his lover. ...

A Madona de Cedro (1968)

Delfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is urged by his friend to steal the image of the Madona de Cedro (the Cedar Madonna), sculpted by Aleijadinho in the 18th century, from the ...

Lavra Dor (1968)

A debate about the agrarian reform in Brazil, in free and poetic form, showing the countrymen's struggles and hardships, and rural unionism issues after the military coup, kind of a nonlinear interpretation of Mário Chamie's poem "Lavra-Lavra". ...

A Virgem Prometida (1968)

The Naked Man (1968)

A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment. ...

A Um Pulo da Morte (1968)

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 ABC of Love (1967)

Film that includes three short films by different authors about love: "O pacto" by Eduardo Coutinho, "Terrible Night" by Rodolfo Kuhn, and "Magic World" by Helvio Soto. ...

Entranced Earth (1967)

Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conser ...

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967)

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967. ...

Ring Around the World (1966)

Investigator Fred Lester uncovers a killer using an air pistol firing chemical bullets in the swinging '60s spy thriller RING AROUND THE WORLD, a globe-hopping escapade featuring a plane-and-parachute stunt later repeated in the James Bond film Moonraker. ...

The Big City (1966)

In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way. Alone in the Marvelous City, she is forced to accept the friendship and protection of Calunga and, later, ...

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 ...

Entre o Amor e o Cangaço (1965)

Joviano is about to get married, but he has to give up his marriage to avenge the death of his father, murdered by Colonel Eufrásio. The colonel wanted to force Joviano's father to sell his lands, and started a bloody battle moved by refusal. Now he has t ...

Grande Sertão (1965)

Cowboy Riobaldo is attracted to same sex Diadorim, not knowing that "he" is a girl dressed in man's clothes. After Diadorim's father is killed, she swears revenge, being joined by Riobaldo in this mission. ...

River of Evil (1963)

A young girl, seeking to unravel the mystery of her father's death, travels through the Amazon jungle into a nightmare of danger. ...

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. ...

Tragic Jungle (1963)

In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who are caught suffer severe punishments. ...

Maracatu, Maracatus (1995)

The cultural differences between the several generations of the rural maracatu: an afro-indigenous ritual which originated in the sugar mills of the state of Pernambuco. ...