Jones Melo

Rat Fever (2012)

Zizo, a radical and anarchist poet living in a marginal quarter of Recife in the north eastern state of Pernambuco, distributes his social angst-filled thoughts through a publication named Febre do Rato, and spews poetry to anyone who'd listen. Our charact ...

País do Desejo (2012)

Roberta is a renowned classical pianist battling a chronic kidney disease. However, an unexpected encounter with Father José will forever change her life. ...

The Death and Life of a Severino: In Cartoon (2011)

The Brazilian poem 'Morte e Vida Severina', a masterpiece of João Cabral de Melo Neto, comes to life in an animated version directed by Afonso Serpa. ...

Bog of Beasts (2006)

A man falls in love with a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money. ...

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. ...

Mango Yellow (2002)

The lives of a macho butcher, his wife, a lonely waitress, a sadist and a flophouse manager intersect in Recife, Brazil. ...

The Three Marias (2002)

A mother, with her three daughters, exacts revenge on her former fiancé for killing her husband and sons. ...

Texas Hotel (1999)

An overlook at some urban characters in the city of Recife through their passages in a hotel. ...

Cachaça (1997)

That's a Lero-Lero (1995)