José Marinho

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

Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit (2012)

Jorge, bastard child of the infamous Red Light Bandit, decides himself to pursuit a life of crime after meeting with his father, who has been incarcerated for the last 30 years. ...

Não Se Preocupe, Nada Vai Dar Certo! (2011)

Lalau (Gregorio Duvivier) is presented by the country's interior with his show jokes, whose main theme is her father, Ramon Velasco (Tarcisio Meira), an actor who always gets into shenanigans. One day, when present in Ceará, Stan receives a tempting propo ...

Strovengah: Amor Torto (2011)

A couple lives isolated in a country house at th top of a hill, full of natural beauties. Their routine is changed when an unsual group of mannequins seems to gain life, and start to watch over them. ...

Que Cavação é Essa? (2008)

A short film that emulates the activities of early Brazilian filmmakers known as "cavadores". ...

Polêmica (1999)

A film on the feud between samba songwriters Noel Rosa and Wilson Batista. ...

The Battle of Canudos (1997)

At the end of the 19th century, a poor family comes to the rural Canudos, a community led by Antônio Conselheiro, seen by many as a holy prophet. Their ways bother the powerful people of the region, and the newly founded Republic sends their army to destr ...

Natal da Portela (1988)

Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of the main composers of Portela, an important Samba "school" in Rio de Janeiro. ...

Os Trapalhões no Auto da Compadecida (1987)

In the small town of Taperoá João Grilo and confusion Chicó live setting, addressing a sacristan and a humble baker. Everyone lives under the excesses of the bishop, the priest and the major. Until an attack on the city, all die at the hands of the band ...

The King of Rio (1985)

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals. ...

Boi de Prata (1981)

Somewhere in Rio Grande do Norte's countryside, Brazil, the wealthy farmer Elói Dantas (Álvaro Guimarães) decides to increase his patrimony even further by exploiting ores. To do this, he tries to appropriate the small site of Antônio Vaqueiro (José M ...

The Highway of Life (1980)

The rise of real life country singers Milionário e José Rico from their humble beginnings until musical success. ...

Sweet Thieves (1977)

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the reality of Brazil - with the theme of Inconfidência Mineira. ...

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. ...

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 ...

República da Traição (1970)

European couple arrive at the Republic of Maraguaya with a strange mission. But the involvement with a local man, whom they hire as an employee, will change their plans. ...

Uma Nega Chamada Tereza (1970)

Meu Nome é Lampião (1969)

Lampião's gang raids a farm just as the wedding of Antônio Saraiva and the Baroness's goddaughter is being prepared. In the shootout, Lampião's brother, Ezequiel, is killed, and in revenge, Lampião burns the Baroness alive and orders the bride to be be ...

The Red Light Bandit (1968)

Born and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit" by the sensationalist press. In addition to wearing a red flashlight, he talks to his hostages in an irreverent t ...

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. ...

On Borrowed Time (1968)

During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to cover the important statement of a minister, but takes the opportunity to deliver incriminating documents to another one. ...

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. ...

Desesperato (1968)

Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leaves his home to carry out literary research in the country's most obscure settings. Unhappy with the current national situation, the historian joins a guerr ...

The Outsiders (1968)

Guilherme, who has the police on his trail for having been involved with a niece of the mayor of his city, runs away with the girl after receiving threats. On the other side is "Papo Amarelo": a bandit from Rio de Janeiro who spends the rest of his problem ...

Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte (1967)

Inspired by the life of one of the most famous policemen in the history of Brazil: detective Perpétuo de Freitas, immortalized in the annals of Brazilian criminal history for relentlessly pursuing and without the slightest assistance of the Rio police for ...

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 ...

El Justicero (1967)

A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos' Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the self-conscious antics of the French New Wave. The pampered son of a general, El Justicero is a hipster playboy who fan ...

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 ...

Universidade Fluminense (1975)

Documentary about UFF on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of its foundation. ...

Teatro Brasileiro: Origem e Mudança (1975)

Teatro Brasileiro: Novas Tendências (1975)