Luiz Fernando Guimarães

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus (2023)

For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwards and forward. The various pasts – the 60s, the 80s, the 2000s – comment on each other in a way that ...

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina (2021)

In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages ​​from the ...

Blitz, O Filme (2019)

A documentary that chronicles the story of Blitz, one of the most famous Brazilian 80s rock bands known for their humorous, irreverent lyrics and free spirited attitude. ...

Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites (2018)

A portrays of the period in which Brazilian humor had fewer limits (1986-2003), free from military dictatorship. ...

What are you Laughing At? Humour and Dictatorship (2018)

Even with all the brutality in the Brazilian dictatorial period, many artists presented themselves as a resistance, using their talent and creativity as a way to trick the censorship. ...

Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone (2017)

Elena - Cavalli (2014)

Elena at the prestigious Aix-en-Provence Festival: Cavalli's opera staged for the first time in 350 years! ...

A Farra do Circo (2013)

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution. ...

Se Puder... Dirija! (2013)

A valet parking attendant borrows a client's car to spend the day with his son, but gets into unexpected trouble. ...

So Normal 2: The Craziest Night Ever (2009)

After thirteen years of engagement, the boring sex life of Rui and Vani is limited to one intercourse every other week. They decide to seek excitement with a threesome and they decide to invite Vani's cousin Silvinha to participate late night, but an accid ...

Os Normais: O Filme (2003)

The film shows the day when Rui and Vani first met. It was at their wedding (with other partners). Vani was going to marry Sérgio, and Rui would marry Marta in the same church, following Vani's marriage. While waiting for the ceremony, they begin to talk. ...

O Poço (2003)

Two brothers, one straight one gay reopen old childhood issues. ...

Four Days in September (1997)

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American amba ...

O Alienista (1993)

The story, set in the 19th century, portrays the hypocritical bourgeoisie of the time. The eccentric Dr. Simão Bacamarte is a doctor who will develop his theories about the treatment of madness, knowledge acquired during his stay in Europe. The city is le ...

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 ...

Dedé Mamata (1988)

Dede (Guilherne Fontes) is a Brazilian teen who lives with his middle-class grandparents who are members of the local communist party. When his grandmother dies, his grandfather's health soon fades to the point where he can't speak or walk. The local party ...

Areias Escaldantes (1985)

In the near future, in the country of Kali, a group of young terrorists carry out robberies, kidnappings and murders under the orders of a mysterious big boss known as "Entity" and are pursued by the pompous and inefficient Special Police. ...

Brás Cubas (1985)

Irreverent adaptation of great writer Machado de Assis's masterpiece "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" ("Brás Cubas's Posthumous Memories"). A dead man tells about his love life and adventures, specially his affair with Virgília, a dubious married wom ...

Assaltaram a Gramática (1984)

Through performatic acts and some exposition, a group of poets of that 1980's generation make great use of words, poems and rebellious acts criticizing the then current generation and its lack of admiration for the poetic works that were being created. ...

Bar Esperanza (1983)

A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro. ...

Engraçadinha (1981)

After the funeral of her father Arnaldo, who committed suicide, Engraçadinha confesses to the priest the motives. On the engagement party of her cousin Sílvio with Letícia, Engraçadinha seduces him in the library, and later she ends her engagement with ...

The Seven Kittens (1980)

Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their four eldest daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back from boarding school after killing a female cat and her seven newborns in a h ...

Teu Tua (1979)

A comedy divided in four episodes, set in different time periods, each starring a different couple, yet all facing the same issue: marital jealousy. ...

Everything's Alright (1978)

Middle-class family reform their apartment, and the noise, the contact with the workers and strange occurrences turn what was supposed to be a trivial matter into a trip to hell. ...

O Ibraim do Subúrbio (1977)

A poor man from the North Zone of Rio, head of a family, Roy struggles in every way to survive and accepts a job as a professional laugher on a TV station; Casimiro de Abreu de Sousa lives in a fantasy world in which he imagines himself to be part of high ...

Elvis & Madonna (2011)

In Copacabana, lesbian photographer Elvis is hired to deliver pizzas in the night shift on her motorcycle. Her first assignment is a delivery to the transgender hairdresser Lady Madonna, whom she falls in love with. ...