Luiz Gonzaga

Garoto - Vivo Sonhando (2020)

A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garoto (1915-1955), is one of the hidden pillars of Brazilian music. Woven by rare archival material, personal diaries ...

Alceu Valença - Na Embolada do Tempo (2019)

Musician Alceu Valença revisits his career, from his first contact with music, when he was still young, through the 1970s, when several names in music from the Northeast gained space on the scene. ...

O Barato de Iacanga (2019)

Participants recall a series of festivals held on a farm in Brazil during the '70s and '80s that evolved into liberating celebrations of music. ...

Dominguinhos (2014)

Through rare and precious footages and gigs with great artists such as Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Hermeto Pascoal, Djavan, Nara Leao, Luiz Gonzaga, among many others, "Dominguinhos" reveals this genius of Brazilian music, creator of a deeply authentic, unive ...

Gonzaga: From Father to Son (2012)

Luiz Gonzaga decides to change his destiny and leaves his childhood home for the big city to overcome a romance. When he arrives, he meets a woman he falls in love with, the Odaleia (Nanda Costa). After the birth of his son and his wife's health complicati ...

Belair (2009)

Between February an May of 1970, Julio Bresane and Rogerio Sganzerla made 7 films for their company Belair that were forbidden by the Brazilian censorship that reveal today images of an unique freedom. ...

A Miss e o Dinossauro (2005)

A short documentary on Belair, an independent Brazilian film company that lasted for only five months in 1970. ...

Luiz Gonzaga - Danado de Bom (2003)

Viva São João! (2002)

Composer Gilberto Gil accompanies filmmaker Andrucha Waddington to the Northeast of Brazil. Among the rural communities in the region, Gil and Waddignton participate in the Catholic celebration of Saint John's Day with music and dance. Waddington also anal ...

Missa e Vaquejada (1988)

Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music (1979)

Chapéu de Couro (1978)

No Way, Spider (1970)

Spider, a banker, lives with three women. This tycoon is a caricature of Brazil's bourgeoisie, his trajectory is the starting point for an essay on the mental underdevelopment of Brazilian elites, in which black humor sets the tone for sharp criticism. ...

Luiz Gonzaga, o Rei do Baião (1970)

Hoje o Galo Sou Eu! (1957)

O Comprador de Fazendas (1951)

Seeing his farm in ruins, swindler tries to sell it to the first interested person, who happens to be a man who fakes being a millionaire but in fact cannot pay for the estate. ...

Terra Violenta (1949)

... E O Mundo Se Diverte (1949)

That's What I'm Gonna Do (1948)

A hard working man goes to São Paulo to look for his twin brother unaware that he's famous for his lazyness. ...

The World is a Tambourine (1947)

A Brazilian musical comedy ...

Festa de São João no Interior da Bahia (1977)

No Way, Spider (1970)

Spider, a banker, lives with three women. This tycoon is a caricature of Brazil's bourgeoisie, his trajectory is the starting point for an essay on the mental underdevelopment of Brazilian elites, in which black humor sets the tone for sharp criticism. ...