Manoel Rocha

Milagre de Amor (1951)

A Stolen Kiss (1950)

A young woman from the countryside comes to Rio to try to be a theater star with the support of a friend, but to achieve what she wants, she ends up getting her own mother into trouble. ...

Pinguinho de Gente (1949)

Nini dreams of a doll that resembles a queen living in a toy store window. Although now, first of all, it is necessary to think about paying the rent. ...

O Dominó Negro (1949)

Fogo na Canjica (1948)

Minas Conspiracy (1948)

Reconstruction of the historical episode of the Inconfidência Mineira (Minas Conspiracy). ...

O Cortiço (1945)

Romance Proibido (1944)

The love misadventures of a teacher, a woman who gives up living in a big city in order to teach country children how to read and write. ...

Berlim na Batucada (1944)

Samba em Berlim (1943)

O Dia É Nosso (1941)

Pureza (1940)

O Grito da Mocidade (1937)

The lives of five young medical interns in in the emergency ward of a hospital in Rio de Janeiro. ...

The Discovery of Brazil (1937)

O Descobrimento do Brasil (The Discovery of Brazil) is an impressive historical epic recreating Álvares Cabral's voyage to the New World in 1500, with a score especially written by the renowned composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos. One of the earliest examples of ...

O Samba da Vida (1937)

An ordinary thief and two accomplices invade a mansion whose owners traveled to Buenos Aires. They settle there with the whole family, until the real owners return. The owner's natural son saves the thief's situation when he threatens to reveal some compro ...

Bonequinha de Seda (1936)

A poor woman passes herself as singer that just arrives from Frances and becames a sensation on Rio de Janeiro's high society. ...

The Young Great-Great-Grandfather (1936)

In a séance, Menezes' great-great-grandfather is brought back to life in present day (1936), over a century after his death at age 26. A free-spirited womanizer, he starts causing all sorts of trouble for the wealthy, respectable family of his descendants ...

Coração Materno (1951)

As a baby, Carlos was abandoned in the church at the feet of Holy Mary, raised by the priest, and consecrated to her. As a child, he falls in love with the daughter of the Commander, the local landowner, who is already promised to the son of a ruined count ...

Pif-Paf (1945)

Romance Proibido (1944)

The love misadventures of a teacher, a woman who gives up living in a big city in order to teach country children how to read and write. ...