Modesto de Souza

Assim Era a Atlântida (1975)

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 ...

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967)

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967. ...

Entre Mulheres e Espiões (1963)

Osso, Amor e Papagaios (1957)

A small town is taken upside down when an inventor finds a way to turn bones into gold. ...

A Carrocinha (1955)

Man finds a job as a dog catcher, but feels sorry for the animals and sets them free. ...

Rio, 100 Degrees F° (1955)

On a scorching summer day in Rio de Janeiro, five impoverished black boys venture out of their favela to peddle peanuts throughout the bustling city. As they navigate the various districts of Rio, they bear witness to a series of unfortunate events and enc ...

Leonora of the Seven Seas (1955)

A great mystery surrounds Leonora, and it becomes even more mysterious when a stranger arrives from Buenos Aires looking for her, saying he knows her. In love with her, he is desperate when they say she is dead. Not believing what they say, he continues hi ...

Rua sem Sol (1954)

A poor girl must find the money to pay for her blind sister's eyesight operation. ...

Carnival in Caxias (1954)

Tico-Tico no Fubá (1952)

A fictionalized biography of Brazilian composer Zequinha de Abreu (1880–1935), who penned the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá" that became an international hit in the 1940s. ...

Gravel (1951)

Terra Violenta (1949)

... E O Mundo Se Diverte (1949)

Carnaval no Fogo (1949)

A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo, robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The identification would be through a cigarette case with an angel, and the password "- Is everything all right?" Meanw ...

Obrigado, Doutor (1948)

Falta Alguém no Manicômio (1948)

Cem Garotas e Um Capote (1946)

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. ...