Otávio Augusto

Minha Família Perfeita (2022)

Fred is a successful publicist who is embarrassed to introduce his girlfriends to his eccentric Italian family. He meets Denise, the woman of his dreams, but she only accepts being proposed after meeting her family. Backed against the wall, Fred makes a da ...

Eduardo and Monica (2022)

On an unusual day, a series of coincidences lead Eduardo to meet Monica at a party. A curiosity is aroused between the two and, despite not being alike, they fall madly in love. In 1980s Brasília, their love needs to mature and learn to overcome differenc ...

Amigas de Sorte (2021)

Nelita, Nina and Rita are all in their seventies and have been friends since childhood, and for fifty years they play the lottery weekly and are used to losing, until one day they win. Not too much money but enough to fix their lives, as long as their husb ...

Macho Man (2020)

Carlão is a prejudiced man who works in a car dealership with Cadinho, Zeca and Antunes. In conversations between them, Carlão always boasts of being the greatest soccer and mechanics savvy, all amidst macho and homophobic jokes. When Evaristo is the tar ...

Hebe (2019)

Hebe Camargo is one of the most emblematic entertainments in Brazil. At her 60s, she went on to control her own career and, despite the criticism, the dreadful husband and the powerful and sexist bosses, she revealed herself to the public as an extraordina ...

Tito and the Birds (2019)

Tito is a shy 10-year-old boy who lives with his mother. Suddenly, an unusual epidemic starts to spread, making people sick whenever they get scared. Tito quickly discovers that the cure is somehow related to his missing father's research on bird song. He ...

Overman (2018)

Brazilian writer Alberto Luppo has lived in Paris for years and does not want to return to his home country. But when a French anthropologist disappears in the interior of Brazil, Alberto is forced to return to his homeland to turn the story into a book. H ...

Life Is a Bitch (2018)

Lonely, frustrated, and unable to do anything that gives meaning to their lives, Vladimir, Clivia, Regina and Primo trace an absurd plan: to kidnap a millionaire. Yet, they have no experience with crime or any notion of what this kind operation entails. As ...

Uma Noite em Sampa (2016)

People who moved from São Paulo, a large city, to the countryside, come back to see a play. Later, they learn the driver of their chartered bus has disappeared. Now, on the street, at night, they have to face themselves. ...

Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme (2015)

The beautiful Flor marries Vadinho -- and soon finds out he's spending all their money on gambles and has mistresses all over the city. Vadinho suddenly dies while partying during Carnival, and Flor, left helpless and full of debts, ends up marrying Teodor ...

Smile, You're on Camera (2015)

Based on 'Death of a Man in the Balkans (2012)', an original feature film of Miroslav Momcilovic, 'Sorria, Você Está Sendo Filmado' ('Smile, You're Being Filmed') tells the story of a suicide, in only one shot of 80 minutes, from the perspective of a web ...

Made in China (2014)

The arrival of the Chinese merchants to Saara - the largest commercial center in Rio de Janeiro - before dominated by the Arabs and Jews. The film revolves around Francis, a saleswomen for the Casa São Jorge, a knickknack store that belongs to the Arab, M ...

Memories They Told Me (2013)

A group of friends, who resisted the military dictatorship, and their children will face the conflict between the daily life of today and the past when one of them is dying. ...

Dores de Amores (2013)

A couple face problems because he can no longer have sex with her. Always charged due to the lack of lust, he feels increasingly diminished in the relationship. That's when she presents a bold proposal: that they switch roles in sex, as a way of proving th ...

Cara ou Coroa (2012)

During the Brazilian military dictatorship in the seventies, two brothers working on a play will risk their lives to help the resistance. ...

Revertere Ad Locum Tuum (2010)

After the inauguration of a crematorium in the city, a widowed matriarch imposes her last wish on her children who, despite trying hard to fulfill their mother's request, face several obstacles and paradigms linked to family rituals. ...

Urban Snap-Shots (2008)

Comedic portrait of middle-aged women in Rio de Janeiro, including overworked housewife Magali and her over-the-top twin sister Magda, psychoanalyst Paula and her troublesome daughter Melanie, and stage star in crisis Lise. ...

Brasília 18% (2006)

A star medical examiner is called to Brasília, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, young congressional aide's dead body. But his scientific rigor soon leads him to details of a multi-layered political scandal. ...

Boleiros 2: Vencedores e Vencidos (2006)

A public appearance from international soccer player Marquinhos at Aurelio's bar launches a series of vignettes which spotlight Brazil's obsession with the round ball game ...

Angels of the Sun (2006)

In Northeastern Brazil, twelve-year-old Maria is sold to have a better life as a housemaid. However, Maria is resold and sent to a brothel in the Amazon gold fields and put to work by the despicable Saraiva. ...

Levando a Vida (2005)

A História de Rosa (2005)

Bendito Fruto (2004)

An accident involving a flying manhole cover leads to a chance meeting between two childhood friends: a widow and the owner of a beauty parlor. Thus begins an entertaining game of seduction that brings memories and hidden desires to the surface - furtive p ...

O Príncipe (2002)

After 20 years of exile in Paris, Gustavo returns to his native city São Paulo. Back home, he encounters a place which no longer exists. His old friends and family members have changed, almost beyond recognition. He tries to recapture the past, and make s ...

Bufo & Spallanzani (2001)

Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten years late ...

The Red Car (2000)

A humble family receives a real Greek gift: a luxury car, which cannot be sold for two years. To make matters worse, no one knows how to drive. Time passes, and the automobile ends up having quite unusual uses. ...

Boleiros: Era uma Vez o Futebol... (1998)

Tribute to the world of soccer in Brazil. Group of ex-soccer players gather in a bar in São Paulo to remember old stories of their prime. ...

Central Station (1998)

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew. ...

Doces Poderes (1997)

A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face ideological and ethical questions, brought back by a left-wing former boyfriend and her own colleagues. At ...

O Cangaceiro (1997)

This is a remake of Brazil's first international success in the cinema world. Just as its same name predecessor was, this film is a fictional version of the story of the "cangaceiros." These were bandits who sacked towns and spread terror throughout Northe ...

Ed Mort (1997)

A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive. ...

As Meninas (1995)

During the military dictatorship in Brazil, Lorena, Lia and Ana Clara, three university students of different social backgrounds and origins meet at a nun's pension in São Paulo. Besides their differences, they become close friends, sharing their dramas a ...

The Interview (1995)

Henry Czerny plays American journalist Michael Coleman, a strung-out expatriate writing for a Brazilian newspaper. His professional obsession is Father Stephen Louis, a mildly popular and charismatic priest who has been the major political opponent of the ...

Saturday (1995)

On a Saturday morning, an advertising crew arrives at a decadent old building downtown São Paulo to shoot a TV commercial. ...

Tanta Estrela Por Aí (1993)

A comedy based on a true story about singer Raul Seixas. ...

Manobra Radical (1991)

On the eve of an important surfing championship, a group of young friends travels along the Brazilian coast with the intention of training hard and having a chance to become professional in the sport. However, along the way, Guel, a surfer bum, falls in lo ...

Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta (1991)

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin. His fake burial is celebrated in high style and it doesn't take long before he starts getting himself into ...

Party (1989)

A harmonicist, a pool player, and his old assistant get invited as entertainers at a fancy dinner party but have to wait in the lobby for what seems like forever. They witness all sorts of absurdities as the party goes on and guests loosen up. ...

Jorge Amado (1989)

Ratos da Lei (1989)

Lua Cheia (1988)

Banana Split (1988)

In Petrópolis in the 1950s, the group of Nei, Cabelinho, Bambolê, Laura and Carminha is excited about the arrival of the cariocas, who symbolize the highest level of modernity. ...

Leila Diniz (1987)

The life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz. ...

Eternamente Pagu (1987)

Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian political, literary and artistic activist. An important figure of the Brazilian Modernism, Pagu was also a militant for the Brazilian Communist Party after she ...

Noite (1985)

Somwhere in the city of Porto Alegre, a man who has lost his memory is questioned by a group of police officers about the barbaric murder of a socialite. Without recognizing himself in the documents he carries in his pocket, he wanders through the underwo ...

Um Casal de 3 (1984)

Profissão Mulher (1983)

The destiny of four women - a beautiful model, an alcoholic, a middle-aged spinster and a famous model - is traced inside an advertising agency. They all look for true love and professional recognition, but get involved in turbulent relationships instead. ...

Dôra Doralina (1982)

Love Strange Love (1982)

A man remembers forty-eight crucial hours in his life when, as a child, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by him, right before some important political changes in 1937 Brazil. In those hours, he disco ...

Insônia (1982)

A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos. ...

A Mulher Sensual (1981)

Famous soap opera actress finds out her sexuality after breaking up with her former boyfriend, an important TV executive. ...

O Sequestro (1981)

A robber breaks into a house in the Santa Teresa district of Rio de Janeiro and kidnaps the family's youngest son. Based on a true kidnapping that happened in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, whose victim, Carlinhos, has never been found to this day. ...

Fruit of Love (1981)

Blum and Elza conduct Scientific and anthropological researches in a desert island, where they use as subjects a old fisherman, the house keeper and a prostitute from the country. But the affection grows between the three of them, and this feelings are cap ...

The Torturer (1980)

Zionists hire a hitman to kill a Nazi war criminal exiled in a Latin American country, where he's being protected by the local dictator. Get ready for gunshots; sex scenes; strange form of tortures; a cocaine-addict priest who helps the dictatorship; cont ...

Muito Prazer (1979)

Two contrasting social groups get in touch: three architects and three street urchins, all struggling for survival. ...

I Killed Lucio Flavio (1979)

In the early seventies in Rio de Janeiro, detective Mariel Moryscötte de Mattos belonged to a special police force called "The Golden Men". This powerful group of the elite of the police was created with the intention of eliminate crime from Rio de Janeir ...

Horror and Ecstasy (1979)

Girl and her boyfriend are kidnapped. She develops a strange attraction to her kidnapper and the two get involved. ...

Inquietações de Uma Mulher Casada (1978)

Unhappy with her marriage, woman looks for sexual satisfaction by any means. ...

Sea of Roses (1977)

A woman runs away in the company of her daughter, the ultimate brat, in a journey full of bizarre events. ...

O Crime do Zé Bigorna (1977)

In the 1930s, a blacksmith is accused of murdering his wife and becomes a hero and political leader. ...

The Vampire of Copacabana (1976)

Carlos and Suely are a normal couple. He has some extramarital adventures and she's a standard housewife. During a Carnival, when he goes out wearing a vampire costume, Suely decides to follow a friend's advice and go for it. On Ash Wednesday, he finds her ...

As Desquitadas em Lua de Mel (1976)

Noite Sem Homem (1976)

Two brothels in a small country town fight fiercely for the town's clientele, putting the owners of the two brothels, Salô and Maria Navalha, on a war footing. The conflict between the two establishments will bring problems for Salô's employees, who will ...

Um Brasileiro Chamado Rosaflor (1976)

A Extorsão (1975)

O Homem e o Limite (1975)

Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa (1975)

Dino and Dalmo are twin brothers. Dino is very shy, and the other, the opposite: a true Don Juan. When Dalmo dies, after being shot by a furious husband, he is received in heaven by a Club of Don Juans. But, in order to be admitted, he must go back to Eart ...

A Married Man's Report (1974)

Carlos, a married lawyer, gets involved with one of his clients. But the relationship turns into an obsession. The woman understands she'll never manage to separate Carlos from his wife, and decides to leave him, running away with another man. ...

Go To Work You Bum! (1973)

Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players. ...

A Filha de Madame Betina (1973)

Otavio has to find and marry Madame Bettina's daughter if he wants to inherit her fortune. ...

Prata Palomares (1972)

While waiting for directions, two revolutionaries hide in a church, where they meet a woman who wants to have a son with one of them. ...

A Viúva Virgem (1972)

In Minas Gerais, the powerful "colonel" Alexandrão gets married with the young and virgin Cristina and promotes a huge wedding party in his farm. He eats and drinks a lot along the day, but in his "first night" with the bride, he dies before consummating ...

O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil (1971)

Successful manager is haunted by a sinister character who enters his dreams, Dr. Moura Brasil. ...

O Doce Esporte do Sexo (1971)

Erotic comedy in five segments, starring the same actor, Chico Anysio: O Torneio (The Tournament), A Boca (The Mouth), O Filminho (The Short Film), A Suspeita (The Suspicion) and O Apartamento (The Apartment). ...

The War of Pelados (1970)

In 1913, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, the Government gives some lands to a foreign railway company, giving rise to revolt by the former owners of the land. The episode became known as Guerra dos Pelados. ...

Smile, You're on Camera (2015)

Based on 'Death of a Man in the Balkans (2012)', an original feature film of Miroslav Momcilovic, 'Sorria, Você Está Sendo Filmado' ('Smile, You're Being Filmed') tells the story of a suicide, in only one shot of 80 minutes, from the perspective of a web ...