Paulo Gil Soares

Glauber Rocha: Morto/Vivo (1981)

O Poder do Machado de Xangô (1976)

A Man and His Cage (1974)

The painter Tino, in professional and political crisis, receives a telegram from his mother-in-law, Selma, announcing her return from Europe. After his wife's death, Tino continues living with Selma, with whom he had ambiguous relations, which he now wants ...

Procura-se uma Virgem (1972)

Padre Cícero (1971)

A short documentary that presents the legacy of Padre Cícero, an important priest for the Juazeiro do Norte community, who managed to bring progress and new developments to the town after a miracle to brought plenty of attention to the region. ...

Jaramataia (1970)

Life on the Jaramataia farm in the interior of Paraíba and the relations between the cowboys and the owners of the land. ...

A Vaquejada (1970)

In the interior of Paraíba a tournament between cowboys who must demonstrate mastery in knocking an ox down by the tail while they ride. ...

O Homem de Couro (1970)

A Morte do Boi (1970)

A Mão do Homem (1970)

A vision of the different forms of handicraft production in the interior of Paraíba. ...

A Erva Bruxa (1970)

Frei Damião: Trombeta dos Aflitos, Martelo dos Herejes (1970)

Antonio das Mortes (1969)

A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antônio is moved by the pli ...

True Brazil (1968)

In the late 1960s, Thomas Farkas imported equipment suitable for direct sound, and released a collection of documentaries called "Brasil Verdade" ("True Brazil"), after the Military Coup d'État took place in Brazil, which happened without any popular resi ...

Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring (1967)

In the village of Leva-e-Traz, the discovery of a oil field is responsible for a mass evasion of the townspeople. Left are the old and incapable for the extraction job. When the local priest announces he, too, is leaving the town, Satan emerge thrilled wit ...

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 ...

Memória do Cangaço (1964)

The origins of "cangaço", armed brigands in the Northeast between 1935 and 1939, interviews with some survivors of the fighting, police and outlaws movement. Interspersed with testimonials, authentic sequences of films made in 1936 by Benjamin Abraham, an ...

Black God, White Devil (1964)

Wanted for killing his boss, Manuel flees with his wife Rosa to the sertão, the barren landscape of Northern Brazil. Thrust into a primordial violent region, Manuel and Rosa come under the influence and control of a series of frightening figures. ...

Ganga Zumba (1963)

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves. ...

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003)

Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues. ...

Dib (1997)

Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of Brazilian cinema. ...

Pirenópolis – O Divino e as Máscaras (1969)

It is the first film produced at the extinct ICA (Instituto Central de Artes), in a co-production between UnB (Universidade de Brasília) and the also extinct INC (Instituto Nacional de Cinema). Held at the Festa do Culto ao Mito do Divino Espírito Santo ...

A Cabra na Região Semi-Árida (1966)

On the dry ground of the caatinga and on the rocky slopes of the sertão, the goat survives. Organic parts of the country landscape, linked to the economy of certain regions, provide milk, meat and skin for export. ...

Memória do Cangaço (1964)

The origins of "cangaço", armed brigands in the Northeast between 1935 and 1939, interviews with some survivors of the fighting, police and outlaws movement. Interspersed with testimonials, authentic sequences of films made in 1936 by Benjamin Abraham, an ...