Ricardo Miranda

Team of Two (2024)

Iconic stars of the 80s and 90s team up in a nostalgic rollercoaster. Picture Lethal Weapon colliding with Rush Hour, with classic movie references and outrageous situations. One cop takes on LA's craziest criminals with a DeLorean ride to justice. ...

Paixão e Virtude (2014)

Djalioh (2011)

Djalioh is a strange person. Born in Brazil, he moves to France at 16 and presents himself non-conventionally as the "family's idiot". Misunderstood by society, he suffers for loving Adele who is set to marry his cousin Paul that raised him. A free adapta ...

Bricolage (2008)

Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha (2007)

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Glauber Rocha's 1980 production "A Idade da Terra" (The Age of Earth), including unedited clips taken from the sixty hours of recovered raw footage. ...

Canção de Baal (2007)

A marginal version of Brecht's piece, "Baal". ...

A Etnografia Da Amizade (2007)

Film Editor/Director Ricardo Miranda makes a homage to his friend Paulo Cezar Saraceni ...

Território Crítico (2001)

Bahia de Todos os Sambas (1996)

Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that brought together artists from Bahia. This film brings a recording of the event, also featuring backstage, rehearsals, testimonies and some relaxing moments of t ...

La ultima rumba de papa Montero (1991)

The film focuses on a contemporary documentary production company that is attempting to create a non-fiction feature about Papa Montero, a 1930's rumbero who was murdered during Havana's carnival celebrations. The film uses flashback sequences to recreate ...

Assim na Tela Como no Céu (1990)

A religious comedy in 5 segments, illustrating maniqueism on Earth, as shown by movies. God and his son Jesus disagree on how to manage human life on Earth. ...

O Som, ou Tratado de Harmonia (1984)

film about the desire of listening. An intermingling of voices from childhood, dreams, history, sex and politics. A visual essay about the universe of sounds. What is sound? What is the sound experience? Sound placed and replaced as Energy. Nothing more sh ...

Assaltaram a Gramática (1984)

Through performatic acts and some exposition, a group of poets of that 1980's generation make great use of words, poems and rebellious acts criticizing the then current generation and its lack of admiration for the poetic works that were being created. ...

Ao Sul do Meu Corpo (1982)

São Paulo, late 30's. Alberto is an intellectual and professor who announces to his friend and pupil Polidoro he won a scholarship to study in Paris. In Paris Polidoro receives a letter in which Alberto announces that he married Helena. Polidoro returns t ...

O Homem de Areia (1982)

The Secret of the Mummy (1982)

A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life. ...

Perto de Clarice (1982)

Aspects of writer Clarice Lispector's personality and soul remembered on the occasion of her death in the testimony of friends. The testimonies are interspersed with excerpts from an interview that Clarice gave in life to a television station. ...

Cinema Paraibano - Vinte Anos (1982)

The Age of the Earth (1980)

Drawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the political, cultural, and intellectual climate of Brazil during the late 1970s. At its core, the story revolves around four distinctive embodiments of Christ's image: a b ...

HO (1979)

An experimental film on Brazilian avant-garde artist Hélio Oiticica and his works, especially the Parangolés. ...

MAM SOS (1979)

The Lyre of Delight (1978)

During the Carnival, in Niterói, the son of a Lira do Delírio nightclub dancer is kidnapped. With the help of a journalist friend, she dives into Rio de Janeiro's underworld and meet all kind of criminals. She also goes back in time, to a past carnival, ...

Anchieta, José do Brasil (1977)

Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil. ...

Wilson Grey (1977)

Cinema (1974)

A lesson in conciseness, expressiveness, and humor on the inexhaustible theme of the dream of making movies. A parodic lesson, a Brazilian version of historical scenes filmed by the Lumiére brothers in 1895—the baby, the bath in the garden, the workers ...

Loucura e Cultura (1973)

Documentary with fragments and records about the boundaries between art and counterculture, based on a debate held at the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, in October 1968. ...

O anno de 1798 (1973)

Love, Carnival and Dreams (1972)

On Carnival's eve, girl dreams of a man to stay with her during these four days. She meets a photographer, with whom she has an affair. ...

Congo (1972)

An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology. ...

O Gerente (2011)

A bank manager has a secret. He is compelled to bite society women hands. ...

Abry (2003)

At 84 years of age, Lúcia Rocha admitted herself to a hospital in São Paulo to undergo heart tests. Upon receiving the news about the risk to her life, Lúcia, laconic, tells the doctor: 'Then open it'. This is the second time she has undergone bypass su ...