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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997)

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema. ...

Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres (1983)

Glorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as result. Her friend Nair takes her to a high-class bordello, where she wants to work. When uncle Raul, who raised ...

O Menino Arco-Íris (1983)

The Seven Kittens (1980)

Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their four eldest daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back from boarding school after killing a female cat and her seven newborns in a h ...

Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey (1980)

Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life. ...

Summer Showers (1978)

70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age. ...

Que Estranha Forma de Amar (1977)

Senhora (1976)

A beautiful and poor woman buys herself a rich husband after inheriting a great deal of money. ...

As Secretárias... Que Fazem de Tudo (1975)

Erotic comedy divided in three episodes. ...

O Dia em Que o Santo Pecou (1975)

As Mulheres Sempre Querem Mais (1974)

Considered a young terror among women, Ricardo unexpectedly begins to suffer from a strange phobia to noise pollution. That means that any noise during sex leads to a "sexual aversion". A famous psychologist - among other women - cannot cure him. The situa ...

O Leito da Mulher Amada (1974)

Sagarana: O Duelo (1974)

Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown. ...

Pedro and Pablo (1973)

In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the work of two young priests. ...

Um Pistoleiro Chamado Caviúna (1972)

Eu Transo, Ela Transa (1972)

Anxious to please his boss, Roberto agrees to host the chief's lover in his own home, unaware of the problems this could cause among his family. ...

A Marcha (1972)

A large protest march of escaped slaves is an episode in the history of Chico Bondade and Boaventura, who had already become legendary for their difficult and daring missions. ...

Se Meu Dólar Falasse... (1971)

Bums find $15,000 in trash, but the money belonged to criminals. ...

Balada dos Infiéis (1970)

The vacationers staying at the Barreiro Hotel in Araxá accompany the coffin of magnate Medeiros de Alcântara to the plane. Then they return to the hotel... At the beginning of the hydrotherapy season, Eduardo and Lúcia Feitosa, a wealthy couple from Sã ...

Cangaceiros de Lampião (1967)

On the day of Pedro Boiadeiro's wedding, a band of cangaceiros who survived the Angicos massacre invade his home, then proceed to beat him up, and abuse and murder his wife. Pedro sets out to get revenge on each one. ...

O Matador (1967)

Paraíba, Vida e Morte de um Bandido (1966)

True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where he starts remembering episodes of his criminal life. ...

Morte Para Um Covarde (1964)

As soon as his boss discovers his betrayal, Luciano must flee, abandoning his life in the mafia and crime behind him. His options are limited, and the longer he waits, the greater the chances of being captured. However, when Luciano encounters a prostitute ...

Seara Vermelha (1964)

Lampião, King of the Badlands (1963)

The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of the cangaceiros - bandits who roamed the Northeast of Brazil until the late 1930s. ...

Five Times Favela (1962)

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro. ...

Pedreira de São Diogo (1962)

Men work in a quarry on the edge of a hill where a slum is located, of which they are residents. The slope is blown up, advancing to the land near the shacks. Slum dwellers are warned that new explosions can cause damage. The community decides to place its ...

Le Tout pour le tout (1962)

An unlucky trumpeter and a young singer try to rebuild their lives in Brazilian nightclubs. They will try everything for everything while making a risky heist. ...

Carnival of Crime (1962)

Mike, an architect, is married to Lin, a beautiful and unfaithful woman. Returning from a trip, he finds she's disappeared. When he tries to locate her, he also learns about her many affairs, and he gets closer to Marina, his efficient assistant, who helps ...

The Violent and the Damned (1962)

When chain gang prisoners attack their guards, some of the hardened criminals escape Brazil's infamous Anchieta Prison amidst all the pick-ax carnage. The government dispatches a machine-gun squad to round up the fugitives, who have fled by foot and boat a ...

Bahia of All Saints (1961)

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, during the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. Outlaw Tonio is involved in a conflict between strikers and the police. His mistress tries to keep him from his companions, but he steals her belongings to help the persecuted. Dissatisfi ...

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 ...

O Diamante (1955)

Disagreements between brothers and marital infidelity are just some of the consequences that the discovery of a valuable diamond causes. ...

Bloody Hands (1955)

Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang of dangerous convicts escape from a penal colony. With the police in hot pursuit, the escapees cut a gory s ...

A Outra Face do Homem (1954)

Amazon Symphony (1954)

Sinfonia Amazônica, or Amazon Symphony, was Brazil's first animated feature-length film, produced entirely by Anélio Lattini Filho over five years and finished in 1951. Like Disney's Fantasia, it tells several folk stories over orchestral music. ...

A Carne (1952)

Pecado de Nina (1951)

Gravel (1951)

A Escrava Isaura (1949)

Terra Violenta (1949)

Caminhos do Sul (1949)

O Dia É Nosso (1941)

24 Hours of Dream (1941)

An unlucky woman checks in a hotel pretending to be a French baroness so she can have 24 hours of dream before comitting suicide. ...

Pureza (1940)

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. ...

Noites Cariocas (1935)

Bloody Hands (1955)

Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang of dangerous convicts escape from a penal colony. With the police in hot pursuit, the escapees cut a gory s ...