Sérgio Ricardo

Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo (2024)

Favela do Papa (2023)

The film shows the resistance movement of the residents of Favela do Vidigal against the removal order, an important chapter in the history of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s. ...

Na Rota do Vento (2019)

It is a realistic musical documentary, mixing the old and the new, exchanging chronological positions, creating a suggestive carousel for the audience. A tribute to Sérgio Ricardo's cinematographic work narrated through the assembly of scenes and tracks ...

Bandeira de Retalhos (2018)

Vidigal Hill, 1977. A runaway group of bandits engage in a complex love triangle in the brink of the news that the corrupt Rio de Janeiro mayor decided to make everyone move out of Vidigal, aided by police forces. ...

Pitanga (2016)

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and ...

Pé Sem Chão (2014)

Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro. A woman is left desperate and hopeless after she is evicted from her house with her disabled son. ...

Calabouço 1968 - Um tiro no coração do Brasil (2014)

Two Rabbits (2012)

Edgar is a young upper-middle class man, close to completing 30 years old, he lives a full life crisis and is in a position common to the vast majority of Brazilians. On the one hand the power, represented by a corrupt state, abusive and absent in their ta ...

A Night in 67 (2010)

In the 1970s, "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil, as they were recorded before a live studio audience, and usually featured a number of elimination rounds. They also formed the springboard for the career of many a big-name stars, such as Chico B ...

Milagrez (2008)

Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film. ...

Depois do Transe (2006)

The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Mar ...

Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova (2005)

Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style. ...

Descobrindo Waltel (2005)

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. ...

Enquanto a Tristeza não Vem (2003)

Zelão (1999)

Sérgio Ricardo's only animation film, a short made as a companion piece to his song "Zelão". ...

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. ...

Para Viver Um Grande Amor (1984)

Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl falls in love with a poor composer. Based on the musical play "Pobre Menina Rica", by Vinícius de Moraes ...

Un animal doué de déraison (1976)

A wealthy French promoter living in Rio tries to seduce Alexandra, a young woman of high society, but a prisoner of her strict education. He then shared his project with a journalist friend, who decided to make it the theme of a novel he imagined in 18th c ...

O Tempo e o Som (1970)

Esse Mundo é Meu (1964)

The film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill worker. ...

Pluft, o Fantasminha (1962)

It tells the story of a girl being abducted by the evil pirate with a wooden leg. ...

Menino da Calça Branca (1962)

When a young boy from a shanty town near Rio de Janeiro gets a coveted pair of white trousers for Christmas his joy knows no bounds. Not getting them dirty, however, presents certain difficulties for a lively slum kid. ...

Pé na Tábua (1957)

Petrônio drives a bus and his friend Cabeleira is a ticket collector. When Petrônio's sister needs money to do a surgery they get involved with a film production company, where a psychopath is trying to be the protagonist of the movie. ...

Bandeira de Retalhos (2018)

Vidigal Hill, 1977. A runaway group of bandits engage in a complex love triangle in the brink of the news that the corrupt Rio de Janeiro mayor decided to make everyone move out of Vidigal, aided by police forces. ...

Pé Sem Chão (2014)

Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro. A woman is left desperate and hopeless after she is evicted from her house with her disabled son. ...

Zelão (1999)

Sérgio Ricardo's only animation film, a short made as a companion piece to his song "Zelão". ...

O Lado Certo da Vida Errada (1996)

Un animal doué de déraison (1976)

A wealthy French promoter living in Rio tries to seduce Alexandra, a young woman of high society, but a prisoner of her strict education. He then shared his project with a journalist friend, who decided to make it the theme of a novel he imagined in 18th c ...

The Night of the Scarecrow (1974)

In the miserable Northeastern Brazil, a ruthless land Baron wants to throw a poor farming community out of their land. ...

Vozes do Medo (1972)

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. ...

Lost Love Juliana (1970)

A beautiful young woman living in an isolated fishing community on an island falls in love with an outsider, a train machinist. But her father, a violent religious fanatic interferes. ...

Viver de Morrer (1969)

A Brazilian crime film ...

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 ...

Our Lady of Compassion (1969)

João Grilo is a backwoodsman who tries to get along at the expense of the powerful in the city, who pretend to be respectful of morals and good customs and hide their sins. But when a band of cangaceiros attacks the small town, everyone has to settle acco ...

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 ...

Esse Mundo é Meu (1964)

The film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill worker. ...

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. ...

Menino da Calça Branca (1962)

When a young boy from a shanty town near Rio de Janeiro gets a coveted pair of white trousers for Christmas his joy knows no bounds. Not getting them dirty, however, presents certain difficulties for a lively slum kid. ...