Silvio Renoldi

The Sign of Chaos (2003)

A customs agent, Dr. Amnésio, examines some reels of film, a documentary Orson Welles made about Brazil, and tries to confiscate the material. Then, a party in which repression agents celebrate their victory against freedom and creativity. ...

Por Um Fio (2003)

B2 (2001)

A short film made with unused footage from The Red Light Bandit and Carnaval na Lama. ...

It's All Brazil (1997)

A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles' eyes during the shooting of It's All True. ...

Perigo Negro (1992)

Loosely based on an Oswald de Andrade screenplay, "Perigo Negro" is a segment of anthology film "Oswaldianas" which deals with a uprising soccer player who has his career spoiled by a unscrupulous gambler ...

Isto é Noel Rosa (1990)

The life of samba composer Noel Rosa. ...

Missa e Vaquejada (1988)

Cabocla Tereza (1980)

Os Três Boiadeiros (1979)

O Caçador de Esmeraldas (1979)

The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter". ...

Adultério Por Amor (1979)

The middle-class housewife Natália and her husband Guido Rossi have been married for three years unsuccessfully trying to have a baby. Their best friends are Flora and Guido's partner Jorge that have three children. Guido refuses to be submitted to clinic ...

Chapéu de Couro (1978)

O Cortiço (1978)

This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement. ...

A Praia do Pecado (1978)

Será Que Ela Aguenta? (1977)

A Casa das Tentações (1977)

Saul and Mônica return to São Paulo after three years and find his family's colonial mansion abandoned, inhabited only by his old nanny, Bá, and his brother, Domício. ...

The Rich Are Something Else (1977)

Tadeu, a poor lad from the Northeast of Brazil, comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. His good looks and education win him the favor of rich people. In his spare time, he becomes the favorite among lonely and rich ladies. Soon he gets involved in troubl ...

O Ibraim do Subúrbio (1977)

A poor man from the North Zone of Rio, head of a family, Roy struggles in every way to survive and accepts a job as a professional laugher on a TV station; Casimiro de Abreu de Sousa lives in a fantasy world in which he imagines himself to be part of high ...

Snuff, Victims of Pleasure (1977)

After producing a successful underground snuff movie, were the lead actress is raped and killed, the Brazilian Miguel returns to São Paulo pretending to be the American director Michael Tracey and convinces his partner Bob Channing to cast and hire a crew ...

Lucio Flavio (1977)

Story of Brazilian bank-robber Lúcio Flávio, who fascinated some people in Rio de Janeiro during the 1970s for his bold robberies and spectacular escapes, and also because he was thought to be intelligent and "politically aware". Before dying, he disclos ...

Paranóia (1976)

Four thieves enter a house and terrorize a family. ...

King of the Night (1975)

In the 1940s, São Paulo nightlife is the setting for Tezinho's love affairs. In love with Aninha, he needs to get away from the girl and ends up getting involved with other women, including an obsessive relationship with a prostitute. ...

A Extorsão (1975)

Noiva da Noite - O Desejo de 7 Homens (1974)

As revenge against the big landowner who killed his brother, a convict escapes and rapts the man's daughter. ...

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. ...

Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável (1974)

On a farm in rural Brazil in the 18th century, a new overseer arrives. He falls in love with one of the enslaved women, Mestiça, beloved by all the men. When a pair of silver earrings disappears from the farm and the overseer orders the leader of the ensl ...

O Poderoso Garanhão (1974)

O Último Êxtase (1973)

Young man goes camping with some friends, looking for some peace, but strange and disturbing events happen. ...

Um Intruso no Paraíso (1973)

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Piconzé (1972)

In the small village known as Vila do Vale Verde live three great friends: the young Piconzé, the parrot Papo, and the pig Chicão. The three lead a peaceful and quiet life in the small community where they live, but one day, everything changes: Bigodão, ...

Maridos em Férias (1972)

The Goddesses (1972)

Psychiatrist lends her country house to patient, expecting she would repose. But she meets a neurotic former lover, and the psychiatrist gets so involved in the couple's problems that she ends up getting dependent of them. ...

A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos (1972)

Erotic comedy in two segments: in the first, a candidate running for mayor of a small town pays a visit to the most coveted woman in town, just to show off his manhood. In the other, three couples have fun in a different sort of New Year's eve party, but n ...

O Jogo da Vida e da Morte (1972)

Brazilian adaptation of Hamlet, set in the outskirts of São Paulo City. A teenager hears through a medium the voice of his father, who accuses his brother of murdering him. He confirms his suspicions of his uncle, and decides to retaliate, but kills the w ...

Corrida em Busca do Amor (1972)

Two groups of men fighting to conquer an automobile race bowl. ...

Rogo a Deus e Mando Bala (1972)

Luar do Sertão (1971)

In a small town in the interior of São Paulo, everyone lives happily: Tinoco and his fiancée Joana, Pirulito and Nhá Barbina. One day, the men in charge of opening a railroad arrive and, with them, trouble. Paulo, one of the engineers, tries to get Joan ...

Paixão na Praia (1971)

O Pornógrafo (1970)

Wannabe gangster Miguel Metralha becomes editor of a fading pornographic magazine that faces difficulties with the savage competition of similar imported magazines. His fresh ideas reshape the magazine as a whole, which is good for business, but upset the ...

The Prophet of Hunger (1970)

The story of a fakir who works in a decadent circus. He and his colleagues do weirder numbers each day to attract audience, and warrant their survival. The numbers resemble a horror-show and they get marginalized. Through fable and allegory, reality turns ...

Em Cada Coração um Punhal (1970)

A woman asks her boyfriend for his mother's heart as a proof of love. Another, a kleptomaniac, has an affair with a TV professional. And a young man becomes a sex symbol after an advertising campaign. ...

The Godless Bandit (1970)

After the proclamation of the Republic, a group of fanatics in the sertão dreamed of and fought for the restoration of the Monarchy. At that bloody time, Fabiano, a quiet boy, becomes a cangaceiro and is attacked by the police. Although wounded, he manag ...

Sertão em Festa (1970)

Country family strikes rich and move to the big city, but something changes. ...

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. ...

The Weapons (1969)

A man who works as a driver for a cladestine revolutionary organization has an opportunity to make a big score. ...

Quelé do Pajeú (1969)

A man seeks revenge after his sister get raped by an unknown foreign, identified only by scar and a missing finger. But his payback journey is a long way and bears its surprises. ...

O Cangaceiro Sanguinário (1969)

After robbing and massacring a village, the head of a gang of bandits, Captain Jagunço, kidnaps Flô, Mayor Cisso's wife and tortures her. ...

O Gigante (1969)

Compilation of images by cameraman William Gericke (credited as producer and cinematographer), who for 50 years traveled around Brazil and recorded some rare images of the country's history in the 20th century. ...

As Libertinas (1968)

In a holiday camp, couples live situations of sex and love, in three segments: Alice, Angélica and Ana. ...

The Red Light Bandit (1968)

Born and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit" by the sensationalist press. In addition to wearing a red flashlight, he talks to his hostages in an irreverent t ...

The Naked Man (1968)

A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment. ...

Bebel, Garota Propaganda (1967)

Poor and beautiful girl is hired by a sales promoter to advertise a new brand of soap. The success is immediate, but the need for a new face hinders her way to stardom. ...

Vidas Nuas (1967)

The drama of an intellectual married to a rich woman who cheats on him with a gigolo. He doesn't care, finding fulfillment in nightclub bohemian nights, while his wife welcomes her lover at their home. His stepdaughter, seeing what her mother does to her h ...

As Cariocas (1966)

Divided into three episodes based on stories by Stanislaw Ponte Preta (Sérgio Porto), the film portrays three young people from Rio de Janeiro: a furious lover, a beautiful beachgoer, and a former beauty queen. All live in profound solitude amid the appar ...

Auto de Vitória (1966)

The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (1965)

Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies, is beaten up and left for dead, being rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again. Infl ...

Viramundo (1965)

Viramundo shows the saga of the northeastern migrants that arrive in São Paulo, beginning with a train arriving and ending with a train leaving São Paulo in a cycle repeated every day. Viramundo's aim was to question why the military coup d'état in Braz ...

Luta nos Pampas (1965)

Vila da Barca (1964)

The first work by documentary master Renato Tapajós, "Vila da Barca" focuses on the daily struggles faced by the people who live on the shanty town of Vila da Barca, Pará, Brazil. ...

Cara de Fogo (1958)

A family moves to a farm and witnesses some cattle thefts, then being chased by the criminal responsible for the crimes. ...

Scarlet Macaw (1957)

A mine boss hires a policeman to chase some runaways who stole a precious diamond. ...

Rogério Sganzerla e Sylvio Renoldi sobre "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha" (2006)

O Galante Rei da Boca (2003)

Documentary about the trajectory of Antônio Polo Galante, known as "The King of Boca". The film maps work and forms of production in Boca do Lixo, popular area in Luz neighborhood located downtown São Paulo, where usually night clubs and sexual services ...

A Casa das Tentações (1977)

Saul and Mônica return to São Paulo after three years and find his family's colonial mansion abandoned, inhabited only by his old nanny, Bá, and his brother, Domício. ...