Tonico Pereira

Lair's Birthday (2024)

Lair is exhausted. He can no longer drink, his wife is dead, and all he gets for his 80th birthday is a visit from his daughter's insufferable family and a lousy cake. But when he casts them out of his house, he receives a tempting call from the beyond. ...

Saideira (2024)

Two sisters with very different personalities and who have not spoken with each other for years come together to fulfill their grandfather's last wish, a kind of wild treasure hunt that leads them to know their true history, helping them to grieve the suff ...

The Noise of the Night (2023)

Maria Luíza is a seven-year-old child who lives a happy life with her family. Her naivety is struck when she discovers that her mother is in love with her nephew, who is a helper on his father's farm. The possible dismantling of her family puts her in a s ...

Boil (2023)

Three ghosts are trapped in a house and haunt each new resident in order to finish their mission on Earth so they can move on to the next life. That is until a couple of architects move to the place and decide to renovate it, revitalizing it. However, they ...

Nas Ondas da Fé (2023)

Hickson lived off the books, running from one place to another to make a living. His only great achievement in life had been to win over his wife Jéssika, an evangelical hairdresser and his girlfriend since childhood. The two lead a life without great pro ...

Last Sunday (2022)

The dawn is strange, with a harbinger of change. The next morning, Maria receives a mysterious visitor that leaves José disturbed and will lead her to re-signify her own destiny. ...

Prateados: A Vida em Tempos de Madureza (2021)

Álbum em Família (2021)

A group of actors and actresses rehearse play virtually and look for solutions to get around the fact that they cannot meet. Confined at home, they use their own family members on stage. The piece chosen is ÁLBUM DE FAMÍLIA, by Nelson Rodrigues, an attem ...

O Segredo de Sara (2021)

Five young actors travel to an isolated house, surrounded by forest, for a weekend to shoot a movie. What they still don't know is that this will be the scene of mysterious events. Will they be able to finish the movie before they finish it? ...

My Uncle José (2021)

It begins in 1983 in Salvador city, with the attack against José, an ex-member of a left-wing political group. Meanwhile, his nephew Adonias is worried about an assignment his teacher has given him. Consequently, Adonias has to deal with his family's suff ...

Crô em Família (2018)

Already famous, at the top of his career, owner of his own school of etiquette, Crô sees himself alone and without a family. Lonely and vulnerable, he ends up living at the whim of supposed family, Orlando, Marinalva, Luane and Nando, whose intentions are ...

The Man in the Box (2018)

Locked up for decades in a maximum security prison, an old man tries to revive his glory days as a magician, putting into practice a perfect - but also very dangerous - escape plan. ...

Running After (2018)

Paulo Ventania is a black Brazilian man, always doing his best to bring some happiness in his life, and by happiness he means money. When he's at a dead end, he discovers the opportunity to become a football manager by leading some boy from the neighborhoo ...

The path of Maria (2018)

Maria is a shortfilm about a woman who was fooled to the western world while she was young and naiv, found what she dreamt of, but lost where she came from. Maria is the return to whatever's left of childhoods pastures. ...

How Do You See Me? (2017)

How Do You See Me? is a Brazilian documentary feature that entwines both experienced actors and beginners to explore the hardships and the happiness that are inherent to the job when detached from the glam and glitz of the gossip industry, creating a diver ...

Dear Death: The Movie (2017)

This is an adaptation of the 2015 TV show, featuring two intertwining love triangles that drive the plot. The first triangle involves Aragão, his wife Arlinda, and her lover, Chico. The second triangle unites Malvina, Lena, and Gabriel, who is the son of ...

The Dress of Myriam (2017)

In the middle of a quiet house in rural countryside of the state of Rio de Janeiro, an elderly couple lives with the limitations of old age. Divaldo shares his solitude with Myriam. She dies during sleep and the next day. Divaldo buries her in the backyard ...

A Escola do Escândalo (2017)

Os Incontestáveis (2016)

Punch the Clock (2016)

In a forgotten corner of the vast Brazilian bureaucracy, a psychotic boss uses a time machine to enslave his lazy employees and increase productivity. ...

What of This World without Passion? (2016)

An encounter of novelist Lúcio Cardoso and poet Murilo Mendes haunting ghosts with their characters. ...

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 ...

Histórias de Alice (2016)

It tells the story of a Brazilian filmmaker, Lucas. When his mother, Alice, dies in Belo Horizonte, he searches for his family's Portuguese roots across the ocean, discovering an intricate love story. Lucas's father, Olavo, was the son of a very wealthy Po ...

Entrando Numa Roubada (2015)

A film director, Walter, meets his old team to make a "road movie". With no money, they will have come up with scams in order to make the production possible while at the same time plotting revenge. ...

Rio, I Love You (2014)

The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story line of each segment focuses on an encounter of love in a different neighborhood of the city, demonstrati ...

Dress to Wed (2014)

When Fernando accidentally rips the designer dress of a reality show star, he races to replace it, putting his own wedding at risk. ...

Aconteceu, virou Manchete! A História da Rede Manchete (2013)

Colors (2012)

São Paulo today. Brazil is in full economic upswing. This is a story of friendship and delusion between three young friends in a big city. Their life is marked by an ordinary routine where nothing much happens except the alienation impregnated by the cons ...

The Clown (2011)

The life of the owners of Circus Esperança, Puro Sangue e Pangaré, father and son, who plays two clowns. At a certain point, Pangaré starts showing tiredness and sadness for being an unhappy clown. ...

Federal Bank Heist (2011)

"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 8 ...

Paraíso Aqui Vou Eu (2011)

Disillusioned teacher Sara and forgotten poet Francisco were once married and now decide to meet again to talk about their hopes and anxieties. The former couple ends up meeting the young Penelope who changes their lives with her free way of being. ...

The Well Beloved One (2010)

Elected major of the small city of Sucupira, after unfortunate situation, Odorico must open the city cemitery and face acusations of being corrupt, to end his term on good terms with the people. ...

Romance (2008)

During a remake of the play Tristan and Isolde, actors Pedro and Ana fall in love. While the characters live an idealized love, the interpreters are living a true story, which they try to spice it up with the intensity of the fiction. ...

Cleopatra (2007)

The great battles are the backdrop for the unfolding of the Egyptian Queen's personal life. The strategy of Cleopatra is to seduce the Roman General Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to protect their civilization. ...

Basic Sanitation, the Movie (2007)

When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank. ...

The Big Family: The Movie (2007)

Public functionary and family man Lineu and his beloved wife Nenê celebrate the 40th anniversary of their first date. In the present day, Lineu feels uncomfortable when colleague Pacheco dies and goes to the doctor for an examination. When the result of h ...

Vestido de Noiva (2006)

While in the hospital, after being run over, Alaíde thinks about her life, specially after the moment she'd found the diary of Madame Clessy, in the house where her family had moved in, which was a former bordello. ...

Brasília 18% (2006)

A star medical examiner is called to Brasília, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, young congressional aide's dead body. But his scientific rigor soon leads him to details of a multi-layered political scandal. ...

In Evil Hour (2006)

The old servant and chronicler Dom Sabas tells how his desolate South American town is the scene of a ruthless power struggle. The landowning Assis family, reduced to a widow and son, tries to hold out against the young, despotic mayor. No less effective t ...

O Coronel e o Lobisomem (2005)

Colonel Furtado struggles to keep his lands, the Sobradinho Farm, and win the heart of his cousin Esmeraldina. In the process, he fights big beasts, experiences the taste of a bohemian life in town, fends usurers and thieves off, and uses all his cunning t ...

Redeemer (2004)

Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his childhood friend Otávio Sabóia, a corrupt entrepeneur in the construction business, to give away all his possessions to the poor. ...

Um Show de Verão (2004)

Andréa, a poor telemarketing salesgirl, dreams of being a singer. Her rich boyfriend Fred hires a musical producer, Marcelo, to turn her into a star. But she and Marcelo end up falling in love. ...

Mary, Mother of the Son of God (2003)

Maria Auxiliadora is a 24 year-old woman very poor, that she lives Joana, her 7 year-old daughter close to. Needing go look for the result of Joana's exam in the hospital, Maria asks the priest of the local church that takes care of her to return. In spite ...

Clandestinidade (2003)

Darling Stranger (2002)

On Alberto's birthday, his daughter Zezé gets engaged. But the party turns sour when he decides to expose his pain and regrets. ...

Caramuru: Brazil Reinvented (2001)

Diogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica and his two daughters, Paraguaçu and Moema. They call him Caramuru and together they engage in a happy love trian ...

Copacabana (2001)

Moments before turning 90 years of age, Alberto remembers his life, lived in Copacabana, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The film is a comedy about old age nowadays, with Copacabana as a background. ...

AI-5 - O Dia que Não Existiu (2001)

Documentary about a political episode during the Brazilian military dictatorship, which resulted in the issue of the Institutional Act #5 (AI-5), abolishing freedom of opinion in Brazil, and marking the transition to the toughest period of violation of hum ...

A Goofy Angel (2000)

O Circo das Qualidades Humanas (2000)

No Coração dos Deuses (1999)

Following the clues of a map, a boy and some adventurers go into the forest in search of treasure from the pioneers, and end up going back two centuries in time, in search of the legendary Minas dos Martírios. ...

Treason (1999)

Three stories of infidelity unfold: a man falls for a married woman, a young girl draws the gaze of her sister's fiancé, and a husband takes his unfaithful wife hostage after discovering her affair with his best friend. ...

Midnight (1998)

On December 31st 1999, destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher together, as the new millennium approaches bringing hope to everyone. ...

Como Ser Solteiro (1998)

A comedy addressing the issues of being single in Rio de Janeiro. ...

The Battle of Canudos (1997)

At the end of the 19th century, a poor family comes to the rural Canudos, a community led by Antônio Conselheiro, seen by many as a holy prophet. Their ways bother the powerful people of the region, and the newly founded Republic sends their army to destr ...

O Cego Que Gritava Luz (1997)

A storyteller in Brasilia entertains the visitors of a bar with his narratives. ...

O Guarani (1996)

The forbidden love affair between Peri, an Indian, and the beautiful Ceci, a Portuguese white girl, in the 17th century Brazil. ...

Antonio Carlos Gomes (1996)

An Italian actress arrives in Belém do Pará, to stage the last moments of Carlos Gomes, author of "O Guarani". ...

The Nutty Boy (1995)

The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist Ziraldo, and tells the tale of a happy-go-lucky 10-year-old child growing up in a city in the 60s. ...

Erotique (1994)

The sexual fantasies of women are explored by four female directors. ...

Era Uma Vez... (1994)

High Art (1991)

Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl. ...

Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta (1991)

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin. His fake burial is celebrated in high style and it doesn't take long before he starts getting himself into ...

O Círculo de Fogo (1990)

The Fifth Monkey (1990)

When Cunda, a man living deep in the Brazilian rainforest, is bitten by a snake, he has a hallucination of four chimpanzees. Once he recovers, he is shocked to find the four chimpanzees waiting for him at home, and, believing them to be special, decides to ...

Corpo em Delito (1990)

During the Brazilian military dictatorship, a doctor forged autopsy reports to hide the victims of the regime. ...

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. ...

The Story of Fausta (1988)

An unhappily married cleaning woman in the slums of Rio entices all the money and gifts she can out of an elderly widower. ...

Dedé Mamata (1988)

Dede (Guilherne Fontes) is a Brazilian teen who lives with his middle-class grandparents who are members of the local communist party. When his grandmother dies, his grandfather's health soon fades to the point where he can't speak or walk. The local party ...

The Dolphin (1987)

According to an amazonian legend, every month, during the full moon, a brazilian fishing village receives a mysterious guest: the Dolphin, who transforms into a human to seduce and be loved by women and hated by men. One of her conquests is the daughter of ...

Running Out of Luck (1987)

A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events. ...

The Man in the Black Cape (1986)

Biography of Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, who used to appear in public carrying a machine-gun, and wearing a black cloak. ...

The King of Rio (1985)

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals. ...

Happier Than Ever (1984)

During the military dictatorship, a political militant takes his son out of the boarding school, and puts him temporarily in a friend's luxury and empty apartment in Copacabana beach. The son knows very little about his father, and the latter cannot really ...

Memories of Prison (1984)

In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners. ...

São Bernardo (1984)

República dos Assassinos (1979)

In 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave of reactions throughout the country. The photos of the victims, adorned by the skull, symbol of the group, caused an uncomfortable indignation. This is th ...

O Coronel e o Lobisomem (1979)

Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: Memórias da Emília (1978)

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, ...

Deadly Cruelty (1976)

Man leaves his family behind and moves to Nova Iguaçu, a poor and violent city in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. He tries to rebuild his life, but falls in love with a woman who despises him, which drives him mad. ...

The Fall (1976)

An accident at a construction site, resulting in one death, sets one worker off on a struggle for justice that exposes the mechanisms of exploitation and the class relations of a country that had undergone one decade of fast-paced 'conservative modernisati ...

As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro (1975)

A newlywed woman, frustrated after her honeymoon, decides to search for lovers on the streets and ends up causing a conflict between her husband, a baker and a black artist. ...