João de Barro

The Daughters of Chiquita (2006)

Documents Chiquita's Party, a spectacular annual gay pride event held amidst the largest Catholic celebration in Brazil. ...

Garotas e Samba (1957)

Three young women sharing a room in a boarding house owned by a very strict matron dream of becoming famous in show busines ...

Banana-da-Terra (1939)

A man in charge of a publicity campaign for bananas decides to kidnap the Queen of 'Bananaland', a tropical island paradise, and take her to Rio, where she falls in love with a member of Carmen Miranda's backing ensemble, 'Bando da Lua'. ...

Alô Alô Carnaval (1936)

Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical. ...

Hello, Hello, Brazil! (1935)

A man is looking for a radio singer named "Dulcineia." For this, he goes through the biggest hassles and problems. The plot, in fact, is an excuse for the exhibition of the musical numbers of the greatest Brazilian Radio artists. ...

A Embaixatriz do Samba (1991)

The Girl from Ipanema (1967)

Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend her days among bohemians, musicians and intellectuals. While seeming happy in the outside, she's extremel ...