Jair Rodrigues

Guto, aspiring actor, dreams of hitting the big-time in São Paulo. He takes classes, rehearses, works out, auditions. He knows his big chance could find him anyplace, at any moment. His idol and role model is Zeca, an old-school TV comedian who—even on his last legs— still lives on in the hearts of a generation. When their paths intersect, Guto’s luck begins to change. But is that really possible?

Cidade do Samba

A Jewish teenager goes to a Catholic school and falls in love with a black Catholic girl.

Jair Rodrigues: Programa Ensaio

The special documentary celebrates Elis Regina's 75th birthday and makes a parallel between Elis' extremely prevailing thoughts with those of João Marcello Bôscoli, Pedro Camargo Mariano and Maria Rita, her children, answering the same questions in the present time. All three talk about their childhood, their relationship with Elis and her artistic career.

Jair Rodrigues, the portrait of an artist from a Brazil so close and yet so distant.

After a flood that destroyed the orphanage he managed, Padre João develops a project to rebuild the place. To help, singers Rosemary and Jair Rodrigues will get involved in great adventures.

The life and career of Brazilian singer Chorão, Charlie Brown Jr's frontman. The story of one of the most important rock stars in Brazil, from testimonies about his personal and professional life and archival footage. Beginning in the early 1990s, when his band released their first album and hit the radio stations, Chorão lived two intense decades of national and international success, full of controversial moments, until his premature death in 2013.

A common robber is turned into a killer when he discovers that his sister was sexually assaulted by a policeman. After his act of vengeance, the police force begins a man hunt which corners the man into the building of a district attorney of whom he takes hostage.

The trajectory of musician and comedian Mussum as vocalist of the group "Os Originais do Samba" and later in cinema and TV as a member of "Os Trapalhões", a group that revolutionized the way of making humor on Brazilian television.

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