Odete Lara

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 plight of the Cangaceiro’s followers. The troubled hitman turns revolutionary, his gun and machete aimed towards his former masters.

Rhonda Fleming shines as Pamela, an American film star who falls in love with coffee grower Claudio (Rossano Brazzi) while in Brazil. When the two are hastily married, Pamela finds herself entwined in a clash of cultures in this rarely seen romantic comedy.

For his first in a long series of wildly imaginative literary adaptations, dos Santos reinvented Nelson Rodrigues' novel about a pathological gangster with solid gold teeth and a voracious appetite for women and power. Embracing radically modernist narrative techniques, Golden Mouth offers a splintered, refractive portrait of brutal masculinity that returns repeatedly to the same moment from different vantages, each time revealing unexpected perspectives on the brutal yet strangely charming criminal. Lurid and disturbing, Golden Mouth delivers a savage satire of marriage and class pretensions, revealing a similar venality at the corroded heart of the sanctimonious bourgeoisie, the moneyed elite and the working class as they all mercilessly claw their way up and down the rickety and ruthlessly hierarchical Brazilian social ladder. -Harvard Film Archive

Three men who never met each other are hired by a mysterious client to carry out a daring bank robbery.

Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness of their lives.

Three boys and their uncle venture into the Amazon jungle in search of their missing grandfather who's been kidnapped by evil space robots!

Arlindo works delivering the clothes that his wife washes. During a working day, he finds a customer's cat, who offers a reward to whoever returns it. To deliver the animal, he ends up going through a lot of confusion.

Uma Certa Lucrécia

An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the advent of the TV.

Four deserters from Paraguay War hide in an old drunkard's country seat. The latter has two daughters who are unhappy with their recluse lives.

A young man must choose between two women. The one brings him the money, but the other he loves.

Sonhando com Milhões

This film shows people with constant psychological and social conflicts: the violence among outlaws, conflicts between man and woman, police and society.

Assim Era a Atlântida

In a financially troubled farm in the 1930's, its depraved owners become attracted to their new handsome and young handyman.

Dona Violante Miranda

Moral em Concordata

Dona Xepa is a vegetable stand owner. She dreams about the success of her scientist son. The film is based on the play by Pedro Bloch.

Old couple are being evicted and turn to their five children for help. Since no one can accommodate the two of them, the children decide to separate the couple.

The story of the University of Brasília, since it was only a project in Darcy Ribeiro's head until the fateful events in August 1968 when its campus was invaded by the police, during the military dictatorship, thus putting an end to its independence.

Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players.

Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot against Her Majesty arises!

Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to school, he just lives on the spur of the moment, watches TV, plays soccer on the beach by day and goes out with his mates by night. He meets Irene, a 40 year-old woman and they have a love affair that is going to change his life - for a while.

A man who's memorized his town's telephone directory tries his luck on a TV Show. But a small group of people who control the bettings in town try to get advantage of his simple-mindedness.

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

Duas Histórias

A veteran popular singer remembers her early days before fame as a humble woman who faced many obstacles in order to achieve fame, notoriety and make her dreams come true. Her life, the songs, the men she knew and helped her on her ladder to success all have a big influence on her life.

Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn't an easy task.

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

Mar Corrente

Alfredo, a rich playboy and restless womanizer lives a happy life until receive threats from several cuckolds. Things get worse when each of the seven involved women accuse each other causing a big mess.

Os Primeiros Momentos

When a lady-killer announces his wedding, seven of his ex-girlfriends decide to kidnap him, keeping him in a sailing ship.

A Brazilian crime film

In the 60's Lúcia McCartney is a call girl who is a fan of the Beatles. A diplomat tries to get her out of prostitution by falling in love with her.

Esse Rio que Eu Amo

italian documentary

French poet Blaise Cendrars arrives by sea on the city of Rio de Janeiro and lives s life of bohemian parties during the celebration of carnaval.

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 weird situations.

Ecos de Cannes

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

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 wrong man, triggering a terrible game of life and death.

Vida e Glória de um Canalha

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous Brazilian artists such as Nara Leão, Maria Bethânia, João do Vale and Millôr Fernandes.

Pátria Minha

O Dono do Mundo

As Bruxas

A Volta de Beto Rockfeller

Aqueles Que Dizem Amar-Se

Em Busca da Felicidade