Rogério Sganzerla’s lost film. The only existing copy was lost in 1992 and the negatives are lost. It tells about the history of Betty Bomba, an exhibitionist woman.
Singer Laura Monteiro (Montiel) is murdered by her old protector João Fernandes de Oliveira (Giachetti), who has found out her love affair with Assis (Carlos Alberto). Favela-girl Belén (also Montiel) is the look-alike who takes her place, unaware she is being used by a gang that smuggles precious stones sewn in Carnival costumes. Written by fabreu
The quasi-fictional story of transgender sex workers living in Rio de Janeiro's swampy red light district, who are joined by a group of hippies and a runaway stockbroker, "Mangue-Bangue" is the paradigmatic expression of the post-1968 spirit of desbunde, the Brazilian slang catchword for "sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll".
Three young friends, Tita, Mari and Aninha decide to change their situations and travel to a beach place for a weekend. On the road, they meet Estrella, a hippie that wants a hide to try to find her unknown father. Together, they will live hilarious, absurd and moving situations. More than a change the air, they change themselves.
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A group of teens hit the road in a stolen driver's ed car, racing against time to help a lovesick high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.
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To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.
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A socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes.
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Hawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.
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A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
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A commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year.
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The film shows the day when Rui and Vani first met. It was at their wedding (with other partners). Vani was going to marry Sérgio, and Rui would marry Marta in the same church, following Vani's marriage. While waiting for the ceremony, they begin to talk. Complications ensue.
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Buster and a woman are mistakenly married and her initially unfriendly family begins to treat him nicely when they come to believe he has a large inheritance awaiting him.
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During the seventies, the massive arrival of television in the Brazilian countryside puts in jeopardy the business of running small movie theaters. Francisgleydisson is the owner of Cine Holliudy, and he must be extremely creative to keep his passion for cinema alive.
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The feature-length documentary Fakir portrays the success of fakirism in Brazil, Latin America and France. This circus art origin show is presented and analyzed through archives that reveals the success of these presentations with their pain resistance championships and the great public presence, including politicians and government officials. Fakir spans current footage from contemporary artists who keep this art alive in performances and shows.
Released from the Mental Health Wing of São Paulo State Penitentiary after forty years, the sadistic undertaker Zé do Caixão is back on the streets, haunted by ghostly visions and spirits of past victims but still set upon the goal that sent him to prison in the first place: finding a woman who can give him the perfect child.
Nosferatu arrives in a town escaping from Van Helsing. He brings not only his curse, but ghosts from his past. In this escape, he dives into a macabre dance searching for an actress and faces the horror of eternity and the pain of an endless existence.
Between February an May of 1970, Julio Bresane and Rogerio Sganzerla made 7 films for their company Belair that were forbidden by the Brazilian censorship that reveal today images of an unique freedom.
Short documentary film about Helena Ignez, the great actress of independent Brazilian cinema.
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Botinada chronicles the origins of punk rock in Brazil, its first phase (1976-1984) and the whereabouts of its protagonists. Were 4 years of research, interviewed 77 people, thousands of hours in editing rooms, 200 hours of video and many rare and unpublished images compiled for the first time. Botinada brings out this amazing story told by punks who experienced body, soul and leather jacket this chaotic journey.
Tired of her boring husband, secretary Cordélia finds refuge in a love affair with her boss and afterwards, believes she has found true love in the person of a car salesman.
Documentary about middle-class people in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1960s, when Brazil was going through a hard period in its history, with the military coup and the following dictatorship. Interviews with people in the street disclose their fears, aspirations and political alienation.
Documentary about the poet, musician and pioneer of the brazilian punk pioneer Ariel Ulliana, former 'Inocentes' e vocals on bands 'Restos de Nada' and 'Invasores de Cérebros'
In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages from the 1960s onwards. The film revisits a story that it involves personalities such as Caetano Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, Chico Buarque and Zé do Caixão, brings together scenic art, ecology, architecture and sexuality, and mixes art and life in the search for a Brazilian based language.
Blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, this film explores the life and career of the controversial actor, journalist, and music producer Ezequiel Neves—including his intense, passionate relationships with figures such as Rita Lee and Cazuza, with whom he co-wrote the hit song "Exagerado." To weave together the protagonist’s unbelievable tales, the film draws upon an archive containing over 60 hours of previously unseen interviews and extensive documentation, alongside "fake" archival material, interviews recreated via artificial intelligence, and clips from films that were entirely invented—yet arguably should have existed.
The man who changed Brazilian journalism. The film focuses on the period of Samuel's life spanning from 1951—the year the newspaper Última Hora was founded—to the mid-1960s, when its decline began.
