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- DirectorHelena SolbergStarsHelena SolbergEric BarretoCynthia AdlerA biography of the Portuguese-Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature was her tutti frutti hat. She came to the US as the "Brazilian Bombshell" and was a Broadway and Hollywood star in the 1940s.
- DirectorLima BarretoStarsAlberto RuschelMarisa PradoMilton Ribeiro'Capitão', a bandit, terrorizes poor villages in the Northeast region of Brazil, looting and frequently killing with his armed gang, until he kidnaps and becomes attracted to a beautiful schoolteacher, creating discord in his group.
- DirectorCarlos MangaStarsOscaritoGrande OteloJosé LewgoyCity Down is a town where impunity reigns thanks to the outlaw Jesse Gordon. But the situation changes when Humphrey and Bogart arrest him by chance and get named local sheriffs. It gets complicated when Gordon escapes, promising revenge.
- DirectorCarlos MangaStarsOscaritoFada SantoroCyl FarneyBarber's jeep crashes against a house where a mad scientist was building a time machine. The crash triggers the machine, taking them to Gaza Kingdom, circa 1153 B.C., where they get involved in many funny situations. Spoof of Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah (1949).
- DirectorVictor LimaStarsAmácio MazzaropiGlauce RochaRoberto DuvalThe story of the confusion experienced by Aparicio Boamorte who works in the Zoo and has a giraffe as a confidante to vent the scolding he takes of all the people with whom he relates.
- DirectorMarcel CamusStarsBreno MelloMarpessa DawnLourdes de OliveiraA retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorCarlos MangaStarsOscaritoCyl FarneyZezé MacedoUFO falls on a hillbilly's hencoop and he tries to sell it. Soon international missions are sent to the place, for there's a suspicion it might be the famous Russian satellite, the Sputnik.
- DirectorAnselmo DuarteStarsLeonardo VillarGlória MenezesDionísio AzevedoA simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsÁtila IórioMaria RibeiroOrlando MacedoA poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place to live, with food and work. But the drought and misery destroy their hopes.
- DirectorGlauber RochaStarsGeraldo Del ReyYoná MagalhãesOthon BastosAfter killing his employer when he tries to cheat him out of his payment, a man becomes an outlaw and starts following a self-proclaimed saint.
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsFernanda MontenegroPaulo GracindoIvan CândidoWoman who is obsessed with death wants a first-class burial for herself, and even buys a luxury coffin beforehand.
- DirectorGlauber RochaStarsMaurício do ValleOdete LaraOthon BastosIn this sequel to "Black God, White Devil", Antonio das Mortes must return back to action after killing the last of the Cangaceiros 29 years ago, when a new outlaw appears, who will eventually reveal as an idealist and mark him profoundly.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsArduíno ColassantiAna Maria MagalhãesEduardo Imbassahy FilhoIn 1594 in Brazil, the Tupinambás Indians are friends of the French and their enemies are the Tupiniquins, friends of the Portuguese. A Frenchman (Arduíno Colassanti) is captured by the Tupinambás and, in spite of his trial to convince them that he is French, they believe he is Portuguese. The Frenchman becomes their slave, and maritally lives with Seboipepe (Ana Maria Magalhães). *Contains Spoilers* Later, he uses powder in the cannons that the Portuguese left behind to defeat the Tupiniquins in a battle. In order to celebrate the victory, the Indians decide to eat him.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsTarcísio MeiraGlória MenezesDionísio AzevedoThe dream of Brazilian independence, under Dom Pedro I, is expressed in the cry of "Freedom or Death" (O Grito de Independencia ou Morte), since cries were the only way to rally up support against colonial oppression. Dom Pedro I (played by Tarcisio Meira) heads Brazil's break from his own parent's homeland, Portugal. A classic Brazilian historical costume drama epic.
- DirectorCarlos MangaStarsJulie BardotDircinha BatistaNorma BengellAnthology of scenes from Brazilian musicals of old (1949-1959), focusing on films from the main studio specializing in the genre, Atlântida.
- DirectorJ.B. TankoStarsRenato AragãoDedé SantanaMussumComedy troupe The Tramps ends up on the Planet of the Apes.
- DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsZezé MottaWalmor ChagasAltair LimaIn18th-century Minas Gerais, the Portuguese mined diamonds and gold. João Fernandes de Oliveira arrives from Lisbon with the Crown's exclusive contract for mining diamonds. He quickly asserts control, letting the attendant and other authorities know that he's aware of their corruption. Xica, a slave of the local sergeant-major and possessed of phenomenal sexual drive and tricks that cause men to howl with pleasure, quickly captures João. He denies her no extravagance; miners die for his greed. Eventually Lisbon hears of João's excesses and sends an inspector. José, a political radical, provides Xica refuge; her unrelenting sexual tingle is Brazil's spirit.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsSonia BragaJosé WilkerMauro MendonçaIn a small city of Brazil, a woman named Flor marries a man named Vadinho, but once married she finds that he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking and he takes all of her money to gamble. After Vadinho dies, Flor marries Tedoror, the owner of a drugstore. Flor is happy with her new husband but misses the love life with her previous husband. When one day the ghost of Vadhino comes back to pursue her.
- DirectorJ.B. TankoStarsRenato AragãoDedé SantanaMussumWoman hires three clumsy adventurers to rescue her missing archaeologist father, who was trying to find the legendary King Solomon's mines.
- DirectorAdriano StuartStarsRenato AragãoDedé SantanaMussumQuiet inhabitant of a city in the interior, Cinderella is considered by the neighbors like a poor poor. But it reveals his strength and imagination when defending a family of religious who intends to settle in the outskirts of the city, in lands that received as a donation. Knowing the value of the land, Colonel Dourado, a powerful farmer of the region, summons his henchmen to expel the family, who retires without resistance.
- DirectorGlauber RochaStarsMaurício do ValleJece ValadãoAntonio PitangaFour Third-World Christs try to stop the American industrialist John Brahms in Glauber Rocha's experimental film inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini's murder.
- DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsJosé WilkerBetty FariaFábio Jr.The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe. Television is their enemy as they go from the coast deep into the Amazon. Salomé lets the accordion player sleep with her once, with Dasdô's knowledge. He's moon-struck. Then, after Dasdô's baby is born and financial disaster hits the troupe, and the accordionist must choose between seeing his wife a prostitute and leaving the caravan.
- DirectorJ.B. TankoStarsRenato AragãoDedé SantanaMussumFour humble and goofy employees of a prominent circus, all of them with a natural comedic talent, rebel against their tyrannical boss and his unscrupulous illusionist assistant.
- DirectorJoão Batista de AndradeStarsJosé DumontAldo BuenoRafael de CarvalhoSão Paulo police mistakenly thinks a folk poet and singer is the same man who had stabbed his boss.
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsGianfrancesco GuarnieriFernanda MontenegroCarlos Alberto RiccelliUnion leader's son doesn't want to engage in a strike, because his wife is pregnant, thus disregarding his father's tradition of political activism.
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsFernando Ramos da SilvaJorge JuliãoGilberto MouraThe life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.
- DirectorAntônio CalmonStarsAndré de BiaseCláudia MagnoRicardo Graça MelloRomantic adventures of a group of Rio de Janeiro teenagers and surfers.
- DirectorJ.B. TankoStarsRenato AragãoBaiacoKakau BalbinoBonga and three other good-hearted bums give shelter to homeless children and find adoptive parents for them. One day, a rich boy, tired of his parents' indifference, ask Bonga for shelter, saying he is homeless. From then on their lives change.
- DirectorJ.B. TankoStarsRenato AragãoDedé SantanaMussumThe friends Curió, Boroca (Dedé Santana), Mexelete and Bateia they venture in search of gold in the mine of Serra Pelada. The area is controlled by the foreigner Von Bermann, whose orders are executed by the bully Bira. Thirsty of being able to, the foreigner smuggles the gold and he wants to take possession of the lands of the Brazilian Ribamar, that refuses to do business before the son's arrival Chicão. With the help of the four dabblers, the boy struggles with the thieves and it helps the father in danger.
- DirectorDaniel FilhoStarsTânia AlvesRenato AragãoWellington BotelhoQuixadá saves a young man from a police ambush and is added to his band and baptized with the name of Lamparino. Following are adventures in comic key.
- DirectorVictor LustosaDedé SantanaStarsMussumDedé SantanaZacariasSpoof of TV Series SWAT. Special police squad, including three clumsy policemen, goes after dangerous criminals.
- DirectorDel RangelStarsRenato AragãoManfredo ColassantiGabriela DuarteDuda is a zoo cleaner. He and his friend Kiko and Zeca are actively engaged in an animal protection group. For this reason, they are summoned by mystic Noé to fight animal hunters in the Pantanal region, in Brazil, who are after animal skins and furs, and are led by the mean Morel. They accept the mission and, on their way, meet archaeologist Marcos and photographer Carla, who are in search of a lost pyramid built by the Phoenician. Together, they try to beat the hunters.
- DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsBené BatistaJonas BlochZózimo BulbulPalmares is a 17th-century quilombo, a settlement of escaped slaves in northeast Brazil. In 1650, plantation slaves revolt and head for the mountains where they find others led by the aged seer, Acotirene. She anoints one who becomes Ganga Zumba, a legendary king. For years, his warriors hold off Portuguese raiders; then he agrees to leave the mountains in exchange for reservation land and peace. It's a mistake. Zumbi, a warrior whose mother was killed by Portuguese and who spent 15 years with the Whites, stays in the mountains to lead Palmares. In 1694, the Portuguese import a ruthless captain from São Paulo to lead an assault on the free Blacks. Can Zumbi keep Palmares free?
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsCarlos VerezaGlória PiresNildo ParenteGraciliano Ramos' period he spent in prison after being considered a subversive element by the government.
- DirectorLael RodriguesStarsDébora BlochLauro CoronaDiogo VilelaYoung woman leaves Minas Gerais State, Brazil, to try to be a singer in Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorDedé SantanaStarsRenato AragãoBaiacoGladstone BarbosaThe Trapalhões live in a floating boat and have a miserable life. When they find an abandoned baby, they decide to raise it as if it were their own daughter. Later, when they begin to work in a circus, they discover that the child is in fact the daughter of the trapeze artist and that she was forced to surrender her daughter to a gang that negotiates children abroad. This gang finds them and tries to recover the girl who now, however, has the help of the Trapalhões to protect her.
- DirectorVictor LustosaDedé SantanaStarsRenato AragãoDedé SantanaMussumFailing to obtain any vultures--the only potential food in the severe drought of Northeastern Brazil--Didi and his friends Soró and Tatu', put their hut on a wagon pulled by their burro Salvation and head for the town of Oróz, believing they can find water there. On the way, they find a Scarecrow, whom Didi calls Clowbrush (clown+brush), besieged by vultures reminiscent of the crows in _Wiz, The (1978/I)_. They kill and eat the vultures and take the brainless Scarecrow with them, hoping a doctor at Oróz will put them in. They next stumble upon a warehouse, finding a man in a metal vat of rum, which is his blood, who desires a heart. In the town of Oróz, Sheriff Lion works for Colonel Ferreira, who owns a pond using gigantic frogs to keep people from obtaining water without paying. Lion's girlfriend, Aninha the schoolmaster, thinks he is a coward for not standing up to the Colonel. The Tramps, with Vat and Clowbrush, arrive and promptly rob a bakery. Sheriff Lion puts Soró and Tatu in jail, while to redeem himself, he is ordered to supervise Didi, Vat, and Clowbrush in a search for water, which is their punishment. After disguising themselves as Ferreira's guards, they are nonetheless discovered, so they flee to a desert, where a saint points them to the Wizard of Oróz, who fiendishly supports their mission - The film, while a spoof of a famous story, was also intended to make people aware of the conditions in the Northeast, which Aragão said he could not show in any greater detail, lest the film be terrified by the reality of the plight in that area.
- DirectorAdriano StuartStarsRenato AragãoDedé SantanaMussumComing of the space, the prince Flick (Pedro Aguinaga) asks the Trapalhões (The Dabblers) for help to free the planet where lives of the domain of evil Zuco. He offers a reward, it accepts for the four friends, that embark in a spaceship by a called hairy monster Bonzo. In the planet, they use tricks and they win Zuco, but they don't get to save Princess Myrna's life, that had been kidnapped by the thief. She should be substituted in the throne by Loya, exactly the girlfriend of Didi, that knew during the adventure in the strange planet. Already in the Earth, os Trapalhões (The Dabblers) think that everything didn't pass of a dream, but they are convinced otherwise when they come across a jeep full of bars of gold.
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsEduardo CoutinhoElizabeth TeixeiraFerreira GullarA filmmaker returns to Northeast Brazil after twenty years to resume his film (a profile of assassinated peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira) which was shut down by a right-wing military coup in 1964.
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsWilliam HurtRaul JuliaSonia BragaA gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.
- DirectorIvan CardosoJohn HerbertStarsCarla CamuratiPaulo César GrandeCarina CooperThe film consists of two stories: the first one takes place in Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s and the second one, of a more political character, takes place during the 1964 Coup in Brazil.
- DirectorDedé SantanaStarsRenato AragãoDedé SantanaMussumA journey back in time in the form of a cartoon with characterizations of the Trapalhões, from the time of the Roman Empire to the present day, through the Middle Ages, the Old West and the First World War. They begin the film by doing a stand-up show at the Teatro Scala, in Rio de Janeiro, receiving on stage the designer Mauricio de Sousa. From then on, the story unfolds in a cartoon, in which Os Trapalhões is chased by an evil wizard whose aim is to try to hold Didi's (always unsuccessful) hand to rule the world during the passage of the famous Halley Comet.
- DirectorArnaldo JaborStarsFernanda TorresThales Pan ChaconYoung and recently separated couple meet in a modern house and start discussing their past relationship.
- DirectorSuzana AmaralStarsMarcelia CartaxoJosé DumontTamara TaxmanMacabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time she listens to time Radio Station; on Sundays she likes to ride the subways. She describes herself saying, "I am a typist and a virgin, and I like Coca-Cola." Then she meets Olimpico, a north-easterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a Congressman.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsRegina DuartePaulo CastelliPatricio BissoIn São Paulo, a married woman in her 30s lives with husband and two children; she's Fernanda, an interior designer. Shortly after her father's death, a vivid dream disorients her: she dances with a man in women's clothing. The next day, she meets a young man who looks like the man in her dreams; he's Miguel, a male prostitute who lives with a transvestite, Bom-Bom. Miguel steals money from Fernanda's purse, but still she seeks him out. When her husband goes to New York for a week, Fernanda goes off with Miguel to the coast, in search of pleasure. Using her money, Miguel tries to set himself up as a cocaine dealer. Is this Fernanda's new life?
- DirectorRoberto FariasStarsRenato AragãoMussumDedé SantanaIn the small town of Taperoá João Grilo and confusion Chicó live setting, addressing a sacristan and a humble baker. Everyone lives under the excesses of the bishop, the priest and the major. Until an attack on the city, all die at the hands of the bandit Severino and must stand trial in the sky, which puts everyone before God and the Virgin Mary.
- DirectorCarlos DieguesTereza GonzalezStarsGuilherme FontesMilton GonçalvesTaumaturgo FerreiraThe young Vinicius is a young saxophone player, from Rio's poor suburbs, facing an uncertain but perhaps promising future. One day his girlfriend suddenly disappears after a night of love under the stars. Day and night, often on the 'Trem' (Rio's subway lines), others with the help of a Detective and his sources, Vinicius discovers the city's underbelly: its low-lives, its victims, its most eccentric characters, and milieus.
- DirectorWalter Lima Jr.StarsCarlos Alberto RiccelliCássia KisNey LatorracaA dolphin takes the form of a human man in order to seduce the women of a fishing village.
- DirectorJosé Alvarenga Jr.StarsRenato AragãoJosé de AbreuTatiana DelamareA misogynist and shabby farmer, brother of other three goofy hillbillies leaves to the big city searching for a wife and wins the heart of a hot tempered woman.
- DirectorPaulo Sérgio de AlmeidaStarsAndré Di MauroMyrian RiosTamara TaxmanIn 1964, a group of young people from Rio de Janeiro spend a summer in Petrópolis, an uphill resort town, where they have a good time, including adventures and romance.
- DirectorAnna PenidoDavid SonnenscheinStarsXuxaGuilherme KaramNair AmorimWith the power of a magic crystal, a TV hostess becomes the only hope to defeat a malign subterranean entity, that is sick of her good, generous deeds.
- DirectorRodolfo BrandãoTereza GonzalezStarsGuilherme FontesMalu MaderMarcos PalmeiraDuring his childhood and teenage years living with his anarchist and communist grandparents, he was known as Andre and he managed to survive the hard years of the military regime, finding comfort in the company of a drug addict street boy and one girl that comes to live with his family. With the loss of his grandparents, he becomes Dedé Mamata and a new reality full of perspectives comes on his way.
- DirectorJorge FurtadoStarsPaulo JoséCiça ReckziegelDouglas TraininiThe ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato: from the plantation of a "Nisei" (Brazilian with Japanese origins); to a supermarket; to a consumer's kitchen to become sauce of a pork meat; to the garbage can since it is spoiled for the consumption; to a garbage truck to be dumped in a garbage dump in "Ilha das Flores"; to the selection of nutriment for pigs by the employees of a pigs breeder; to become food for poor Brazilian people.
- DirectorJosé Alvarenga Jr.StarsRenato AragãoMussumDedé SantanaA distant planet is overtaken by war, slavery and desolation after a tyrannical man murders the world's emperor. Is up to four jumbled man and the king's sweet-hearted daughter to change their reality.
- DirectorDel RangelStarsAngélicaJandira MartiniSuplaA real-estate agency wishes to buy and demolish the traditional school Matheus Rose and use the lot to build a hotel. The proposition unleashes a feel of distrust among the school students and staff, especially with the arrival of mysterious new students.
- DirectorTizuka YamasakiStarsXuxaSergio MallandroSelvagem Big AbreuThe fairy tale of a young aspiring singer who leaves her hometown to go to a major city to make her dreams come true.
- DirectorSergio RezendeStarsPaulo BettiCarla CamuratiJosé de AbreuThe real story of a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders.
- DirectorHelvecio RattonStarsSamuel CostaPatricia PillarRoberto BomtempoThe adventures of a nutty little boy of unique personality traits who finds comfort at his grandfather's farm after his parents are divorced.
- DirectorCarla CamuratiStarsMarieta SeveroAntonio AbujamraThales Pan ChaconA hot blooded Spanish princess plots to conquer her enemies and become queen.
- DirectorFábio BarretoStarsGlória PiresPatricia PillarAlexandre PaternostTwo Italian-immigrant couples are part of a game that leads to treason and brings serious consequences to those who lose.
- DirectorWalter SallesDaniela ThomasStarsFernanda TorresFernando Alves PintoAlexandre BorgesAfter the death of his mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to his mother's native land. In a foreign land, he finds love and danger.
- DirectorClóvis VieiraStarsOsmar PradoJonas MelloAldo CésarFour little robots get together to defend their planet Atenéia, in Cassiopéia constellation, from villain Shadowseat.
- DirectorJosé JoffilyStarsCassiano CarneiroLuciana RigueiraJoana FommBased on the true story of Fernando Ramos da Silva, actor of Hector Babenco's Pixote (1980).
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsMiguel Ángel SoláMaria Luísa MendonçaWalter QuirozJuán returns to his native Buenos Aires after 20 years to visit his dying father and tries to find Ana, his old flame.
- DirectorJom Tob AzulayStarsFilipe PinheiroDina SfatMário ViegasPortugal, 1739, the reign of King João V, who tries to keep a delicate balance between the power of the Church and the interests of the Court. António José da Silva, nicknamed "the Jew", a famous playwright admired both by the people and the aristocracy, is charged by the Inquisition with the crime of heresy and sentenced to die at the stake. His execution is organized as a demonstration of the triumphant power of the Church against any other force.
- DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsSonia BragaMarília PêraChico AnysioJust when her family starts believing that she is dead and that they can expect a rich heritage, Tieta returns from São Paulo to her native village in Bahia, which she had been forced to leave long ago because of her involvement with a goatherd. Believed to be fabulously rich--and nobody knows how--she brings, to the great disappointment of her family, a young stepdaughter and heir. With the arrival of Tieta, turmoil enters the life of her family and their fellow villagers, most particularly those of her nephew who was promised to the Church, and the young aspiring mayor.
- DirectorDjalma Limongi BatistaStarsVictor WagnerFrancisco FarinelliViétia ZangrandiThe film follows Manuel Maria du Bocage, 18th-century poet, as he travels through the world from orgy to orgy and from excess to excess.
- DirectorNeville de AlmeidaStarsVera FischerCarlos LofflerJorge PerugorríaVado enters the bedroom of prostitute Neusa Suely at dawn in search of money, which he discovers has disappeared. To get rid of Vado's accusations, Neusa claims that the homosexual Velvet, his neighbor, stole the money.
- DirectorBuza FerrazLuiz Carlos LacerdaStarsBetty FariaJosé WilkerPaulo GorgulhoDuring the Second World War, the U.S.A. established a military base in Natal, Brazil, changing in many ways people's lives and behavior.
- DirectorSandra WerneckStarsAndrea BeltrãoDaniel DantasTony RamosThe story of a relationship illustrated by words in alphabetical order.
- DirectorAnibal Massaini NetoStarsPaulo GorgulhoAlexandre PaternostLuiza ToméThis is a remake of Brazil's first international success in the cinema world. Just as its same name predecessor was, this film is a fictional version of the story of the "cangaceiros." These were bandits who sacked towns and spread terror throughout Northeastern Brazil in the 1930s. This group of outlaws is led by Captain Galdino (played by Paulo Orgulho) and his wife Maria Bonita (Luiza Tome).
- DirectorNorma BengellStarsMarcio GarciaTatiana IssaGlória PiresThe forbidden love affair between Peri, an Indian, and the beautiful Ceci, a Portuguese white girl, in the 17th century Brazil.
- DirectorSergio RezendeStarsJosé WilkerCláudia AbreuPaulo BettiThe drama of a poor family in the bloodiest war in the History of Brazil: the war of Canudos.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsAlan ArkinPedro CardosoFernanda TorresBrazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.
- DirectorWalter Lima Jr.StarsLima DuarteFernando TorresLeandra LealA fantasy/mystery about the disappearance of a lighthouse owner and his daughter.
- DirectorPaulo CaldasLírio FerreiraStarsDuda MambertiLuiz Carlos VasconcelosAramis TrindadeA Lebanese photographer living in Brazil in the '30s manages to take pictures of Lampião, a legendary Brazilian outlaw, kind of a tropical Robin Hood.
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsFernanda MontenegroVinícius de OliveiraMarília PêraThe emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
- DirectorRosane SvartmanStarsLília CabralRosana GarciaFernando GabeiraA shy journalist asks a womanizer friend for advice on how to seduce women. The lessons work so well that the "teacher" decides to write a book on the subject: The Single Man Manual.
- DirectorHelvecio RattonStarsMarco NaniniPatricia PillarAlexandre BorgesGodofredo suffers a terrible blow when he comes back home earlier than usual and finds his wife in the arms of his partner. He sends his wife away to a coast town and dares his rival to a duel. But he begins to miss his wife and the company of his friend.
- DirectorLucas AmbergStarsElliott GouldTaís AraújoTalia ShireThe drama of a Jewish immigrant who is going to study in a catholic school and falls in love with a black catholic girl.
- DirectorPaulo AragãoStarsAngélicaRenato AragãoMarcelo AugustoTwo jumbled and coward drivers join a rich family that moves to an ancient castle inhabited by a resented but friendly ghost.
- DirectorFábio BarretoStarsNatasha HenstridgeEduardo MoscovisSophie WardAmerican couple move to the State of Ceará, Brazil, in the 1930s. The husband is looking for oil. His beautiful wife, Donna, soon falls in love with a rude but charming fisherman. The forbidden romance may destroy her marriage and upset the morals of the small village where they live.
- DirectorPaulo AragãoAlexandre BouryStarsRenato AragãoAndré SegattiChristine FernandesDavid, a rock singer, and Didi, his assistant, are transported to a distant world. They must help princess Allim to face the evil Vizir, who wants to become king by marrying her.
- DirectorMarcelo MasagãoStarsFranz ReicheltA fascinating and poetical collage of countless images from the 20th century with the purpose of revealing matters of life and death during the era and its many social, cultural and political transformations, with the director making several statements on several issues, combining fact and fiction to compose his powerful mosaic of images along with the magnificent music of Wim Mertens. A true work of art that dares to make several questions about the human condition, its contradictions and ironies.
- DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsToni GarridoPatrícia FrançaMurilo BenícioIn a dangerous but human Rio's slum, rises the love affair betwen Orfeu and Eurídice, provoking jealousy and violence in times of carnival.
- DirectorCao HamburgerStarsDiego KozievitchRosi CamposSérgio MambertiA young wizard must create new spells in his magic book before the planets align. His uncle and aunt, powerful mages themselves, help him achieve that. Based on the award-winning Brazilian TV series.
- DirectorLuís Alberto PereiraStarsCarlos EvelynAriana MessiasDarci FigueiredoOn the eve of his return to Europe after an extended involuntary stay in 16th-century Brazil, the German sailor Hans Staden is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe. In order to survive he tries to convince the Indians that he is not Portuguese (their enemies) but a friend of the French (their allies), and that his God would be very angry if they were to eat him.
- DirectorSergio RezendeStarsPaulo BettiMalu MaderOthon BastosA movie about a Brazilian entrepreneur who rivalled American's richest man at his time, well-known Rockfeller. Irineu Evangelista de Souza in 1867 had $155.000 contos de reis, meanwhile the Brazilian Governement annual budget was 97.000 contos de reis. The movie shows his life from poverty to riches and back to poverty again, as is common in Brazil, rich people die poor.
- DirectorGuel ArraesStarsMatheus NachtergaeleSelton MelloRogério CardosoFollows the lives of 2 poor Brazilians and their schemes to get money and the consequences of their actions.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsAmy IrvingAntônio FagundesAlexandre BorgesA separated attorney in Rio sees an English teaching American widow and tries to woo her.
- DirectorAndrucha WaddingtonStarsRegina CaséLima DuarteStênio GarciaA true story that comically depicts the relationship between an ordinary woman and her three husbands, who live in the same house in a poor and arid small village of the Brazilian northeast.
- DirectorRicardo BravoStarsAnthony QuinnPaulo BettiLetícia SpillerIn a love story set in Curitiba, Southern Brazil, a patriarch witnesses the crumbling of his life-long family business at the hands of his descendants. Suddenly Sofia appears. Is she from this world, and is she the key to this family's happiness and their hope for survival?
- DirectorAlberto GraçaStarsMarcello AntonyPaulo VespúcioBarbara SchulzEx-drug dealer is forced to go back to business by a corrupt policeman. He must go to Colombia and bring back some cocaine, but discovers the whole thing is a set up. He then devises a suicidal plan for revenge.
- DirectorAndré KlotzelStarsReginaldo FariaMarcos CarusoPetrônio GontijoFree adaptation of Machado de Assis's classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyStarsRodrigo SantoroOthon BastosCássia KisA trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The marijuana cigarette is just the final drop that exposes the family tragedy. Send to a mental institution, Neto gets to know a completely absurd, inhumane reality in which the people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel institution system. The documentary type language used by the director give this movie a sensation of realty that increases even more the impact of the emotions Neto goes through. In the mental institution, Neto is forced to mature. The transformations that he goes through change this relations with his father.
- DirectorDaniel FilhoStarsGlória PiresAndrea BeltrãoLília CabralAfter the death of their mother, four sisters gather to divide their inheritance, and bring back several family troubles.
- DirectorSandra WerneckStarsMurilo BenícioCarolina FerrazEmílio de MelloFifteen year ago, Carlos went to the cinema to meet Júlia, his university colleague with whom he was in love. She never showed up. Carlos was left waiting in the lobby alone. While he waits, something happens which will change his life. A scene, an encounter, an unfinished sentence... Something insignificant, but which will determine the character's life. Fifteen years later, we follow three completely different versions of Carlos's life. In one, he is a man divided between the stability of a secure life in a lukewarm marriage, and the growing desire to live a great love affair. In the second, he is homosexual and places passion above all else. In the third possible life, Carlos is a man who hasn't yet discovered love, and lives through successive disastrous relationships in search of the perfect woman. One of them is his real life. Another is not his life. And a third is the life he'd like to lead. Which is his true life ?
- DirectorLuiz Fernando CarvalhoStarsSelton MelloRaul CortezJuliana Carneiro da CunhaA young son who ran from his dominant family descends into decadence, then returns to the nest. Tyrannical fathers, incest, fierce family conflicts, and an intense visual style to match.
- DirectorGuel ArraesStarsSelton MelloCamila PitangaDeborah SeccoDiogo 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 triangle. But the chance to return to Portugal arises, and it is clear this amoral arrangement cannot last.