Jardel Filho Movies

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Adelaide Chiozzo

10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Fernando Ramos da Silva

Passengers aboard a seemingly doomed plane reminisce about their lives, questioning the façade of their daily social activities. Once safe at...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mara Rúbia

Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jardel Filho

In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the work of two young priests.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jardel Filho

Genre: Crime

Cast: Jardel Filho

A man has a street accident with his car in his way to Buenos Aires. While he waits for his car repairing, this business man learns that everybody in...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Carmen Sevilla

Cora is a Mexican prostitute with typically inconsiderate johns. She is troubled by a hole in the ceiling. The hole triggers flashbacks regarding how...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isabel Sarli

A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Wilson Grey

A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Joel Barcellos

Man and woman fall in love while in treatment for TB, in the beautiful town of Campos do Jordão.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Cacilda Becker

In Minas Gerais, the powerful "colonel" Alexandrão gets married with the young and virgin Cristina and promotes a huge wedding party in his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Adriana Prieto

Henrique Casanova is an expert in Egyptian history. A strict father, dedicated researcher and obedient husband, he is admired by people. But, when he...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jardel Filho

In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer,...

Genre: Action

Cast: José Wilker

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his...

Genre: Crime

Cast: José Wilker

Rosario is a prostitute who lives in her married sister's house. When the latter wants to be a hooker too, she doesn't approve.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Odete Lara

Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Grande Otelo

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Glauber Rocha

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Cast: Glauce Rocha

The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Glauber Rocha

A middle-aged man builds a summer house in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro. Married to a beautiful woman, father of two and successful career, the house is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jardel Filho

The legend of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most beautiful love epics ever conceived. Richard Wagner, in a famous opera, had already tarnished its...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Duda Cavalcanti

Based on true events, the film tells the story of Brazilian outlaw Promessinha, one of the most famous and feared criminals of his time, depicting...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Jardel Filho

Mike, an architect, is married to Lin, a beautiful and unfaithful woman. Returning from a trip, he finds she's disappeared. When he tries to locate...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Jean-Pierre Aumont

Meus Amores no Rio is a thin romantic comedy about a young woman (Suzana Freyre) who wins a trip to Rio de Janeiro on a television quiz show. Being...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Susana Freyre

A great mystery surrounds Leonora, and it becomes even more mysterious when a stranger arrives from Buenos Aires looking for her, saying he knows...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Arturo de Córdova

Cinderella spoof. During the carnival, in Rio de Janeiro, rich farmer meets lovely girl in a ball, but at midnight she flees, leaving behind her...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jardel Filho

Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Procópio Ferreira

Wanted by the police, a university professor flees to a hotel in the interior and causes changes in the lives of the owner of the establishment and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jardel Filho

In a fictitious country, a civil servant receives the greatest inheritance in history (ten trillion dollars) and is confined by authorities to...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Flávio Migliaccio

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lautaro Murúa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jardel Filho

True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Jece Valadão

Eager to have a crystal ball, a child works to buy it but is accused of a robbery he did not commit.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Pablito Calvo

Genre: Drama

Cast: Bożena Fedorczyk

Genre: Drama

Cast: Duilio Marzio

Genre: Crime

Cast: Maurício do Valle