Maurício do Valle Movies

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Adelaide Chiozzo

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sérgio Hingst

Wanted for killing his boss, Manuel flees with his wife Rosa to the sertão, the barren landscape of Northern Brazil. Thrust into a primordial...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Geraldo del Rey

Young women in the Amazon are kidnapped by a ring of devil-worshipers, who plan to sell them as sex slaves. Some of the women escape, but are pursued...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Elizabeth Hartmann

A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old...

Genre: Action

Cast: Maurício do Valle

'Bruce' goes to head with bandits who are terrorising and murdering villagers.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Walter Stuart

Didi, Soró and Tatu in search food and water head for the town of Oróz. On their journey they find a Scarecrow, a man in a metal vat,...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Renato Aragão

The team of Galinheiro Futebol Clube, formed by emeritus fighters, has as technical Cardea, advised by three direct assistants: Elvis, former player...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Renato Aragão

A senator having contacts with illegal betting activities is killed by the man who is his right arm, who wanted to get his position. But the power...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nuno Leal Maia

Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies, is bitten up and left for dead,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Leonardo Villar

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Renato Aragão

Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Antônio Fagundes

Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil.

Genre: History

Cast: Ney Latorraca

Poor and beautiful girl is hired by a sales promoter to advertise a new brand of soap. The success is immediate, but the need for a new face hinders...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Rossana Ghessa

The dreams and problems of three friends: Malagueta, an inveterate gambler; Perus, former factory worker who abandoned the assembly line to earn his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lima Duarte

The story of a fakir who works in a decadent circus. He and his colleagues do weirder numbers each day to attract audience, and warrant their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: José Mojica Marins

In the interior of Brazil, a farmer is responsible for the education of the daughter of one of his settlers. Years later, the girl returns from...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Amacio Mazzaropi

A religious comedy in 5 segments, illustrating maniqueism on Earth, as shown by movies. God and his son Jesus disagree on how to manage human life on...

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Cast: Vicente Barcellos

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Cast: Maurício do Valle

The destiny of four women - a beautiful model, an alcoholic, a middle-aged spinster and a famous model - is traced inside an advertising agency. They...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Simone Carvalho

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Cast: Roberto Bonfim

In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who are caught suffer severe punishments.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Reginaldo Faria

From Friday night 'til Sunday morning, the doors of a new world open inside a nightclub in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. We watch the emotions...

Genre: Music

Cast: Sandra Bréa

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Cast: Ivan Cândido

Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marília Pêra

Rio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman who steals cars.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isabel Ribeiro

Cowboy Riobaldo is attracted to same sex Diadorim, not knowing that "he" is a girl dressed in man's clothes. After Diadorim's father is killed, she...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Maurício do Valle

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

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly...

Genre: History

Cast: Tony Tornado

Drawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the political, cultural, and intellectual climate of Brazil during...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Maurício do Valle

On the day of Pedro Boiadeiro's wedding, a band of cangaceiros who survived the Angicos massacre invade his home, then proceed to beat him up, and...

Genre: Action

Cast: Milton Rodríguez

In Sao Paulo , young Sergio works in a bank in which her ​​rich uncle is the president. Using his name to borrow money, Sergio takes a...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Marly Bueno

Man leaves his family behind and moves to Nova Iguaçu, a poor and violent city in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. He tries to rebuild his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jofre Soares

Brazilian comedy in two segments. 'Theft of the Panties': Four friends are broke during Christmas. Genaro decides to rob a brothel because he thinks...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Felipe Carone

After the proclamation of the Republic, a group of fanatics in the sertão dreamed of and fought for the restoration of the Monarchy. At that...

Genre: Action

Cast: Maurício do Valle

This Brazilian film is set during the period of its initial colonial discovery and settlement. The title refers to a word the native peoples used for...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Maurício do Valle

After a powerful outlaw dies, a reporter interviews his lover and gets three different stories about the legendary man.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jece Valadão

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Glauber Rocha

Genre: Action

Cast: Maurício do Valle

Contemporary film critics regard the epic film I Am Cuba as a modern masterpiece. The 1964 Cuban/Soviet coproduction marked a watershed moment of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Othon Bastos

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ronald Golias

Genre: Western

Cast: Maurício do Valle

Genre: Drama

Cast: Maurício do Valle

Genre: Drama

Cast: Wanda Stefânia

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ronaldo Lupo

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Glauber Rocha

Genre: Drama

Cast: Alberto Ruschel

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Maurício do Valle

Genre: Western

Cast: Milton Ribeiro

After robbing and massacring a village, the head of a gang of bandits, Captain Jagunço, kidnaps Flô, Mayor Cisso's wife and tortures her.

Genre: Action

Cast: Maurício do Valle

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rejane Medeiros

Fleeing from the orphanage where he was living, young Valdo immediately entered the life of the crime, establishing himself as a dangerous adult...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Tarcísio Meira

The Bunglers do a show for the benefit of an orphanage run by Sister Maria (Xuxa Meneghel), facing financial difficulties. While performing the show,...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Renato Aragão

This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.

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Cast: Betty Faria

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Glauber Rocha

A documentary about the most famous Brazilian jockey of all times, who remembers his glorious past in Rio's Jockey Club.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Maurício do Valle

Geraldo Viramundo (Diogo Vilela) is a nice guy with absurd ideas. Genial and / or insane, he decides to leave her small town in Minas Gerais and win...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Diogo Vilela

Genre: Drama

Cast: Maurício do Valle

After separating from her abusive husband, Analu knows Fernanda, a lovely lady who offers her shelter. The friendship between the two turns into an...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Helena Ramos

Countryman Onofre is convinced by his cousin to live in Rio de Janeiro together with him so he can enjoy the delights of summer in Rio.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: João Carlos Barroso

Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Milton Gonçalves

"Jaws" spoof. The title means "Cod". A terrible monster threatens the beach season: the cod from Guinea. To catch the fish, local authorities count...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Helio Souto

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Altair Vilar

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yara Lins

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dalvan

In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sônia Braga

Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jorge Bodanzky

The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Jofre Soares

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

Genre: Crime

Cast: Maurício do Valle