Brazilian Cults

Union 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.

The story of a famous Brazilian criminal, called The Red Light Bandit because he always used a red flashlight to break in the houses during the night. Working alone, he also used to rape his female victims.

Narra la vida de un niño involucrado en la delincuencia, la prostitución y las drogas.

In the fictional Latin American country Eldorado, a poet tries to effect political change by influencing powerful men.

El médico brasileño Drauzio Varella inicia la prevención del sida en la mayor cárcel de Brasil, Carandiru, en São Paulo, donde la población es casi el doble de la máxima.

Un joven es internado en un psiquiátrico por su padre. Allí, enfrenta una realidad brutal donde pacientes son víctimas de un sistema despiadado. La película expone la crueldad y corrupción en estas instituciones.

A film version of the Minas Gerais Conspiracy, a separatist movement that took place on the year 1789, from its beginning to the execution of Tiradentes.

Una princesa española de sangre caliente planea conquistar a sus enemigos y convertirse en reina.

Eduardo Coutinho empezó a filmar en el noreste de Brasil en 1964 cuando se dio el golpe. Interrumpió el proyecto, retomándolo en 1981, intentando encontrar los mismos lugares y gentes, muchos de ellos asesinados.

'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.

The drama of a poor family in the bloodiest war in the History of Brazil: the war of Canudos.

The Armada of Pedro Álvares Cabral discovers Brazil.

Our story begins with Macunaima's miraculous birth to an old woman in a tiny jungle settlement. Born fully grown, he discovers his life's purpose which leads him and his family and followers on a journey to the Big City. More miracles occur on the way, but Macunaima still has the heart and mind of a child. In the Big City, terrorists enlist him in their revolutionary schemes. In the Big City he learns that nuts are not always food and other hilarious life lessons.

Una pareja joven y recién separada se reúne en una casa moderna y empieza a hablar de su relación pasada.

Three castaways - a man and two women - adrift in the vast expanse of the ocean find solace in recounting the tales of their lives to one another, reminiscing about the circumstances that led them to their desolate predicament.

Tras matar a su jefe cuando intenta engañarle para no pagarle, un hombre se convierte en un bandido y comienza a seguir a un santo autoproclamado.

A 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.

A man lives in conflict as he deals with his friends and love interests against the backdrop of São Paulo.

Un simple y devoto cristiano le hace una promesa a Santa Bárbara si salva a su burro, pero todo el mundo que conoce parece determinado a malinterpretar sus intenciones. ¿Será capaz de mantener su promesa al final?

Un viaje emocional de una antigua profesora, que escribe cartas a personas analfabetas, y un niño cuya madre acaba de morir mientras busca al padre que nunca conoció.

A tomato is planted, harvested, transported and sold in a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. The film follows it to its true end, all to make clear the difference between tomatoes, pigs, and human beings.

A tomato is planted, harvested, transported and sold in a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. The film follows it to its true end, all to make clear the difference between tomatoes, pigs, and human beings.

Salomé, Lorde Gypsy y Andorinha son tres artistas itinerantes que recorren el país junto con la Caravana Rolidei, realizando espectáculos para el sector más humilde de la población brasileña que aún no tiene acceso a la televisión.

Film about the true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.

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.