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Tag Archives: Brazil
Cinco vezes Favela – Pedreira de São Diogo (1962) Leon Hirszman, Flávio Migliaccio
The short is part of the feature film Cinco Vezes Favela, one of the first films of Cinema Novo. Read More »
Brazilian Planet of the Apes / O Trapalhão no Planalto dos Macacos (1976) J.B. Tanko, Renato Aragão, Baiaco, Renato Bastos
This movie is a spoof of “Planet of the Apes” (1968) and follows the storyline Read More »
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006)
In 1970, near the World Cup, Daniel Stern and his wife Miriam leaves Belo Horizonte in a hurry Read More »
Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures / Cinema Aspirinas e Urubus (2005) Marcelo Gomes, João Miguel, Peter Ketnath, Madalena Accioly
A road movie about a German man who went to the Northeast of Brazil in 1942 to sell Aspirin. Read More »
Four Days in September / O Que É Isso, Companheiro? (1997) Bruno Barreto, Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 Read More »
Mutum (2007) Sandra Kogut, Thiago da Silva Mariz, Wallison Felipe Leal Barroso, Maria Juliana Souza de Oliveira
Thiago lives with his family on an isolated farm in the arid backlands of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Read More »
The Quartet (1995) O Quatrilho
The story of two immigrant couples: Teresa and Angelo; Pierina and Massimo. Read More »
They Don’t Wear Black Tie / Eles Não Usam Black-Tie (1981) Leon Hirszman, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Fernanda Montenegro, Carlos Alberto Riccelli
A large factory in Brazil is having problems with its workers and their union Read More »
A Dama da Zona (1979) Ody Fraga, Marlene Silva, Marlene França, Hélio Porto
Esmeralda, an independent prostitute with a strong personality, loves two things Read More »