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Tag Archives: Brazil
Memories They Told Me (2012) Lúcia Murat, Clarisse Abujamra, Otávio Augusto, Eduardo Cravo
A group of friends who resisted Brazilian dictatorship face, along with their sons, the conflicts between past and present as one of theirs is passing away. Read More »
The Hustlers (1962) Ruy Guerra, Per Aabel, Norma Bengell, Hugo Carvana
This film captures the criminal behavior of two young Copacabana thugs (the “cafajestes”). Read More »
Love Me Forever or Never (1986) Arnaldo Jabor, Fernanda Torres, Thales Pan Chacon
Young and recently separated couple meet in a modern house and start discussing their past relationship. Read More »
Twenty Years Later (1984) Eduardo Coutinho, Tite de Lemos, Ferreira Gullar
Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. Read More »
Aquarius (2016) Kleber Mendonça Filho, Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos
Clara, a 65 year old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. Read More »
Santiago (2007) João Moreira Salles, Documentary
Documentary about Santiago, a strange person who was able to work for the manager as well as his parents as a butler. Read More »
The Dragon of Evil Against the Warrior Saint (1969) Glauber Rocha, Maurício do Valle, Odete Lara, Othon Bastos, Action, Crime, Drama, Western
This movie is the sequel to “God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun” (Deus e o diabo na terra do sol), and takes place 29 years after Antonio das Mortes killed Corisco (the “Blond Devil”), last of the Cangaceiros. Read More »
Prisoner of Rio (1988) Lech Majewski, Steven Berkoff, Paul Freeman, Peter Firth, Biography, Drama, Thriller
In 1981, Ronald Biggs was kidnapped by agents from Scotland Yard from his Brazilian hideout for his participation in the 1964 British train robbery. Read More »
Black God White Devil (1964) Glauber Rocha, Geraldo Del Rey, Yoná Magalhães, Othon Bastos, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Western
Fictionalized account of the adventures of hired gunman Antonio das Mortes, set against the real life last days of rural banditism. Read More »