The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. Read More »
Tag Archives: portuguese
The Discovery of Brazil AKA O Descobrimento do Brasil (1936) Humberto Mauro, Alvaro Costa, João de Deus, Manoel Rocha
O Descobrimento do Brasil (The Discovery of Brazil) is an impressive historical epic recreating Álvares Cabral’s Read More »
Lent AKA Quaresma (2003) José Álvaro Morais, Beatriz Batarda, Filipe Cary, Rita Durão, Ricardo Aibéo
David is married, has a daughter, and is about to leave Portugal with his family. Read More »
Barren Lives AKA Vidas Secas (1963) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro, Orlando Macedo
A poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) Read More »
O Crime da Aldeia Velha (1964) Manuel Guimarães, Clara D’Ovar, Alma Flora, Lídia Franco
Set in a little remote village, where everyone is very religious and primitive Read More »
Paranóia (1976) Antônio Calmon, Kleber Afonso, Rubens Araújo, Bruno Barroso
Four thieves enter a house and terrorize a family. Read More »
Black Orpheus AKA Orfeu Negro (1959) Marcel Camus, Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira
In the heady atmosphere of Rio’s carnival, two people meet and fall in love. Read More »
Alice (2005) Marco Martins, Nuno Lopes, Beatriz Batarda, Miguel Guilherme, Drama
193 days have passed since Alice was seen for the last time. Every day Mário, her father, leaves home to repeat exactly Read More »
A Herança (1970) Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias, David Cardoso, Bárbara Fazio, Rosalvo Caçador
Transposition of the classical play “Hamlet” to the Brazilian rural scenery. Read More »
O Cangaceiro (1953) Lima Barreto, Alberto Ruschel, Marisa Prado, Milton Ribeiro
Brazilian movie inspired by American westerns (but losing none of its cultural integrity) about Cangaceiro (bandit) Teodoro Read More »