Conversas no Maranhão (1983)

After being shot fleeing from a gunfight, the bandit Jaime falls to a riverbank, where is rescued by two beautiful young women. He becomes involved romantically with Dorothy, daughter of a farmer, and for her sake, surrenders to the police. Upon leaving the prison, Jaime has to face Xavier, a bloodthirsty villain who plans on taking revenge on Dorothy's father.

A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name ‘Cavaquinho’ refers to the small guitar-like instrument that he played and used to compose his songs.

A group of middle-class friends driving around São Paulo choose one of the women as a bait to attract a victim, object of their alienation and moral aggressiveness.

The psychology and life of Brazilian hitmen, common in the Northeast part of the country. In this particular case, the story revolves around a young and idealistic politician from Salvador, whom the enemies are eager to eliminate.

A dialogue between the auteur's memories and the images he shot and kept during his long film career - sketches of live that were never shown, never seen, never edited.

El joven Paul padece una noche un extraño sueño en el que se entremezcla la imagen de su madre enamorándose de un hombre peligroso con la fantasmagórica visión de la muerte de su padre en accidente de coche. Con la ayuda de su tío médico, Paul irá desentrañando el oculto significado de su pesadilla nocturna hasta que descubre el terrible secreto que se esconde tras la muerte de su padre. Lo que en principio había sido tomado como desafortunado accidente se torna en terrible y trágico crimen.

Sought after by several reputable women, a bohemian becomes obsessed with a prostitute.

The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen.

Coffin Joe presents an anthology film which tells three macabre tales, all delightfully demented, perverted and grotesque.

An anthology horror film, divided in three segments, directed by three of the most important Brazilian directors of the 20th century.

Ibrahima recibe el aviso de que le ha sido enviado un giro desde Francia y que debe de cobrarlo; sin embargo, las reglas administrativas a propósito en absoluto son sencillas y lo que pudo parecer una simpleza se multiplica en los mil tentáculos de la burocracia post-colonial.

Tras sobrevivir a una masacre que exterminó a su poblado, Carapirú, un indio Awa Guajá, huye y pasa diez años deambulando por las regiones más aisladas de Brasil. En noviembre de 1988, a 2.000 kilómetros de la selva de la que tuvo que escapar, un antropólogo experto en el mundo indígena lo descubre y lo arrastra a Brasilia, donde Carapirú se convierte en un fenómeno mediático. Disolviendo los límites entre realidad y ficción, y con un sentido del humor y una libertad cercana al libertinaje formal, Serras da desordem reconstruye el viaje inicial de Carapirú, y retrata a través de su historia la tragedia de una cultura violada en aras de un progreso inventado y brutal.

Un gato macho corteja a una gata y forman una familia juntos. Vemos que los gatitos nacen y son nutridos por la madre, mientras que el padre les brinda su apoyo. Este film circuló en dos versiones: una muda, y otra más larga narrada por Maya Deren, por aquel entonces esposa de Alexander Hammid.

Tras un romance con un pianista y una pelea con sus padres, una joven de 19 años abandona su casa y descubre que está embarazada.

After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.

In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the sudden attraction this priest feels for a beautiful girl. This forbidden love affair soon turns into an unbridled passion.

Cuenta la historia de un joven escritor que acepta un anuncio para escribir historias en torno a las figuras que se exponen en un gabinete de estatuas de cera exhibido en una feria. La hija del dueño, muy pronto, queda atraída por el joven empleado...

Secuela de "A medianoche me llevaré tu alma" (1963). Ze de Caixao sigue vivo y está vez quiere conseguir su objetivo como sea, continuar su estirpe para conseguir la inmortalidad, un hijo engendrado dentro de una mujer perfecta, tan perfecta como él, que no crea en Dios, ni en el Diablo, que no tenga miedo a nada, ni a la propia muerte, ¿conseguirá su propósito?

After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde. In poor health, Zulmira makes all the preparations for the day of her death and asks her unemployed husband to deal with the costs of the coffin and funeral with a man named João Guimarães Pimentel. What Tom doesn't know is that Zulmira and this man hide some secrets that he could never imagine.

Rich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates that his will be read 20 years after his death. On the appointed day his expectant heirs arrive at his brooding mansion. The will is read and it turns out that Annabelle West, the only heir with his name left, inherits, if she is deemed sane. If she isn't, the money and some diamonds go to someone else, whose name is in a sealed envelope. Before he can reveal the identity of her successor to Annabelle, Mr. Crosby, the lawyer, disappears. The first in a series of mysterious events, some of which point to Annabelle in fact being unstable.