H.E. Fowle

About English photographer Chick Fowle. Statements by Anselmo Duarte, Leonardo Vilar, Marlene França, Vanja Orico. A film about directors, actors and teams that Chick Fowle worked and works with, also showing the possibility of renewal that Brazilian cinema can and must have.

Зе — очень бедный мужчина. Самое дорогое, что у него есть — осел. Когда его осел заболевает, Зе обещает Святой Барбаре: если его животное выздоровеет, он, как Иисус, пронесет крест из родного города до церкви Святой Барбары в столице…

A woman, who believes she has a curse, sees an engineer die in an accident while building a bridge. Considering two men who were courting her responsible for the tragedy, she decides to take revenge on both. Brazilian version of Brontë's Wuthering Heights.

A man who's memorized his town's telephone directory tries his luck on a TV Show. But a small group of people who control the bettings in town try to get advantage of his simple-mindedness.

Arlindo works delivering the clothes that his wife washes. During a working day, he finds a customer's cat, who offers a reward to whoever returns it. To deliver the animal, he ends up going through a lot of confusion.

В 1954-1956 гг. по просьбе Всемирной демократической федерации женщин было снято пять короткометражек для художественно-документального фильма «Роза ветров», в которых были показаны истории из жизни женщин в Бразилии, Китае, Франции, Италии и Советском Союзе. В сборник вошли новеллы: «УТРО КАК ДРУГИЕ» (Um matin comme les autres, Франция, 1956, реж. Янник Беллон); «ДЖОВАННА» (Giovanna, Италия, 1956, реж. Джилло Понтекорво); «АНА» (Ana, Бразилия, 1955, реж. Алекс Виани); «ЧЭНЬ ЛИН» (Chen Ling / 陳玲, Китай, 1956, реж. У Ю-ин); «НАДЕЖДА» (СССР, 1954, реж. Сергей Герасимов и Альберто Кавальканти). Художественным руководителем проекта выступил известный голландский режиссёр-документалист Йорис Ивенс.

Based on Erico Verissimo's masterpiece, O Sobrado follows the Terra-Cambará family during the siege imposed to their house by enemies due to political differences. As the siege goes, the family tensions start to show off.

In Sao Paulo , young Sergio works in a bank in which her ​​rich uncle is the president. Using his name to borrow money, Sergio takes a wasteful life frequenting nightclubs and dating the sophisticated starlet 's revues Margo. His uncle refuses to pay the loans and Sergio finds himself in difficulties that lead down a dark path.

In the time of the "cangaceiros" in the badlands of the Northeast of Brazil, the cruel Captain Galdino Ferreira and his band abduct the schoolteacher Olívia, expecting to receive a ransom for her. However, one of his men, Teodoro, falls in love and flees with her through the arid backcountry chased by the brigands.

Tico-Tico no Fubá is a 1952 Brazilian comedy film directed by Adolfo Celi and starring Anselmo Duarte. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. The film is a fictionalized biography of Brazilian composer Zequinha de Abreu (1880–1935), who penned the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá" that became an international hit in the 1940s.

A woman marries a gambler, thinking she could straighten him up, but he loses all their assets, even their own house, and tries to commit suicide. But one of the winners falls for his stepdaughter, and this could change the situation.

Для экипажа британской субмарины «Троянец» это должно было быть обычное утро, пока их жизни навсегда не изменила непредвиденная катастрофа. После случайного столкновения с миной в мирных британских водах, сильнейший взрыв отправил лодку на океанское дно с запертыми внутри 12-ю моряками.

A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett's novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money and has no idea how to cope with sudden personal wealth.

Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer's daughter. Left alone to bring up the child, Esther manages and after 7 years has a chance at happiness. Then William turns up again...

Lorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money - visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. And Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard, (Cecil Parker), proposes to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Freud, credited as Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay (Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, she refuses to help her.

A documentary about how a bill for education (also known as the children's charter) passed by the British government in the 1940's will help all children get a good education.

The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.

Изображение жизни Великобритании во время Второй мировой войны. Несмотря на лишения и беспорядки, бесчисленные бомбардировки, англичане очень старались, чтобы их быт не претерпел значительных изменений. Благодаря национальному единству пережить тяжелое время было проще. Фильм «Слушайте Британию» отличает нелинейное повествование. Без лишних слов и авторских комментариев режиссер картины обращает внимание зрителей на некоторые аспекты жизни гражданского населения, вызванные войной. Все звуки в фильме — это голос народа, простых тружеников различных сословий, песни и прочие естественные звуки.

Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.

As the subtitle of the film suggests - The Story of a Post Card from Manchester to Graffham - this journey is very much focused on the process of sorting, transporting and delivering the postcard in question.

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow.