Luiz Carlos Barreto

Searching for Makunaima is a cultural and historical account of the most Brazilian character there is in fiction. The film begins with Makunaima, one of the founding myths of the native people from the border between Brazil-Venezuela-Guiana, first captured in the writings of the German ethnographer Koch-Grünberg at the beginning of the 1910s. With interviews in Portuguese, German, Spanish, and in the indigenous languages Macuxi and Taurepang, Searching for Macunaima reclaims this amazing character who represents Brazil in many ways (from literature to cinema to theatre) and remains relevant to date.

In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.

The film comes to appropriate and re-discuss the Brazilian reality, based on the dialogues, excerpts and scenes from Glauber Rocha visceral films and his desire to "remove the masks", from ou third world saga. In this scenario where love and violence coexist in a state of inequality and often abandonment.

A film about remarkable moments in the History of Brazilian Photography, built through the eyes of Lauro Escorel. It also reflects on the impact of digital photography on contemporary society.

Documentary that chronicles the trajectory of the journalist, federal deputy, secretary of state, minister of state, governor and ambassador José Aparecido de Oliveira, who lived with the greatest authorities and personalities from the political, business and cultural circles in Brazil and the world.

This film seeks to rescue the role of filmmaker Neville D'Almeida by using many rare images, numerous interviews, vast archival and audiovisual material.

This documentary shows a country that has lifted 36 million people out of extreme poverty in 12 years.

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. He career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. Pitanga deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.

A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.

Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film.

After being forced into a marriage and enduring a humiliating work routine in the hands of his father-in-law, Zé Araújo becomes the mythical Ojuara, an unconventional hero devoted to debauchery.

The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Martim Scorsese and the writer Marguerite Duras, who at the time considered a "fabulous filmic opera."

A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.

Неграмотный безработный чувствует ответственность перед всей своей большой семьей и обязанность обеспечить их и работой, и средствами к существованию. И вот семья из 7 человек предпринимает невероятную поездку за 2000 километров на велосипедах из северного штата Бразилии до Рио-де-Жанейро. Именно там будет надежда на жизнь без лишений. Во время поездки приходится зарабатывать случайными заработками, в виде, выступления на улицах с концертами, выступления в кабаках, мытье машин… И в это же время каждый член этой большой семьи показывает способность на мужество и пожертвование ради других…

Memories of a parrot who participated in the filming of the classic Vidas Secas, in 1962, where it was featured along the puppy Baleia.

Привлекательная американка Мэри Энн Симпсон после смерти мужа, бразильского пилота, живет в Рио-де-Жанейро и преподает английский на курсах иностранного языка. Каждое утро она начинает с плавания в прекрасном океане, но окружающая красота не доставляет ей удовольствия. Мэри Энн одинока, и отчаянно хочет быть счастливой. Преуспевающий адвокат Педру Паулу тяжело переживает развод с женой Таней, покинувшей его ради инструктора по китайской гимнастике. Несмотря на всю респектабельность, он тоже одинок. Его решение записаться на курсы английского и знакомство с преподавательницей Мэри Энн резко меняет жизнь обоих...

Донна едва ли знала, что ждало ее в райском прибрежном местечке с красивым названием «Белые Дюны». Что-то в этом сверкают голубом океане и томных пляжах с белым песком возбудили и наэлектризовало ее чувства до предела. А эта простая, но такая прекрасная песня, слившаяся со свежим океанским бризом и так волнующая ее каждую ночь, — она явно создана для нее, но кем?

Rich and spoiled kid, frustrated for not being chosen to join the soccer lessons his idol Zico was going to give, asks his father to clone the player. But a small girl smells something fishy going on and asks her friends to help save the Brazilian soccer star.

Друг Фернандо присоединился к террористической группировке. Он что считал лишь их способными к противостоянию с установившимся в Бразилии диктаторским режимом. Фернандо, как журналист, имел доступ к некоторой засекреченной информации. Благодаря его знаниям, группировка смогла захватить в плен посла США. Главным требованием террористов было освобождение 15 политзаключенных.

1910 год, Бразилия. Две молодые семейные пары, иммигрировавшие из Италии, объединяют свои средства и покупают участок, чтобы построить на нём зерновую мельницу. В целях экономии пары решают жить вместе. Вскоре бизнес начинает приносить первую прибыль, а жена одного мужчины - интересоваться другим, и не безответно.

According to an Amazonian legend, every month, during the full moon, a Brazilian fishing village receives a mysterious guest: the Boto, who transforms into a human to seduce and be loved by women and hated by men. One of her conquests is the daughter of a fisherman, who has a son with the Boto. He constantly reappears to seduce her, and even when she marries, he continues to look for her. This provokes the ire of the husband, who wants to kill him anyway.

Documentary that tells several stories: of the struggle of rural workers in Conceição to recover their union; of Dona Mariquinha, widow of a murdered squatter and her miraculous effort to survive with her six children; de Rosa and community work in the Olaria neighborhood; the peasant Pé de Ouro and his family living in extreme poverty; de Oneide, the widow of Gringo, the rural leader killed by gunmen when he disputed in 1980 the presidency of the Sindicato de Conceição, etc.

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.

Действие фильма основано на дневниковых записях бразильского писателя Грасилиано Рамоса, которые он вёл во время тюремного заключения, попав под репрессии после восстания коммунистов против диктатуры в стране. В картине показаны представители различных партий Бразилии 1930-х годов, а тюрьма представлена как метафора общества.

In the 19th century, a country girl is seduced by a young doctor who's staying at her house for a few days, caring for her, and tries to hide the forbidden romance from her father, who disapproves of the relationship.

Romantic adventures of a group of Rio de Janeiro teenagers and surfers.

A military man picks up a Native Brazilian woman and heads to a gold panning site where he has undisclosed business to attend to.

When a pedestrian is hit by a bus, the simple clerk Arandir runs and kisses the moribund in a gesture of sympathy and unconditional pure love. Opportunist photographer Amado Pinheiro witnesses the scene and sees the opportunity to sell newspaper and, together with the despicable and abusive chief of police Cunha, accuses Arandir of homosexuality.

As soon as Mauro, an Administration student, discovers a strong vocation for mediumship, he drops everything to go deeper and dedicate himself to Umbanda, a religion he embraces so strongly that it makes him give up his studies. Determined to open his own spiritist center, Mauro moves to the countryside.

The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe.

Rio de Janeiro police investigator Galvão is pursuing two trails, one professional and one personal. While he tracts a serial killer of taxi-drivers, he also seeks his estranged daughter, Sandra, who he had thrown out of the family home when she adopted a promiscuous teenage lifestyle. Lives intersect when the serial killer, Toninho, a young man of unsavoury connections, befriends Sandra, now an exotic dancer and prostitute living and working in the seamy underside of late 1970s Rio.

Jorjamado no Cinema foi feito para um programa de televisão consagrado ao escritor Jorge Amado. Nesse documentário, Jorge Amado é filmado em sua casa, rodeado por sua numerosa família; numa livraria, durante uma sessão de autógrafos de um de seus livros, em um cinema em Salvador, na avant-première do filme Tenda dos Milagres, de Nelson Pereira dos Santos, adaptação do livro homônimo de Jorge Amado. Glauber filma seu amigo com muito humor e carinho. A câmera vai evoluindo lentamente, sem cessar e com rapidez sobre o escritor, seus familiares, atores e atrizes do filme de Nelson, além de passar por objetos de rituais de candomblé que constituem o museu de Jorge Amado.

Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on crowded buses in Rio de Janeiro.

Соня Брага играет прекрасную женщину, чей муж, игрок и бабник, умирает после того, как провеселился всю ночь напролет на карнавале. Решив снова выйти замуж, вдова выбирает скучного аптекаря средних лет, который любовью занимается раз в год по обещанию. Как-то ночью, когда она лежала в постели рядом со своим спящим мужем, появился призрак ее первого супруга. Она пытается от него избавиться, но он отказывается исчезать. В конце концов она уступает и ложится с ним в постель, а второй муж тем временем продолжает мирно посапывать.

Адвокат Осирис занимается делами о разводах. Любую клиентку он рассматривает как возможный вариант для интима. А работы много... Череда историй о супружеских конфликтах людей самого разного возраста.

A German governess is hired to give German and piano lessons to the teenager son of a rich traditional family, in the 20s. But soon they get involved, and she teaches him love lessons instead.

Фильм повествует о любви попавшего в плен к индейцам французского конкистадора и очаровательной индианки. События происходят в 1594 году в Бразилии.

Fable about the financial and social ascension of a black man in a small town, in the interior of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and his existential crisis when he begins to believe the world is going to end.

Expedito, after being abandoned by his parents, became Zefa's adopted son until he became a man and started earning his living as an independent fisherman. As soon as he finds out that Zefa is very ill, Expedito runs back home and finds his adoptive mother in agony. At the edge of the bed, a mysterious woman, who claims to be Death, sits.

Сюжет рассказывает историю католического священника Симао Бакамарте, который приезжает в маленький городок Серафима, где собирается исследовать явление безумия. Большую часть местных жителей священник созывает в убежище, заставляя их медленно выходить из себя.

An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the advent of the TV.

Year 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives in a small town, which they call "I Forgot." The trio is recruited by an indigenist to pretend to be indigenous during the visit of a general. In the dilemma of integrating into the system or preserving individual freedom, the family moves toward disintegration as the city prepares to launch a space rocket.

Это история Антонио Мортеса, известного убийцы, нанятого богатыми землевладельцами, чтобы устранить лидеров крестьянского восстания.

Adaptation of Machado de Assis’s classic novel “Dom Casmurro”. Bentinho and Capitu are friends since childhood and end up marrying. But Bentinho destroys his life when he starts suspecting Capitu has an affair with his best friend and that his son is not really his.

Inspired by the life of one of the most famous policemen in the history of Brazil: detective Perpétuo de Freitas, immortalized in the annals of Brazilian criminal history for relentlessly pursuing and without the slightest assistance of the Rio police force one of the most wanted criminals in the country.

Главный герой Пауль Мартинс, анархист и идеалист, по профессии — журналист, пишущий стихи, борется против популистского губернатора и консервативного президента Порфирия Диаса. В этом его поддерживают революционные силы. Мартинс мучается, так как эти два коррумпированных политических деятеля были в прошлом его друзьями, и были избраны при его моральной поддержке.

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.

General's daughter, who lives with her boyfriend without being married, gets in trouble when her conservative father decides to visit her. A friend decides to help them, but things only get worse.

In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way. Alone in the Marvelous City, she is forced to accept the friendship and protection of Calunga and, later, the company of Inácio.

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.

A report on Sarney's inauguration as the governor of the Maranhão state. His promises are heard alongside images of the grim reality.

Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies, is bitten up and left for dead, being rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again. Influenced by the couple, Matraga starts a long penitent life while waiting for his hour and chance to payback, starting a fight between his violent nature, his hidden desire of vengeance and the mysticism and goodness which is also part of him.

Подчеркнуто простая по стилю, жестокая в своей правдивости, лента раскрывает трагедию умиравших от голода крестьян северо-востока Бразилии…

Подчеркнуто простая по стилю, жестокая в своей правдивости, лента раскрывает трагедию умиравших от голода крестьян северо-востока Бразилии…

Закоренелый преступник Тяо Медонхо вместе с бандой мелких воришек, проживающих в трущобах, спланировал и успешно осуществил ограбление поезда с деньгами Центрального банка Бразилии. У полиции нет никаких следов и следователи считают, что это дело рук транснациональной группировки. Тяо просит всех затаиться, разрешив потратить лишь десятую часть от полученных денег. Однако нищенское существование и жадность большинства из его подельников приводят к плачевным результатам...

Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer's history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha was a very original and talented player, having curved legs. Women and alcohol were his passion, and the cause of his later decadence. After a glorious career, he died in financial misery, forgotten.

Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer's history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha was a very original and talented player, having curved legs. Women and alcohol were his passion, and the cause of his later decadence. After a glorious career, he died in financial misery, forgotten.