Jece Valadão

When powerful outlaw "Boca de Ouro" dies, a reporter interviews his former lover Guigui, to try to outline his personality. But the woman offers him three different versions of the facts, following the changes of her own personal feelings towards the man. (imdb)

Just when her family starts believing that she is dead, and that they can expect a rich heritage, Tieta returns from Sao Paulo to her native village in Bahia, which she had been forced to leave long ago because of some involvement with a goat herd... (imdb)

The life of Brazilian policeman Mariel Mariscot, who belonged to the Police elite until being accused of corruption, and of being the leader of a group of policemen who killed outlaws without a proper judgement, the so called "Esquadrão da Morte" (Death Squad). (imdb)

This film captures the criminal behavior of two young Copacabana thugs (the "cafajestes"). The two plan a blackmail coup against a rich old man, using nude pictures of a lady on a deserted beach. But things don't always happen as planned. (imdb)

A personal vision of contemporary Brazil and its evolution, with a number of archetypes which recall some of Glauber Rocha's previous films: the Indian, the Colonizer, the Nordeste man, the Worker, the Amazon, the Bourgeois and a black Christ bringing new revolutionary hope for the Third World.

A semi-documentary on the people of Rio de Janeiro. The camera follows boys from a hillside shanty town who sell peanuts at Copacabana, Sugar Loaf Mountain, and a soccer game. Various subplots, involving characters they meet along the way, are interspersed. (imdb)

Three young women sharing a room in a boarding house owned by a very strict matron dream of becoming famous in show business. (imdb)

A caboclo's soul wanders through purgatory (or hell), visiting many places until he boards a ship whose destination is unknown. (imdb)

The gravedigger Zé do Caixão continues his search for the perfect woman to bear his son. (imdb)

A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him. (imdb)

A decadent hooker, her pimp and the bordello's gay cleaner fight over the gigolo's missing money, with the utmost mental cruelty.

Zionists hire a hitman to kill a war criminal Nazi who's exiled in a Latin American country, protected by the local dictator. (imdb)

True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where he starts remembering episodes of his criminal life. (imdb)

Young and humble worker, Edgar unexpectedly receives a proposal: in exchange for much money, he must marry the beautiful daughter of the boss. The guy must then decide whether to accept the facility placed before him by fate or invest in his neighbor Rita, for whom he is clearly passionate. (imdb)

Hit man does his part in a deal, but doesn't get the money he was promised. For the treason, he decides to eliminate them all. (imdb)

Conception is a young woman who lives with a marriage and deals with the harvest and sale of fruit in the hills of Rio de Janeiro. Sexually harassed by her stepfather, decides to search for other horizons and -with the aid of its remarkable natural talent- becomes a successful entertainer. Notwithstanding, for access to international stardom, must pay the price of Fame: give up the man who loves.

Alfred is a rich womanizer. All that glamor is at risk when the young man begins to receive threatening anonymous letters. Increasingly taken by insecurity, he decides to hire a private detective, but the answer to this mystery is far from obvious.

Intent on offering his fiancée a better life, countryman heads for Rio de Janeiro in search of a place in the sun. With no contacts in the big city, he gets involved with the crime underworld connected with illegal betting. (imdb)

The real story of Brazilian outlaw José Rosa de Miranda, known as Mineirinho. (imdb)

Two naive men of the port area of Rio de Janeiro become involved with a dangerous gang of smugglers.

Man is confused with his twin brother and suffers attempt on the life, but his wife is dead. With reconstituted face for plastic surgery seeks revenge.

A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo (angel in Portuguese), robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The identification would be through a cigarette case with an angel, and the password "- Is everything all right?" Meanwhile, the director Ricardo is preparing a show for the carnival in the hotel with Marina, and they love each other... (imdb)

Bruno is a physician whose license had been revoked, due to some ethical problems in the past. He gathers some criminals to kidnap the children of two powerful bankers. While the police faces contradictory evidence and clues, Bruno starts killing the other criminals, to keep the ransom for himself. (imdb)

Young woman needs money to pay her mother's medical treatment. She gets a work in a bar that is, in fact, a cover for a prostitution net. She is drugged and raped while some photographs are taken, to be presently used as blackmail, to force her to work as a hooker. She accepts her fate but starts a serious relationship with a reporter, to whom she doesn't dare tell the truth. She wants to leave that life behind and get married, but the gangsters won't allow it... (imdb)

The documentary gathers scandalous scenes of the sexual comedies that formed the pinnacle of Brazil "pornochanchada" in the 1970's.

While Dona Betina, owner of a very famous bordello in Rio de Janeiro, was being buried, an old scoundrel remembers his own past.

The bumbling Barnabas accidentally stamps one of his hands with the Star of David. Interestingly, the symbol was the mark of the sixth heir of Solomon, who has been missing and is wanted by the princess Zulema, whose courtroom is installed in the middle of Rio de Janeiro. In the confusion, Barnabas is forced to marry Zulema. The problem is that, according to tradition, he who marries a princess must be beheaded soon after the wedding night. Only Abdullah can save Barnabas.

Clemente Celidônio, better known as Quelemente, takes care of a herd near his house in Pajeú das Flores, Brazil. When he arrives at the house he finds tragedy in the family: Marizolina, his sister, was raped by a stranger. Wanting revenge, Quelemente leaves in search of the man of whom Marizolina described two details: a scar on the face and the lack of a finger. For this mission, the long journey, during which Quelemente will live many adventures...