José Lewgoy

The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of the Peruvian jungle. (imdb)

Best friends and their daughters holiday in Rio only for one to fall for the other's daughter. (imdb)

The feared bandit Cobra Verde (Klaus Kinski) is hired by a plantation owner to supervise his slaves... (imdb)

A documentary on the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic 'Fitzcarraldo' , showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have floored a less obsessively driven director (imdb)

Eldorado, a fictitious country in Latin America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power... (imdb)

Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a homosexual, is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep his mind on the situation he's in. (imdb)

"High Noon" spoof. Kid Bolha and Ciscocada, two clumsy swindlers, arrive at a violent Old West town called Citydown where, by mistake, one of them is appointed Sheriff. They're intent on facing the dreaded Jesse Gordon, a gunman who kills for pleasure. (imdb)

The famous Brazilian producer Cecílio B. De Milho (Renato Restier) wants to produce an epic about Helen of Troy. He hires the great professor of Greek history Xenofontes (Oscarito) to write the screenplay, but his family and crew wants to make a Brazilian musical comedy. Meanwhile, a fake count wants to marry his nephew to be the lead actor of Helen of Troy. (imdb)

In Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into working in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Alberto, the captain, receives a radio message saying that there was a dangerous international spy on board. Things get worse when some passports are mixed-up. (imdb)

O Anjo (The Angel) is a millionaire playboy who fights the forces of crime, especially his deadly enemy, the arch-villain Escorpião Escarlate (Scarlet Scorpion), who recently has kidnapped the fashion designer Glória Campos, who is in love with our hero. (imdb)

The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of Portugal's élite led him to persecution and torture, becoming kind of a scapegoat. (imdb)

Hired to entertain a party in a luxury home, in São Paulo, a musician, a snooker player, and an old decadent actor keep waiting downstairs, never being invited to the party upstairs to perform their acts. (imdb)

Engraçadinha is a sexy teenager, with whom every man wants to get involved, except her cousin Sílvio, the only man she loves. On Sílvio's engagement day, she seduces him at the party and becomes pregnant. But her father, Dr. Arnaldo, tells her a horrible secret, saying that her child cannot be born. A tragedy ensues. (imdb)

Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Roberto, makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse.. to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses but not close friends and employees of the dictator. (imdb)

Anthology of scenes from Brazilian musicals of old (1949-1959), focusing on films from the main studio specializing in the genre, Atlântida. (imdb)

Driver who was left by his wife, who wanted to try a career in the movies, has to deal with their son's revolt when the latter finds his mother, whom he thought dead, singing in a nightclub. (imdb)

A statuette bought in an antique shop in Tokyo may lead to the discovery of a great treasure. (imdb)

The story of two immigrant couples: Teresa and Angelo; Pierina and Massimo. While fighting for survival in the new world, the unexpected love of Massimo and Teresa appears. They react against family and cultural traditions and leave to a new destiny, leaving their partners. Quatrilho is the name of a card game in wich the player have to betray his partner in order to become the champion. (imdb)

80s Brazilian Comedy

Real estate broker and former boxer enters an old cinema in the decadent downtown São Paulo and meets an intriguing and mysterious woman, very much alike the leading lady of the film. He gets involved with her and her problems and in no time is being accused of a crime. (imdb)

A musical about a woman who hates music.

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

Three segments with stories about the sexual relationships between adolescent boys and the maids who work at their homes.

A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story. (imdb)

The fictional encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (in the 30s) between popular songwriter Lamartine Babo and inconoclast poet and playwright Oswald de Andrade. (imdb)

History of father Antônio Vieira, born in Portugal, in 1608, and who died in Salvador, Brasil, in 1697. Considered one of the greatest Portuguese writers, master in Rhetoric, he was persecuted and condemned by Portuguese Inquisition for his position against slavery and colonialism, as well his sympathy for the Hebrews. (imdb)

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.

The Brazilian Faca de Dois Gumes stars Paulo Jose as a cuckolded husband. When he can stand no more humiliation, Jose kills both his wife and her lover. It is to be expected that Jose would run afoul of the law for this act of violence. But what Jose never suspected was that the man he killed had criminal connections, meaning that now he's been targeted by the crooks as well. (All Movie Guide)

"As Cariocas" is a dramatic comedy, presented as three different episodes, based on stories by Stanislau Ponte Preta. (imdb)

In 1970, the crimes of Esquadrão da Morte by refinement of violence sparked a wave of reactions across the country. This is the story of Mateus Romeiro, the most famous of the officers who joined the group of Homens de Aço, one of the factions which divided the squad.

In an undefined city, around the year 1700, the young Benedicta is stigmatized by the community for being the daughter of the local butcher. The monk Ambrosius, newcomer, pities the girl. His interest in her triggers jealously in Rochus, the son of a powerful man, and an internal conflict between passion and compassion, the commitment among clergy and so-called pleasure.

Drama set in São Paulo, Brazil, in the 1930s. A journalist tries to fight against oligarchies of the time, whose main resource was coffee plantation. (imdb)

TV adaptation to the screen of the books of Nelson Rodrigues, about a woman and her many seductions.

Cardeal, Elvis, Fumê and Tremoço work as janitors at the Independence Soccer Club. Due to power struggles between the bigwigs, the team's coach is fired. By accident, the one chosen to take office is Cardeal. To everyone's surprise the team starts to win their games, which does not please some of the bigwigs. With the help of a sports reporter Nascimento, Cardeal and his friends fight against the dishonesty of the leaders.

Cristina, a young woman recently married, becomes a widow before her marriage to farmer Alexandrão is consummated. She hopes to find some peace in the apartment she inherited from her late husband, in Rio de Janeiro. But there a scoundrel called Constantino starts to court her. The problem is that everytime they go to bed, her husband's ghost appears to prevent their lovemaking. (imdb)

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)

Film in two segments. In the first, the relationship between Alberto, young man born in a traditional São Paulo family, and Marcinha, whose parents are Italian industrialists. The second segment tells the story of Serginho, playboy who lives in a penthouse in Copacabana, at his father's expense. (imdb)

Erotic comedy in 3 segments: "A B. de Ouro" (The Golden A..), "O Homem dos Quatro Chifres" (The Man with Four Horns) e "O Homem, a Mulher e o Etc. Numa Noite de Loucuras" (Man, Woman and Etc in a Crazy Night). All three stories are about single, married and divorced men, and their sexual adventures with women. (imdb)

While making a movie in Rio de Janeiro, the singer Roberto Carlos is kidnapped by an international gang that wants to make money with his songs in a computer, together with Pierre (José Lewgoy) , the villain of the movie, and sent to New York. (imdb)

Brazilian neo noir telling a crime story passed in the dubber's world

During the President of Valdivia's official visit to Brazil, Minister of Energy dies in a terrorist action, and the President suffers a heart attack. A diplomat tries to minimize the scandal, since the press starts writing about the First Lady and the President's mistress. (imdb)

In the countryside, the virgin hick Nestor sees a naked model taking pictures and chases her through the fields and village. His father decides to pay for the services of the local prostitute Marli, but Nestor feels repulse for the whore and his father expels him from the village. Nestor travels by foot and hitchhiking and along his journey, he meets several women and try to lose his virginity. (imdb)

Loving Too Much is a Cardinale Sin... (imdb)

Girl and her boyfriend are kidnapped. She develops a strange attraction to her kidnapper and the two get involved. (imdb)

trickster is fortyish Husband Gracinha, the owner of a factory of bras. All his desire, however, turns to the wife of Gracinha's partner, Castrone. All he has is the fear that infuses Castrone actually a mobster and champion shot. One day he gets a clandestine meeting with Lara in a friend's apartment. A confusion of the maid leaving both ends locked. When they try to leave into the apartment next door, things get complicated, and both end up hanging in the air...

A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and sex. (imdb)

Carlos, a married lawyer, gets involved with one of his clients. But the relationship turns into an obsession. The woman understands she'll never manage to separate Carlos from his wife, and decides to leave him, running away with another man. (imdb)

In 1870, in Sapiranga, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, the Muckers, a family of German immigrants, decide to organize a community inspired by some biblical precepts, self-sufficient and isolated from society, having a woman as its ruler. Soon the community met opposition from catholics and protestants living in the region, and they were accused of crimes and orgies, being decimated by Brazilian military forces. (imdb)

Story based on a true event. Shoe salesman arrives home and finds his wife and a young friend murdered. Crime reporter and insurance agent join forces to solve the mystery, taking a walk on the wild side of the city. (imdb)

The Amaro Silva colonel, livestock farmer, owns a large farm nna city of Don Pedrito. His son Aparicio is the foreman of the farm, having as his assistant the Tonic black boy, Colonel godson. One day, there arises a new neighbor: Dr. Azevedo, who just bought vast lands. With him comes his daughter Aurora. One day she and Aparicio are in this land and start a romance. (imdb)

A young couple have to get creative to get around the girl's father, a conservative Italian, and her grandmother. Even under the supervision of the patriarch, the rogue boyfriend can satisfy your desires. (imdb)

Upon arriving at Rio de Janeiro, to dwell in the house of a cousin, a redneck guy falls into the bohemian Rio with his uncle and falls in love with a girl. However, before long, he experiences the disappointment of love.

Biopic of Assis Chateaubriand, also known as Chatô. He was the first magnate of communications in Brazil, especially between the late 1930s and early 1960s has come to be called the brazilian Citizen Kane. Founder of the Daily Associates, TV Tupi and the São Paulo Art Museum. He was a senator of the Republic and had a close relationship and controversy with President Getulio Vargas. The film went into production in 1995 and ended in 1999 and was completed in 2015.

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)

Polish Jewish woman arrives in Brazil dreaming of marrying but has to become a prostitute to survive. At the same time, sanitarian doctor Oswaldo Cruz comes back to Brazil after three years in Paris, where he had studied in the Pasteur Institute. He's full of ideas on how to change Brazilian public health, which is being threatened by yellow fever. (imdb)

A young model runs away from the set of a commercial spot she's filming, and enter the mansion of Araucaima, where its dwellers indulge in strange rites.

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

A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to France. The rebels have made careful plans to blow up the dictator's private plane as he returns, but at the last second he changes plans and travels on a commercial flight. The rebels then must make a difficult decision: they must either blow up a flight filled with innocent passengers, or else allow the dictator to return home and take brutal reprisals against the leaders of the uprising. (imdb)

Erotic comedy in two segments. On the first, housewife finds her husband having sex with the housemaid. In order to avoid divorce, he promises to be faithful to her, but finds extremely hard to keep his word. The second is about a musician who places a strange bet: a sandwich in case he manages to conquer the heart (and have sex with) of a beautiful girl.

The protagonists are family members of the slaughterhouse owner who, despite financial problems, tries to preserve the illusion that he still belongs to the upper class. The movie shows how he thus hides not only his own adultery but also the decadent life of his family members who have lesbian and incestuous relationships. (Wikipedia)

Five friends decide to enjoy Mardi Gras without their wives, leaving them home. But one of the wives doesn't accept this arrangement and tries to get even.