Paulo Autran

Karina has 2 dreams: to become an actress & to see the world. Antonio is in love with her. He promises to bring the world to "Nordestina"... (imdb)

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

Tônia Carrero, who is one of the best Brazilian theatre actress of all times, plays Silvia Nogalis, a pianist who is charged with murder when her husband is found dead. Together with police investigation we see Silvia trying to keep on living her life as normal as she can. (imdb comments)

Swindler in jail devises a scheme of blackmailing the family of recently deceased people, threatening to tell supposedly incriminating facts about the dead man's life. (imdb)

In a love story set in Curitiba, Southern Brazil, a patriarch witnesses the crumbling of his life-long family business at the hands of his descendants. Suddenly Sofia appears. Is she from this world, and is she the key to this family's happiness and their hope for survival? (imdb)

In 1970, near the World Cup, Daniel Stern and his wife Beatriz leaves Belo Horizonte in a hurry and scared with their ten years old son Mauro in their Volkswagen. While traveling to São Paulo, the couple explains Mauro that they will travel on vacation and will leave Mauro with his grandfather Mótel... (imdb)

A couple decides to split after 12 years together. The man (Bernal) find it easy to move on, but difficult to prevent his ex from hounding him, or the new women in his life. (imdb)

Documentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers, Cartola (Angenor de Oliveira). (imdb)

Hugo passionately loves his wife Gina, but it's not reciprocated. Obsessed by the idea that she hates him, he begins to have horrible nightmares during which he's in a forest and is always questioned by a ruthless police chief. Hugo confuses dreams and reality, in a confusing series of events, and ends up committing the almost-perfect crime.

After stirring society by leaving her groom at the alter and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda the Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it wasn't for Malthus, a young novice said to be a saint, for whom she falls in love. However, the boy is kept under the strict, severe doctrine of Father Nelson, a conservative priest intolerant even to every minor sin. (imdb)

German documentary for TV about the "Cinema Novo" movement (Brazilian New Wave). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967: Leon Hirszman preparing the script for "Garota de Ipanema"; Glauber Rocha shooting "Terra em Transe"; Arnaldo Jabor editing "A Opinião Pública"; Nelson Pereira shooting "El Justicero"; the rushes and voice-looping sessions of "Todas as Mulheres do Mundo"; and the opening of "A Grande Cidade". (imdb)

With death getting near, a retired officer remembers the most important passages in his life and his participation in historical events in Brazil, such as the Lieutenants' Movement, and the 1964 coup. (imdb)

The boy Jesus tries to find young Barabbas in Jerusalem, to warn him that the romans were crucifying thieves. (imdb)

Film in four segments in which four directors comment on the subject of happiness. (imdb)

Bus tour to São Paulo's touristic spots bumps into several strange people. (imdb)

The story of one of the most important Brazilian heroes, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes. He was the leader of a group who tried to proclaim Brazil's Independence from Portugal in 1789. But he was betrayed by one of his comrades and hanged. (imdb)

A portrait of the evolution of theater in the 20th century and a deep reflection on the art of acting through the career of Paulo Autran (1922-2007), one of the greatest actors in Brazil.