Jardel Filho Movies

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen w...

Passengers aboard a seemingly doomed plane reminisce about their lives, questioning the façade of their daily social activities. Once safe at Santos...

Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jade...

In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the work of two young priests.

A man has a street accident with his car in his way to Buenos Aires. While he waits for his car repairing, this business man learns that everybody in...

Cora is a Mexican prostitute with typically inconsiderate johns. She is troubled by a hole in the ceiling. The hole triggers flashbacks regarding how...

Laughed at when he announced the discovery of the elixer of life, Brazilian scientist Expedito Vitus ends up making the most important archaeological...

A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations,...

Man and woman fall in love while in treatment for TB, in the beautiful town of Campos do Jordão.

In Minas Gerais, the powerful "colonel" Alexandrão gets married with the young and virgin Cristina and promotes a huge wedding party in his farm. He e...

Henrique Casanova is an expert in Egyptian history. A strict father, dedicated researcher and obedient husband, he is admired by people. But, when he...

In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer, João Fern...

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his dis...

Rosario is a prostitute who lives in her married sister's house. When the latter wants to be a hooker too, she doesn't approve.

Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-fi...

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...

The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cann...