Luiz Carlos Barreto Movies

General's daughter, who lives with her boyfriend without being married, gets in trouble when her conservative father decides to visit her. A friend...

In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande...

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

Fausta, a domestic worker who lives in a slum with her husband João, a drunk and abuser. At work, she has to endure the demands of her boss,...

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...

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...

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

Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof.

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....

According to an Amazonian legend, every month, during the full moon, a Brazilian fishing village receives a mysterious guest: the Boto, who...

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

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

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

The film tells a little of the history of Brazil immersed in the caricature of the conditions of making cinema in this country. Flora and Carlos...

Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and...

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

Father Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon of madness.

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,...

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

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