Movies: Odete Lara

A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antônio is moved by the...

The story of the University of Brasília, since it was only a project in Darcy Ribeiro's head until the fateful events in August 1968 when its campus was invaded by the police, during the military dictatorship, thus putting an end to its independence....

Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness ...

italian documentary...

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

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

Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players....

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin. His fake burial is celebrated in high style and it doesn't take long before he starts getting himself...

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

Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn't an easy task....

Three men who never met each other are hired by a mysterious client to carry out a daring bank robbery....

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Brazilian adaptation of Hamlet, set in the outskirts of São Paulo City. A teenager hears through a medium the voice of his father, who accuses his brother of murdering him. He confirms his suspicions of his uncle, and decides to retaliate, but kills ...

After a powerful outlaw dies, a reporter interviews his lover and gets three different stories about the legendary man....

A Brazilian crime film...

In a financially troubled farm in the 1930's, its depraved owners become attracted to their new handsome and young handyman....

The life of Brazilian actress Odete Lara, muse of the movement called Cinema Novo in Brazil, who exchanged stardom for a quiet and religious life....

Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to school, he just lives on the spur of the moment, watches TV, plays soccer on the beach by day and goes...

Four deserters from Paraguay War hide in an old drunkard's country seat. The latter has two daughters who are unhappy with their recluse lives....

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....