Ângela Leal

Recently added

Fogo Morto
1

Fogo Morto

Jun 01, 1976
In 1910, in the State of Paraíba, Brazil, a man is expelled from his own land by the ruthless colonel who owns the sugar mill. He asks some outlaws to help him retrieve his land.
Drama
Bonitinha, Mas Ordinária
4.8
Edgard works as a subordinate in the company of millionaire Werneck and is in love with Ritinha, a simple woman who works as a teacher to support her mother and her three sisters. One day, Peixoto, Werneck's son-in-law, makes him a proposal to marry Maria, the boss's daughter. The reason is that Maria was abused and now is being forced to marry by her family. Edgard hesitates first but accepts the offer. From then on he enters into a great doubt: should he deposit the check and marry Maria or stay with Ritinha, his great love?
Drama
Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres
5.3
Glorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as result. Her friend Nair takes her to a high-class bordello, where she wants to work. When uncle Raul, who raised her, discovers her prostitution, he decides to finally tell her all the truth about her parents' story.
Drama
Divinas Divas
7.5

Divinas Divas

Oct 06, 2016
Eight iconic performers of the first generation of Brazilian transvestite artists go on stage to celebrate their 50th career jubilee. The film depicts the human, personal dimension behind these icons, deconstructing gender stereotypes.
Documentary
Tropel
1

Tropel

Nov 21, 2000
The monotonous life of the butcher João is broken with the wedding announcement of Dona Eva’s niece: Melissa, a thirteen-year-old girl. At the end of the day, he closes the butcher shop and the loneliness becomes immense.
Drama
Luiz Melodia - No Coração do Brasil
10
A sound and visual journey that portrays the life and work of singer and composer Luiz Melodia. The Poet of Estácio himself tells us, in the first person, his trajectory as a black boy born on the hill until his transformation into one of the greatest artists in the history of MPB. The film also features an unpublished collection made available by Jane Reis, his wife and businesswoman.
Documentary
Love Film Festival
7.5

Love Film Festival

Oct 05, 2014
Filmed over six years in four countries: Portugal, Brazil, Colombia and United States, this romantic drama tells the story of Luzia, a Brazilian screenwriter, and Adrian, a Colombian actor, that fall in love during a film festival in 2009 and will live a fragmented love story while competing in different film festivals around the world.
Romance
Febre do Rato
6.4

Febre do Rato

Jun 22, 2012
Zizo, a radical and anarchist poet living in a marginal quarter of Recife in the north eastern state of Pernambuco, distributes his social angst-filled thoughts through a publication named Febre do Rato, and spews poetry to anyone who’d listen. Our character always revolves within the universe that he has created around himself. A very particular world, in which satisfying the unfortunate is a mixture of a kind of benefit with high dose of malice.
Drama
Mato Sem Cachorro
5.4

Mato Sem Cachorro

Oct 04, 2013
The day a man almost runs-over a puppy, he meets the love of his life. The couple and their dog live the dream, until she wants out.
Comedy
Pitanga
5.6

Pitanga

Sep 23, 2016
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.
Documentary
Querô
6.3

Querô

Mar 17, 2007
Querô is an orphan teenager, living alone near the docks in Santos, Brazil. His mother, a prostitute, died when he was a baby, and he was raised in the bordello where she worked. Believing he rules his own destiny, he refuses to compromise with anyone else, the corrupt policemen always chasing him, the oppressive discipline in the juvenile institution Febem, or the drug dealers who try to lure him. But this independence has a price.
Drama
Muito Prazer
8.3

Muito Prazer

Sep 25, 1979
Two contrasting social groups get in touch: three architects and three street urchins, all struggling for survival.
Drama
Zuzu Angel
6.7

Zuzu Angel

Aug 04, 2006
Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zuzu Angel follows the case of her activist son Stuart's arrest, torture, murder, and subsequent corpse disposal by the military forces in early 1970s Rio de Janeiro, during the darkest era of Brazilian military regime and media censorship.
Drama
Le roman de la vie
6.5

Le roman de la vie

Mar 02, 2007
Grâce aux sacrifices financiers de sa mère, Nanda se rend en Europe, à Amsterdam, pour étudier. Elle découvre un jour qu’elle est enceinte. Son petit ami Léo, fils d'un riche chef d'entreprise brésilien, la rejette car elle refuse d'avorter. Il lui donne de l'argent pour payer un médecin et rentrer chez ses parents au Brésil. Craignant sa mère Martha, une femme autoritaire, elle attend d'être sur le point d'accoucher pour revenir à Rio, sans prévenir.
Soap
A Vida Pela Frente
1

A Vida Pela Frente

Jul 06, 2023
Set at the turn of the year 2000, the series follows a group of friends at the end of their teenage years. Everything becomes even more dramatic when Beta dies, at the age of 17, on the night of their high school graduation.
Drama
Dona Xepa
1

Dona Xepa

Sep 24, 2013
The open market worker Carlota Losano is an uneducated, kind and explosive woman, known by everyone as the Penny Lady. Good-hearted and a woman of unparalleled optimism, she got her nickname for giving out what is left from her stand to the poor. Uneducated and abandoned by her husband, Esmeraldino, the Penny Lady plays the role of mother and father, working double to guarantee a dignified future for her children, Édison and Rosália.
Soap
Roque Santeiro
9

Roque Santeiro

Feb 21, 1986
In the tiny poor town of Asa Branca, in the middle of Brazilian Northeast, Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint. He was supposedly killed by a bandit, 18 years ago, trying to save the local church. After his disappearance, local leaderships such as landowner Sinhozinho Malta and mayor Florindo, took profit on that to control the humble population. They even make up a widow, Porcina, who should have married Roque secretly before his death. What they don't expect is that Roque is alive, and he's back to, allegedly, "save his people". Now Malta, Florindo, Porcina, and others must hold him down and explain the "truth" to their commoners, in a desperate attempt to save their own bottoms. Meanwhile, mysterious facts surround Asa Branca, such as a Werewolf, a film crew who are trying to shoot a movie about Roque's story, and violent murderers.
Soap
Escrava Isaura
5.9

Escrava Isaura

Feb 04, 1977
The difficulties faced by a young, sweet-hearted white slave targeted by the obsession of her lord in the Brazilian colonial time period.
Drama
Bela, a Feia
3

Bela, a Feia

Jun 02, 2010
Bela, a Feia is a Brazilian telenovela originally aired on Rede Record from August 4, 2009 to June 2, 2010. A co-production with Televisa, it was based on the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea, as well as the American series Ugly Betty. On June 1, 2010, the penultimate episode of Bela, a Feia made Record lead the audience ratings against Rede Globo in both São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, a feat rarely achieved in Brazilian television viewership.
Drama