Castelar e Nelson Dantas no País dos Generais
Jan 24, 2008Documentary
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
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Depois do Transe
Jan 01, 2006The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the writer Marguerite Duras, who at the time considered a "fabulous filmic opera."
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Tem Coca-Cola no Vatapá
Jan 01, 1975Documentary
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
May 15, 2019Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous Brazilian artists such as Nara Leão, Maria Bethânia, João do Vale and Millôr Fernandes.
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Cinema Novo
May 16, 2016Une enquête approfondie, sous forme d'essai poétique, sur l'un des principaux mouvements cinématographiques latino-américains, analysé à travers la pensée de ses principaux auteurs, qui ont inventé, au début des années 1960, une nouvelle façon de faire du cinéma au Brésil, avec une attitude politique, toujours proche des problèmes du peuple, combinant art et révolution.
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Luzes, Câmera... Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Jun 08, 1976An hour-long conversation with Brazilian Cinema Novo director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade conducted by Sylvia Bahiense.
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Semana de Arte Moderna
Jan 01, 1972Moyen métrage avec de rares témoignages filmés du peintre Tarsila do Amaral, du peintre Di Cavalcanti et du poète Menotti del Picchia, Semana de Arte Moderna réfléchit sur les œuvres de Mário de Andrade et Oswald de Andrade, ainsi que sur l'impact du modernisme sur la culture brésilienne 50 ans après la semaine historique qui a eu lieu à São Paulo en février 1922.
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Macunaíma
Sep 03, 1969Comedy
Macunaíma
Sep 03, 1969Comedy
L'homme du bois Brésil
Feb 22, 1982Comedy
L'homme du bois Brésil
Feb 22, 1982Comedy
Les conspirateurs
Jan 05, 1972Drama
Les conspirateurs
Jan 05, 1972Drama
Guerra Conjugal
May 01, 1975Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof.
Comedy
Guerra Conjugal
May 01, 1975Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof.
Comedy
O Padre e a Moça
Mar 28, 1966In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the sudden attraction this priest feels for a beautiful girl. This forbidden love affair soon turns into an unbridled passion.
Drama
O Padre e a Moça
Mar 28, 1966In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the sudden attraction this priest feels for a beautiful girl. This forbidden love affair soon turns into an unbridled passion.
Drama
O Padre e a Moça
Mar 28, 1966In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the sudden attraction this priest feels for a beautiful girl. This forbidden love affair soon turns into an unbridled passion.
Drama
O Padre e a Moça
Mar 28, 1966In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the sudden attraction this priest feels for a beautiful girl. This forbidden love affair soon turns into an unbridled passion.
Drama
Gordos e Magros
Jan 01, 1976After staying the day at the gym, eating and drinking, Carlos, a fat man, go meet his parents, Helena and Jorge, at the party they are throwing. He is drunk and end up having a fight and leaving home.
Comedy
Garrincha, Alegria do Povo
Jul 13, 1962Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer's history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha was a very original and talented player, having curved legs. Women and alcohol were his passion, and the cause of his later decadence. After a glorious career, he died in financial misery, forgotten.
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Cinco Vezes Favela
Jan 01, 1962Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
Drama
Vereda Tropical
Dec 30, 1977In the island of Paquetá, professor investigates the genital vocation of vegetables and fruits, maintaining sexual relations with a watermelon. In his experiences, he counts on the interlocution of an attentive student.
Comedy
O Aleijadinho
Jan 01, 1978O Aleijadinho, a study of the work of Antonio Francisco Lisboa, the architect whose cathedral de Andrade had assisted in the restoration of more than 20 years earlier. de Andrade dedicated the film to his father, who had sent him on the expedition.
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Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade Nova
Jan 01, 1968In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new Brazilian capital city of Brasília. Constructed during the latter half of the 1950s and founded in 1960, the city was part of an effort to populate Brazil’s vast interior region and was to be the embodiment of democratic urban planning, free from the class divisions and inequalities that characterize so many metropolises. Unsurprisingly, Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade Nova (Brasília, Contradictions of a New City, 1968) revealed Brasília to be utopic only for the wealthy, replicating the same social problems present in every Brazilian city. (Senses of Cinema)
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Couro de Gato
May 07, 1962A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum.
Drama
O Poeta do Castelo
Jan 01, 1959A 10-minute portrait of modernist poet and de Andrade’s godfather, Manuel Bandeira, is clear in its affection for it subject, though like many New-Waveish films of the time, depicts the modern urban landscape as an ominous and alienating force.
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A Linguagem da Persuasão
Jan 01, 1970Short documentary about the ideology of publicity and mass medias.
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O Mestre de Apipucos
Jan 01, 1959Documentary about influential Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, made in his country house in Apipucos, Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil).
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Contos Eróticos
Mar 01, 1980Comedy in 4 segments. In "Arroz e Feijão" (Rice and Beans), owner of a boarding-house seduces her young countryboy tenant. In "As Três Virgens" (The Three Virgins) three spinsters are influenced by the behaviour of their teenager niece, whom they are lodging. In "O Arremate" (The Purchase) a colonist turns his virgin daughter in to a landowner, to have his debts forgiven. And, finally, in "Vereda Tropical" (Tropical Trail), a man becomes sexually obsessed by a watermelon, to the point of having sexual intercourse with it. The stories are based on prize-winner short stories, from a Playboy contest.
Comedy
Improvisiert und zielbewusst: Cinema Novo
Jan 01, 1967Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.
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Garrincha, Alegria do Povo
Jul 13, 1962Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer's history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha was a very original and talented player, having curved legs. Women and alcohol were his passion, and the cause of his later decadence. After a glorious career, he died in financial misery, forgotten.
Documentary
Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade Nova
Jan 01, 1968In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new Brazilian capital city of Brasília. Constructed during the latter half of the 1950s and founded in 1960, the city was part of an effort to populate Brazil’s vast interior region and was to be the embodiment of democratic urban planning, free from the class divisions and inequalities that characterize so many metropolises. Unsurprisingly, Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade Nova (Brasília, Contradictions of a New City, 1968) revealed Brasília to be utopic only for the wealthy, replicating the same social problems present in every Brazilian city. (Senses of Cinema)
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O Poeta do Castelo
Jan 01, 1959A 10-minute portrait of modernist poet and de Andrade’s godfather, Manuel Bandeira, is clear in its affection for it subject, though like many New-Waveish films of the time, depicts the modern urban landscape as an ominous and alienating force.
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O Mestre de Apipucos
Jan 01, 1959Documentary about influential Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, made in his country house in Apipucos, Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil).
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Guerra Conjugal
May 01, 1975Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof.
Comedy
Arraial do Cabo
Jan 01, 1960The arrival of a chemical plant in a fishermen haven brings along social transformations, interfering with the local traditions. A landmark of Cinema Novo, the result of a partnership between Mario Carneiro and Paulo Cesar Saraceni.
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Arraial do Cabo
Jan 01, 1960The arrival of a chemical plant in a fishermen haven brings along social transformations, interfering with the local traditions. A landmark of Cinema Novo, the result of a partnership between Mario Carneiro and Paulo Cesar Saraceni.
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Garrincha, Alegria do Povo
Jul 13, 1962Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer's history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha was a very original and talented player, having curved legs. Women and alcohol were his passion, and the cause of his later decadence. After a glorious career, he died in financial misery, forgotten.
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Flags Cut in the Middle
Apr 27, 2018Leaving Romania for a better life in US. True dream or illusion? A story of a young Eastern European woman.
Macunaíma
Sep 03, 1969Leaving Romania for a better life in US. True dream or illusion? A story of a young Eastern European woman.
Comedy
Rebelião em Vila Rica
Jan 01, 1957Drama
Vereda Tropical
Dec 30, 1977In the island of Paquetá, professor investigates the genital vocation of vegetables and fruits, maintaining sexual relations with a watermelon. In his experiences, he counts on the interlocution of an attentive student.
Comedy
Cinco Vezes Favela
Jan 01, 1962Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
Drama
Couro de Gato
May 07, 1962A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum.
Drama
A Petrobrás prepara o seu pessoal técnico
Jul 06, 1958Institutional film made for Petrobras in 1958, through a public announcement, about the company's actions for the training of technicians specialized in petroleum engineering.
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A Petrobrás prepara o seu pessoal técnico
Jul 06, 1958Institutional film made for Petrobras in 1958, through a public announcement, about the company's actions for the training of technicians specialized in petroleum engineering.
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