Palmares is a 17th-century quilombo, a settlement of escaped slaves in northeast Brazil. In 1650, plantation slaves revolt and head for the mountains where they find others led by the aged ...
Adriana Prieto, Márcia Rodrigues, Emmanuel Cavalcanti, Arduíno Colassanti,
Nelson Pereira dos Santos,
Satirical comedy set in Rio de Janeiro about a general's playboy son meeting a leftist intellectual who wants to write/film the playboy's dolce vita. Various shenanigans follow in a ...
In the miserable Northeastern Brazil, a ruthless land Baron wants to throw a poor farming couple out of their property.
An engineer returns to his hometown to demolish an old fort. In the return he is confronted with his past and his love of youth.
During an orgy of millionaires, a woman is mysteriously kidnapped and killed. The crime causes quite a stir in local society, as the investigations points to a very known addicted playboy. ...
The story of Ajuricaba, the Manaus' Indian chief and warrior who led a revolt against the Portuguese colonizers, in the Amazon.
A circus clown's life spirals out of control when his wife, a trapeze artist, dies during a performance, and to his chagrin, their son vows to follow on his mother's steps.