Paulo José Movies

Policarpo is a chauvinistic patriot, a major who tries to find solutions for Brazilian problems using only the resources of his own country. His...

On the porch of a farm, a woman tells stories while cutting and sewing scraps of cloth, creating images that form a towel. There are four stories of...

The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist...

The life of a famous Brazilian film and television actor, including testimonials from people who knew him and worked with him, as well as excerpts...

Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife,...

Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.

Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers...

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

Five stories by Brazilian writer Guimarães Rosa: in the hinterland of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a man fears for his life after having...

Friends of the recently deceased Quincas take their pal's body on one last tour of his favorite spots in Brazil's Bahia.

Set of carioca sketches.

"A view of São Paulo's rural architecture, from the remains of a sugar mill from the 1500s to a farm at the height of the coffee cycle in...

Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião,...

A documentary that chronologically traces the presence of women in Brazilian cinema.

A tireless and incorrigible seducer looks for - and seems to find - the woman of his life.

In 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...

The story of Santinho, a young man who has been exalted to the position of a saint in a remote riverine community of the upper Amazonas state, after...

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

A cinematographic essay, without dialogues, about the months Nietszche spent in Turin, Italy, with narration quoted by his original writings.