Nelson Pereira dos Santos Movies

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

Documentary in two parts about Brazilian writer, journalist and sociologist Sérgio Buarque de Holanda. The first part describes how the author...

The rise of real life country singers Milionário e José Rico from their humble beginnings until musical success.

Father Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon of madness.

A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos’ Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the...

The adventures of Pedro, a musician who is trying his luck in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1950's. He leaves his hometown Belo Horizonte to share a lodging...

Milionário and José Rico are robbed of their money and their fans' enthusiasm. But a female truck driver is out to help them.

It's Christmas Eve and an aunt and her nephew have to deal with their platonic relationship.

An ubiquitous folk singer narrates the tale of a young boy, who apparently becomes immune to gunfire after his mother arranges for him to have an...

A star medical examiner is called to Brasília, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, young...

A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him.

Documentary short about Brazilian medium Chico Xavier.

Two kids and a living, talkative doll attempt to catch a mulatto boy-like, supernatural one legged figure known as the Saci-Pererê, that enjoys...

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

Edson is having an affair with a left-wing aspiring movie director during Brazil's military dictatorship years. He tries to get some easy money for...

Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the...

On a scorching summer day in Rio de Janeiro, five impoverished black boys venture out of their favela to peddle peanuts throughout the bustling city....

The importance of the Cannes Film Festival in world terms and what it represented for Brazil in 1971. For Brazilian cinema, Cannes 71 represented the...