Paulo José Movies

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

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

Person is a documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Luiz Sérgio Person. The documentary brings the reconstruction of the history of...

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

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

Couple prepare their "great voyage" in all details, not forgetting the flowers, music and luggage.

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...

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

The delicate process of rebuilding the memory and identity of the Guatós Indians, currently scattered throughout the Pantanal region.

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...

Set of carioca sketches.

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

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

Apolônio Brasil was a pianist at a famous nightclub in Rio de Janeiro, from the 1950s until his untimely death. Quite a character,...

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

Paulo is a rich lawyer who has a happy and comfortable family life, with his kid and very loyal to his wife. But when he finds out that the woman is...

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...