Movies

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through...

By Ministry of Culture.

In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer,...

Galanga, king of Congo brought to Brazil as a slave, finds gold in Vila Rica, in the State of Minas Gerais, and buys his enfranchisement, the...

Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown.

Adaptation of Machado de Assis’s classic novel “Dom Casmurro”. Bentinho and Capitu are friends since childhood and end up marrying....

A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose...

A volatile young man, Edu is a typical Rio de Janeiro middle-class kind, who flirts with multiple women at the same time. None of them, however, had...

The arrival of a chemical plant in a fishermen haven brings along social transformations, interfering with the local traditions. A landmark of Cinema...

In Rio de Janeiro, a successful yet underpaid young accountant lives with his pregnant wife in small apartment in middle class neighborhood of...

Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and...

One of the most respected names in national cinema, always remembered for his work as cinematographer in the classics of Cinema Novo, Mario Carneiro...

A young woman, victim of violence, takes refuge with an old sailor.

A reflection on books and culture through testimonies and images from the Rio de Janeiro's National Library. In this work commissioned by the...