Ivan Cardoso Movies

Two maids decide to rebel against the society that oppresses them and start murdering their own mistresses.

Shot in 1971 during Gal Costa's famous concert "Gal Fa-tal" in Rio de Janeiro's Sucata Nightclub, Ivan Cardoso's eponymous Super-8 short film shows...

A totally Cardoso-appropriated footage delirium, done as a tribute to US independent cinema's original rebel. In the end, Corman himself blesses...

Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal...

A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.

In search of a powerful hallucinogenic, five friends embark on a dangerous journey deep into the Amazon. But a bad trip isn't the only threat as they...

Ivan Cardoso is the inventor of the terrir, a subgenre that mixes comedy, Brazilian chanchadas and classic American horror. This film promotes a...

23 years in the making, “Pereio, Eu Te Odeio!” is a documentary on legendary Brazilian actor Paulo Cesar Pereio, an irreverent and...

Comedy/horror short film shot during a 4-day workshop of filmmaking at 2007's MOTELx Lisbon International Horror Film Festival.

A clumsy detective and his secretary are hired to solve the mysterious, vampiresque deaths happening at a nightclub show.

Antônio wants to give his girlfriend, the prostitute Ioiô, a star. He meets a Salesman who claims he can get one for him, with...

Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro.

The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner...

In this short film, Ivan Cardoso records Brazilian film director Rogério Sganzerla sending a message to Brazil.

Anjo, a millionaire playboy who moonlights as a crime fighter, leaps into action when his arch-nemesis, the Scarlet Scorpion, kidnaps a beautiful...

The story of Brazilian poet Torquato Neto, who lived passionately through fracturous times and worked in several fields, including music, journalism,...

A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and avant-garde filmmaker Torquato Neto, from his beginnings...

Compilation of early Ivan Cardoso's films in Super 8, including "Nosferato no Brasil (Nosferato in Brazil)"

A caboclo's soul wanders through purgatory (or hell), visiting many places until he boards a ship whose destination is unknown.