Anselmo Duarte Movies

Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint...

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

Sílvia Nogalis, a renowned concert pianist, prefers her career to her marriage. On the night she performs Beethoven's "Appassionata", she...

Four thieves enter a house and terrorize a family.

The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".

Fleeing from the orphanage where he was living, young Valdo immediately entered the life of the crime, establishing himself as a dangerous adult...

An employee of a glass factory suffers with his wife's contempt and starts to develop homicidal delusions about her. One night, he meets a singer...

italian documentary

A man and a woman have been secretly married. He belongs to a rich family and she is a poor actress and singer that is failing to success in her...

In the Brazilian countryside, poor sharecroppers join a messianic group led by Joaquim, who believes he is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Gaining...

The story of how D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7th, 1822, and rose from prince of Portugal to first emperor of Brazil.

Disagreements between brothers and marital infidelity are just some of the consequences that the discovery of a valuable diamond causes.

In São Paulo, a businessman wants to rehabilitate street children, called "trombinhas", through a social project. After being discouraged by...

The young singer Beth is torn between love for the honest pianist Guy; and the powerful smuggler Estênio, who sponsors his promising career.

After Cláudia, haunted by her husband’s death on a car crash, starts a romance with another man, she starts receiving threatening...

A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor"...

Delfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is urged by his friend to steal...