Marlene França Movies

Based on the novel by Franklin Távora, the film follows the adventures of a father and a son in 18th century Brazil.

Jeca Tatu is a lazy, simple-minded guy who has his property threatened by the greed of a landowner.

Shy countryboy from Itu (a town in Brazil where everything is unusually big) is invited to work in the house of a rich woman, who ends up discovering...

A group of migrants from the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil gets a truck "pau-de-arara" trying to move to São Paulo and have a better...

An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

A sculptor, protected by a millionaire woman, becomes suspect of her murder. He flees to the country, where a violent pursuit takes place.

The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of...

Two factory workers decide to spend all of their pay on a Saturday night with two prostitutes, but things don't go as planned.

"Jaws" spoof. The title means "Cod". A terrible monster threatens the beach season: the cod from Guinea. To catch the fish, local authorities count...

Three men who never met each other are hired by a mysterious client to carry out a daring bank robbery.

About English photographer Chick Fowle. Statements by Anselmo Duarte, Leonardo Vilar, Marlene França, Vanja Orico. A film about directors,...

Pablo (Arturo Puig) receives the news that his father, who abandoned him and his family a long time ago and was thought dead, wants to see him so he...

Based on a book by Machado de Assis (1839-1908) and adapted to the present time. After the death of the philosopher Quincas Borba, his friend and...

A short film made for City Life (1990)

Bums find $15,000 in trash, but the money belonged to criminals.

On the eve of the premiere of a theatrical superproduction in the city of São Paulo, the assembly team performs the last dress rehearsal. But,...