Nelson Pereira dos Santos Movies
- 1963
Barren Lives
Barren Lives7.3871963HD
In vivid images, the documentary-like story of a drover and his family in the northern badlands of Brazil during the drought. A family in the search...
- 2008
Critic
Critic7.92008HD
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and...
- 1984
Memories of Prison
Memories of Prison6.9751984HD
In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande...
- 2023
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema72023HD
For six decades, the cinema of Nelson Pereira dos Santos has projected Brazil into the eyes of the world. Precursor of Cinema Novo, Nelson was, more...
- 2006
Brasília 18%
Brasília 18%4.82006HD
A star medical examiner is called to Brasília, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, young...
- 2012
Music According to Tom Jobim
Music According to Tom Jobim72012HD
Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The...
- 1965
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga7.11965HD
Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies, is bitten up and left for dead,...
- 2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival52020HD
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark...
- 1998
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória51998HD
1943, World War II. The northeastern coast of Brazil is an strategic region for the Allies. Giancarlo, an Italian immigrant married to a Brazilian...
- 1982
Go Ahead, Brazil!
Go Ahead, Brazil!7.41982HD
Mid-1970s. When the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian football team on the World Cup serve as a distraction for...
- 1957
Rio, Northern Zone
Rio, Northern Zone8.21957HD
A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him.
- 1994
The Third Bank of the River
The Third Bank of the River5.41994HD
After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring of...
- 1955
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Rio, 100 Degrees F°7.1711955HD
On a scorching summer day in Rio de Janeiro, five impoverished black boys venture out of their favela to peddle peanuts throughout the bustling city....
- 1962
Five Times Favela
Five Times Favela7.81962HD
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
- 1970
The Alienist
The Alienist5.31970HD
Father Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon of madness.
- 1967
El Justicero
El Justicero5.41967HD
A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos’ Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the...
- 1963
Golden Mouth
Golden Mouth6.21963HD
After a powerful outlaw dies, a reporter interviews his lover and gets three different stories about the legendary man.
- 1967
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo7.51967HD
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...
- 1971
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman6.21971HD
Brazil, 1594. The Tupinambás natives are friends of the French and their enemies are the Tupiniquins, friends of the Portuguese. A Frenchman...
- 1977
Tent of Miracles
Tent of Miracles51977HD
When a prominent U.S. Nobel Laureate arrives in Salvador, Bahia, the city with the largest black population in Brazil, he stirs emotions by...