Nelson Pereira dos Santos Movies

1943, World War II. The northeastern coast of Brazil is an strategic region for the Allies. Giancarlo, an Italian immigrant married to a Brazilian...

Documentary about the life of Tom Jobim, from the perspective of three women of his life: his sister, Helena Jobim, his first wife, Thereza, and his...

The rise of real life country singers Milionário e José Rico from their humble beginnings until musical success.

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...

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...

Milionário and José Rico are robbed of their money and their fans' enthusiasm. But a female truck driver is out to help them.

This film shines a light at the story of Jards Macalé, polemic artist and controversial character of Brazilian culture over the last four...

An amalgamation of accents and life experiences from different parts of Brazil reunited on the city of Brasília.

An aging Brazilian actor teams up with a film student on a trip to Mexico, in order to find out an unknown movie his mother allegedly watched before...

A documentary made to coincide with Niemeyer's 100th birthday. The renowned architect talks about his long life, his inspirations, and his...

A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos’ Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the...

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

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...

16 members from the Brazilian Academy of Letters share their views on the current situation of the portuguese language.

Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of...

The documentary depicts the everyday of illiterate rural workers in Northeast Brazil, living under extreme misery. Although incapable of writing,...

A young man learns to how to be a thief from a more experienced one.

In Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé...