Nelson Pereira dos Santos Movies

Documentary short about Brazilian medium Chico Xavier.

Memories of a parrot who participated in the filming of the classic Vidas Secas, in 1962, where it was featured along the puppy Baleia.

A documentary on Cosme Alves Netto (1937-1996), former head of the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Arts at Rio de Janeiro.

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

Short musical film paying a tribute to samba composer Zé Ketti, one of the greatest popular artists of Brazilian music. In a jam session, in...

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...

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...

Documentary about middle-class people in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1960s, when Brazil was going through a hard period in its history, with the military...

Father Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon of madness.

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

Despite being promised to another man, a young orphaned woman falls in love with man working at the farm she lives in , and together they escape....

Nelson Pereira dos Santos talks about The Highway of Life (1980)