João Menna Barreto Movies

Western book writer, Eugenio is going through a difficult phase. He is famous for the novels starring the Jesus Kid, but his sales have been going...

In the prison yard, the prisoners play football, dance “capoeira” and talk about freedom.

After his wife's death, Fernando becomes a quiet and introspective man who raises his son, Daniel by himself. Every night, while the boy is sleeping,...

The widower João declares his loneliness on a radio program and meets Maria, a recently separated woman who yearns for a new life together.

Tati and Renet were already trading pics, videos and music by their cellphones and on the last school trip they started making eye contact. However,...

The Ball rolls freely and while the RAP echoes from the speakers, four friends roam the dance floor with very different goals. What they don't know...

For seven years Aly Muritiba worked in a prison in Brazil. There, he was part of the Alpha team. After studying film and making some shorts, Aly...

This is an exiting night in the life of Nelson and Lucas. They are preparing to march to the government hall. Nelson is a elite squad police officer....

Camila broke up with her boyfriend recently. She's been going out and spending time with her girlfriends and her dog.

In a small town in southern Brazil, Lidia spends his days watching others working around you and at night dreaming of times past in the cultivation...

In 2011, I visited Mrs. Deni Prata Jardim, the last representative of the Casa das Minas (House of Minas) in Northern Brazil. Among other things,...

In a documentary recorded on his computer screen, the Brazilian Antonio Urban revisits, through Google Earth, the steps of his Polish ancestors in...

Curitiba, 2011.