Antônio Petrin Movies

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his...

The true story of the boy who became famous when he was cast for the main part on the Brazilian film Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981). After the...

Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião,...

Yuda, a Chinese immigrant, and his adopted son Kirin, who he saved being eaten by a tiger in the jungle, stand at the head of a massive pirated goods...

Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro.

Women writers intertwine their work in the form of an anthology in this feature film. The scripts are adapted from tales written by Brazilian women...

Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration,...

In a petrol station near the road, three characters meet: Rita, the station's owner, that keeps searching for a love that she thought she once had;...

A Jewish teenager goes to a Catholic school and falls in love with a black Catholic girl.

A group of friends in Sao Paulo see each other regularly in different venues of this huge metropolis, and act as their own de-facto family. They are...

Based on Guimarães Rosa's (classic Brazilian author) short story, the movie tells the story of Augusto Matraga, a bankrupt and violent farmer...

Selma, a retired nurse, is an extremely loving mother for his son Raimundo, in an almost incestuous relationship. One day, she becomes aware of some...

A Polish Jew becomes a prostitute after failing to get a marriage in Brazil. Meanwhile, the public health doctor Oswaldo Cruz ends up involved in the...

20 years after running away together, Julio and Noeli have raised a family and run a successful business together. However, their marriage seems to...

A docufiction that reveals the obstacles faced by AIDS victims during its worst period when it was a new and deadly disease. Interviews with famous...

Roberto, divorced with a failing business, his son Itay, a spoiled child that snubs his father and despises soccer, and the grandfather Samuel, an...