Jacques Cheuiche Movies

Mika Kaurismaki's documentary Moro No Brasil features performances by a variety of Brazilian musical artists, intertwined with interviews of every...

A Journalism intern makes her first report in a public office, getting lost in the bureaucratic intricacies.

The trajectory of the clumsy reporter Agamenon Mendes Pereira, always present in key events of history, his biggest scoops and his eternal love for...

Mixing archival footage and interviews with the band and its crew, this film celebrates the 40-year history of legendary rockers Paralamas do Sucesso.

Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues...

Four people with different values and standards meet in the urban chaos of Copacabana. Rita and Waldick come from the country, and befriend two Rio...

Part activist and part globe trekking photographer, Sebastião Salgado is most famous for recording the migration of people and culture around...

How much theatricality is there in an interview-based documentary? On one side, someone answers. On the other side, someone asks questions –...

Vicente, a tax collector, is sent to a distant region to defy the dominion of Melo, a powerful landowner. When Melo's henchmen burn down the...

The Pernambuco painter Cicero Dias created an unparalleled art for the world. Close to a modernist and influenced by artists such as Pablo Picasso,...

Three blind sisters, Regina, Maria and Conceição, earn their living by singing in front of churches, in Brazil... They tell their...

Lost in a beachhouse, Rodrigo searches in his memory for the romance he lived the previousnight with a woman, and how to find her.

In the 1970s, "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil, as they were recorded before a live studio audience, and usually featured a number of...

This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit...

Documentary about three blind sisters who sing for money in the streets of Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Like other documentaries that show distinct time frames of people's lives to give them a proper dimension and reveal their fates, "Mangueira em 2...

Simple, emotionally compelling documentary that delves into the songs that hold meaning in people's lives. It is composed of 18 sessions where the...

In 1979 and 1980, workers in São Paulo’s metallurgical industry organized a series of strikes that changed the face of union politics in...