José Mojica Marins Movies

In 1982, almost five million people took theaters to see Erotic Things, the first Brazilian porn film. The production is today considered a major...

An unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not.

A late-1960s interview with Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, mixed in avant-garde style with scenes from his films and clips from fellow filmmaker...

Rebeca and her family move into an abandoned house with a sinister past. Her father wants to renovate the house and turn it into a rotisserie. With...

An investigation into three São Paulo urban legends: The Devil Baby, the Blonde of the Bathroom and the Clown Gang. Originated in rumours,...

The short film reports the process of rescuing and finishing A Praga, by José Mojica Marins, o Zé do Caixão. Produced in 1980,...

A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.

Dr. Franklin, a dangerous charlatan escapes after his fraudulent credentials are exposed and ends up in Brasília, Brazil's capital, where he...

Released from the Mental Health Wing of São Paulo State Penitentiary after forty years, the sadistic undertaker Zé do Caixão is...

A psychiatric doctor driven to insanity by nightmare visions of Zé do Caixão trying to steal his wife is helped by colleagues who...

Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A...

15 directors telling 15 tales about São Paulo.

Documentary about José Mojica Marins made by film students.

On Christmas Eve, Mauro, a reporter, has 24 hours to find a headline.

The story of a fakir who works in a decadent circus. He and his colleagues do weirder numbers each day to attract audience, and warrant their...