Nelson Pereira dos Santos Movies

Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material;...

A newlywed woman, frustrated after her honeymoon, decides to search for lovers on the streets and ends up causing a conflict between her husband, a...

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...

Men work in a quarry on the edge of a hill where a slum is located, of which they are residents. The slope is blown up, advancing to the land near...

Milionário and José Rico are robbed of their money and their fans' enthusiasm. But a female truck driver is out to help them.

A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos’ Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the...

Documentary on the view, testimonies and times of Darcy Ribeiro, since military dictatorship.

It's Christmas Eve and an aunt and her nephew have to deal with their platonic relationship.

The importance of the Cannes Film Festival in world terms and what it represented for Brazil in 1971. For Brazilian cinema, Cannes 71 represented the...

A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.

On the day of his wedding, young man from a family of immigrants faces some problems to get the money needed for the last arrangements. The family do...

During a showing of rare Afro-Brazilian Cinema films at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, actor/filmmaker Zózimo...

Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of...

Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the...

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

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

An amalgamation of accents and life experiences from different parts of Brazil reunited on the city of Brasília.