Dionísio Azevedo Movies

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...

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Cast: Taumaturgo Ferreira

Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Leonardo Villar

'Bruce' goes to head with bandits who are terrorising and murdering villagers.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Walter Stuart

Hillbilly has one single dream in life: eat beef. He finds a little maid who's anxious to marry, and promises him: in their wedding party, her father...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Adilson Barros

The story of how D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7th, 1822, and rose from prince of Portugal to first emperor of Brazil.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tarcísio Meira

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Cast: Patrícia Aires

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Almir Rogerio

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Cast: Maurício do Valle

On the eve of the premiere of a theatrical superproduction in the city of São Paulo, the assembly team performs the last dress rehearsal. But,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dionísio Azevedo

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Lia de Aguiar

A 1976 crime film

Genre: Crime

Cast: Walter Portella

The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of...

Genre: Action

Cast: Leonardo Villar

A pastor and a priest compete for the religious leadership of the population of a small town. When the pastor tries to prevent his sister's...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Leonardo Villar

An wealthy Italian immigrant from São Paulo, watches closely the suitors of his daughter Fiametta, whose two previous husbands "suffered...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sandra Bréa

Based on true events, the film tells the story of Brazilian outlaw Promessinha, one of the most famous and feared criminals of his time, depicting...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Jardel Filho

A small town in Brazil is the background for this thriller about a murder, disclosing corruption among the leaders of the region.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Jece Valadão

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

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Carla Camurati

The life and death of Colonel Orestes, a decadent coffee farmer, spanning three generations between despair, hallucinations, and the help of three...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Othon Bastos

A film that records the rehearsals of a Brazilian theatre troupe directed by Victor Garcia, and then the conflicts that break out as they tour Iran...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gésio Amadeu

Meant principally for a sympathetic audience, whether Catholic or not, this routine story about a priest's receiving the call to the cloth may be a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Roberto Alrean

Genre: Drama

Cast: Maurício do Valle

Set in Brazil, this drama is based on a short story by Oscar Wilde about a fisherman who meets and falls in love with a mermaid, giving up his soul...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dionísio Azevedo

"Jaws" spoof. The title means "Cod". A terrible monster threatens the beach season: the cod from Guinea. To catch the fish, local authorities count...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Helio Souto

Genre: Family

Cast: Paulo Autran

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Cast: Dênis Derkian

The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Jofre Soares

Docudrama on labor mobilizations in the beginning of the 20th century in Brazil, led by union organizations with anarcho-socialist influence. Using...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lélia Abramo