Barren Lives

Barren Lives 1963

7.40

In vivid images, the documentary-like story of a drover and his family in the northern badlands of Brazil during the drought. A family in the search of new hope and destiny.

1963

The Deceased

The Deceased 1965

7.20

After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde.

1965

The Unscrupulous Ones

The Unscrupulous Ones 1962

6.30

Upon learning that his rich dad is on the brink of bankruptcy, spoiled Vavá summons his friend Jandir with a plan to get some quick cash: they will blackmail an uncle of Vavá by taking compromising photos of his lover, Leda.

1962

Hunger for Love

Hunger for Love 1968

5.20

An extended research tour of US university film programs introduced dos Santos to the American avant-garde filmmakers, among them Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage, who would directly inspire his formally radical adaptation of an allegorical short story about adultery and colonialism by Guilherme de Figueiredo. Filmed in both Manhattan and Brazil and set against the background of the Vietnam War and its protests, Hunger for Love uses a rigorously abstract soundtrack and narrative structure to evoke the acute paranoia of the period building up to the December 1968 military coup that tipped Brazil perilously close to a conservative dictatorship. With its harsh critique of the decadent tendencies of the Sixties counterculture, Hunger for Love offers a key expression of the self-consciously “ideological” phase of Cinema Novo. -Harvard Film Archive

1968

The Cosmonauts

The Cosmonauts 1962

6.20

After the success of the first Brazilian space mission, a scientist intends to accomplish an even more audacious feat. His goal is to launch into space the Nationalist rocket II, this time taking two humans to the moon.

1962

Engraçadinha Depois dos Trinta

Engraçadinha Depois dos Trinta 1966

5.00

After marrying everyday man Zózimo, Engraçadinha, who had been through intense sexual experiences as a teenager, settles to live a quiet and normal life. As the years go by, her teenage daughter's behaviour seems to call back Engraçadinha's own teenage days.

1966

Os Homens Que eu Tive

Os Homens Que eu Tive 1973

4.70

Married woman only feels well when she's in love. In search of a ravishing love, she has many love affairs, with her husband's consent.

1973

My Sweet Orange Tree

My Sweet Orange Tree 1970

6.90

Poor boy treats a sweet lemon tree as his only friend, talking to it, and learning important values in the process. But one day the tree must be cut.

1970

Assault on the Pay Train

Assault on the Pay Train 1962

7.90

Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.

1962

Vai Que é Mole

Vai Que é Mole 1960

4.00

A group of scoundrels want to make it by planning hoaxes.

1960

Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas

Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas 1969

1

The adventures of a peaceful and infatuated man, who tries to identify the man who killed his sweetheart, an unconventional young woman who used to receive "guests" at home, calling them her cousins.

1969

Com Jeito Vai

Com Jeito Vai 1957

7.00

Two new recruits at a fire station headquarter engage in a competition between two sergeants in personal rivalry

1957

Os Devassos

Os Devassos 1971

1

Wanted by the police, a university professor flees to a hotel in the interior and causes changes in the lives of the owner of the establishment and his wife.

1971

Paraíba, Vida e Morte de um Bandido

Paraíba, Vida e Morte de um Bandido 1966

5.50

True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where he starts remembering episodes of his criminal life.

1966

O Dono da Bola

O Dono da Bola 1961

6.00

Young man participates in TV contests to help the girl he loves using the money he expects to win.

1961