Rogério Sganzerla Movies

A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles' eyes during the shooting of It's All True.

An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguing and imaginative moments in modern cinema in the...

Ivan Cardoso is the inventor of the terrir, a subgenre that mixes comedy, Brazilian chanchadas and classic American horror. This film promotes a...

A customs agent, Dr. Amnésio, examines some reels of film, a documentary Orson Welles made about Brazil, and tries to confiscate the material....

Man tries to decipher a manuscript about an ancient civilization and gets involved in strange situations. In fact, the plot is just an excuse to...

João Gilberto receives Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia during the recording of his album Brasil.

Compilation of early Ivan Cardoso's films in Super 8, including "Nosferato no Brasil (Nosferato in Brazil)"

Loosely based on an Oswald de Andrade screenplay, "Perigo Negro" is a segment of anthology film "Oswaldianas" which deals with a uprising soccer...

Jorge, bastard child of the infamous Red Light Bandit, decides himself to pursuit a life of crime after meeting with his father, who has been...

A short documentary on Belair, an independent Brazilian film company that lasted for only five months in 1970.

Documentary about the trajectory of Antônio Polo Galante, known as "The King of Boca". The film maps work and forms of production in Boca do...

A dysfunctional family, composed of a prostitute and two gay men, one strong and the other fragile and stupid, lives a routine life in Rio de...

A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.

On screen, a bride gets ready for her wedding day. Off screen, middle-class young women from Rio de Janeiro share their experiences and impressions...

In this short film, Ivan Cardoso records Brazilian film director Rogério Sganzerla sending a message to Brazil.

Rogério Sganzerla’s lost film. The only existing copy was lost in 1992 and the negatives are lost. It tells about the history of Betty...

Register a popular celebration related to a battle fought in the city of Irani, starting point of Contestado War at Santa Catarina State, Brazil in...

A film portrait of Jose Mojica Marins.

Spider, a banker, lives with three women. This tycoon is a caricature of Brazil's bourgeoisie, his trajectory is the starting point for an essay on...