Ruy Polanah Movies

Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich...

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the...

Following the clues of a map, a boy and some adventurers go into the forest in search of treasure from the pioneers, and end up going back two...

In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Rosso and his son Paul own a brothel. Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted in...

A brave and bold indigenous girl, protector of her jungle and its wild life and guided by her shaman grandfather, pairs with a boy from the big city,...

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much...

The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land. The peasants look to the priest for help, and are...

Matteo is a Roman barber whose business is full of debts. He decides to escape from this depressing reality by accepting his sister's invitation to...

A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food...

After witnessing the assassination of her parents, Luzia is raised by a cowboy and starts behaving like the men of Brazilian "Sertão". As a...

In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who are caught suffer severe punishments.

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

This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.

Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil.

Joana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She will let down Pierre, the French consul at São...

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...

"Seven women on motorcycles, through Via Dutra, go to the Baixada Fluminense, a microcosm of Brazil. Diving into the memory and questioning the...

Tereza tries to leave her past and forge her own destiny and happiness by going through several affairs.