Grande Otelo Movies

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly...

Orson Welles acted in Brazilian culture and music by deeply researching Brazil's historical geology, consciously completing a legendary cultural...

Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an...

Intent on offering his fiancée a better life, countryman heads for Rio de Janeiro in search of a place in the sun...

Documentary on one of Brazil's most controversial personalities: Getúlio Vargas, an ex-president.

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...

The raft man Manuel Jacaré was swallowed by the sea when Orson Welles was filming It's All True in 1942. The fact evokes memories of the...

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...

Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True.

A veteran popular singer remembers her early days before fame as a humble woman who faced many obstacles in order to achieve fame, notoriety and make...

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...

An overlook at the southern Rio de Janeiro neighborhoods, from the perspective of one of its most well-known places: Jardim de Alah, a group of...

Three friends meeting after the absence of one of them for 15 years out of the country. This sudden gathering give them the opportunity to examine...

The film chronicles both the life and work of Brazilian author and engineer Euclides da Cunha and a failed attempt at directing his biopic in the...

In a movie studio, the actors are getting made up and the crew is waiting to begin shooting the film. Grande Otelo, the bungling "king of the deck",...

In 1988, the centenary of abolition of slavery in Brazil, Zózimo Bulbul made this powerful historical analysis of racial issues in his...

Tired of royalty, the prince of Araquelândia switches identities with a popcorn maker look-alike so he can enjoy Rio de Janeiro's carnival...