Nuno Leal Maia Movies

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

The film tells the story of Tainá, a 5 years old orphan Indian girl who dreams of becoming a warrior and discovering her true origin. Along...

A young man returns to the country and find surprises,

Armando, a single high-school teacher living a steady life, sees his world crumbles when he falls in love with Laura, the ex-girlfriend of one of his...

In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small...

Comedy anthology in three segments, each one involving beautiful and uninhibited women.

Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through...

Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress...

Movie director gets crazy while shooting a film, and goes to a mental institution. There, he leads a revolt, kidnapping a group of Human Rights...

In search of a powerful hallucinogenic, five friends embark on a dangerous journey deep into the Amazon. But a bad trip isn't the only threat as they...

Glorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as...

Paulo has a strange relationship with his cousin Sônia, whom he loves since childhood. But she despises him and, being in love with another...

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his...

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.

Shy countryboy from Itu (a town in Brazil where everything is unusually big) is invited to work in the house of a rich woman, who ends up discovering...

In a Rio de Janeiro after the catastrophe, only the hills were immune to a flood that left the asphalt submerged. While the Navy is rationing...

In the 1980s, a journalist sets out to find the whereabouts of a famous singer/actress who disappeared decades earlier. During his search, he goes...