Fernando Meirelles Movies

Documentary on the preparation of actors for "City of God".

Marcelo leaves his family and moves to Mato Grosso do Sul, where he learns how to fly airplanes by himself watching the pilots. One day, he responds...

An unconventional heist movie about three people locked in a deadly game of cons and double crosses.

A 1980s-set drama about a teenage girl undergoing her sexual awakening when she learns about her father's infidelities.

This short film portrays the last hours of a young man before assuming homosexuality. He struggles to tell his father that he is gay, but gets...

A making-of directed by Bodanzky himself, the documentary discusses the language of the film Iracema - Uma Transa Amazônica 30 years after it...

In The Meaning of Life we will take part on a journey throughout the world to question our existence through the inquiries of a young Brazilian, with...

Enio is a middle-aged man who lives in solitude after a failed relationship. Pedro, 30, dates Teresa, who is moving to her home. He inherited a...

A poetic vision of the city Brasília.

Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride busses, work, and have...

In 1998, a small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's upcoming visit for the business opportunities that it will provide. While most...

Trinchas and his gang of graffiti taggers risk their lives climbing tall buildings to sign their names up there. When he falls for Valéria -...

The Constant Gardener featurette.

The story of Stress & Relax: a businessman who thinks only of money and a film director who lives for insisting that this invest in their projects....

Observational documentary about people as refugees and asylum seekers in many geographical locations such as Germany, Brazil, Western Sahara,...

Follows the struggles of a small theatre company attempting to adapt a Shakespeare play.

An experimental documentary following the busy life of an office worker in São Paulo, Marly, and how he manages to have a personal life beyond...

A deeply moving story about love, loss and literature, this documentary follows the days of José Saramago, the Nobel-laureate Portuguese...