Donald Ranvaud Movies

Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife...

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents...

Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is...

In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual...

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they...

After being exiled for 26 years, Tieta returns to her native village in Bahia, bringing chaos and upheaving the local order.

50 years of Brazilian history seen from the point of view of a friendship among two intellectuals.

Cancer is the only disease that has been defeated dozens of times without anyone knowing it. In the last 100 years, doctors, scientists, and...

In 1940s São Paulo, Pedro’s tasked to retrieve his estranged brother André. André’s departure stems from a...

A three-part look at the ironies of love, with stories that involve a young boy, a hostage situation, and a divorced elderly couple caught in a love...

A story of an improbable friendship between a Santa Barbara socialite, suffering from ALS and her caretaker from Senegal.

Lucio Bordenave carries on the Grey lifestyle of an unemployed worker, dedicated to the trade of watchmaking, until in a somewhat mysterious way, his...

A wedding invite from an estranged sibiling inspires a grandmother to assemble her family and embark on a roadtrip in a broken down caravan.

Set against the backdrop of a small traveling circus, a European clown and his 5-year-old daughter lead each other through the everyday mysteries of...

Short report on the making of Paul Schrader's film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, aired as part of the VISIONS: CINEMA programme in 1985.

Farmer raised in the USA returns to Brazil when he discovers that his uncle is involved with some illegal activities.

Said Mahran fights for his right to remain in Italy, where he was born and raised from Algerian parents, after his visa expires.