Helena Ignez Movies

Helena Ignez's first film as a director is a homage to American architect and contemporary artist Vito Acconti, who made an urban intervention over a...

Brazilian director Julio Bressane directs this religious biography on the life and work of Saint Jerome, the monk who first translated the Bible into...

Guilherme, who has the police on his trail for having been involved with a niece of the mayor of his city, runs away with the girl after receiving...

A road movie that follows a solitary man as he sets of on a journey to the south of Brazil. The strange characters and absurd situations he...

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

Bressane’s first color film, shot in the home of the artist Elyseu Visconti. Part of it is missing sound and final editing because the director...

A marginal version of Brecht’s piece, “Baal”.

New Rio, 2054 AD. The Order of Truth wreaks havoc on the streets, killing every being that has special powers. Renowned witch Dahlia is determined to...

One day away of Marcelo's wedding, the tailor, the groom and his father will have to correct much more than the suit's measures.

A self-portrait short film by veteran Brazilian filmmaker Sylvio Lanna.

In rural Brazil, villagers battle wealthy land barons for the sake of their own survival.

Filmed over six years in four countries: Portugal, Brazil, Colombia and United States, this romantic drama tells the story of Luzia, a Brazilian...

The human body in 5 parts.

In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the...

A street vendor who lives in the outskirts of São Paulo returns home at night and does not find her teenager son. After a nonstop search, she...

A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.