Embrafilme Movies

A man remembers forty-eight crucial hours in his life when, as a child, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a...

10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen...

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...

Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião,...

Based upon the life story of Father Antonio Vieira, born in Lisbon in 1608 and deceased in Salvador, Bahia, in 1697. He's considered the first...

An unhappily married cleaning woman in the slums of Rio entices all the money and gifts she can out of an elderly widower.

Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to...

The story of a famous Brazilian bandit in the early 1970s and his fight against a paramilitary organization known as the Death Squad.

After the collapse of their relationships with other people, Maria and Paulo embark in an intense relationship in order to shield themselves from...

A man explores the process of formation of sexuality and is looking for a woman that does not exist.

Middle-aged married journalist goes to the beach resort of Búzios, in Brazil, to write a book. Gradually, he falls in love with his neighbor's...

A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre...

Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two...

The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much...

Movie director in his forties and in existential crisis falls in love with an unknown teen girl he sees walking down the streets, without knowing...

A travelogue through the remains of São Paulo failing 80s economy, including its in ruins film industry.

This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.

A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.

Biography of Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, who used to appear in public carrying a machine-gun, and wearing a black cloak.

Powerful and insatiable millionaire hides in his own private island for the weekend, in search of answers for his feeling of personal...