Antonio Luiz Mendes Movies

Portrays the life and work of the iconic Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento. Focusing on his childhood and adolescence, the film seeks to explore the deep...

At the end of the 19th century, a poor family comes to the rural Canudos, a community led by Antônio Conselheiro, seen by many as a holy...

A paralized twelve year boy watches his womanizer dad seduce his baby sitter.

A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face...

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

A comedy divided in four episodes, set in different time periods, each starring a different couple, yet all facing the same issue: marital jealousy.

A street singer, a former prostitute and her jealous husband, two thieves, a teacher and two children. All strangers. All in the same place. Five...

Mission 115 was the name given by DOI-CODI (an army repression body during the military dictatorship) to a supposed "vigilance" operation in Rio de...

Alice is a thirty-something woman married to João, has a son and is very successful professionally. Alice is the typical workaholic, whose...

The story of two brothers who are trying to farm in the Brazilian Amazon.

In Rio de Janeiro's bohemian district called Lapa, during the '40s, a stylish and popular scoundrel exploits a cabaret singer, and earns his living...

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...

The forbidden love affair between Peri, an Indian, and the beautiful Ceci, a Portuguese white girl, in the 17th century Brazil.

Lucas and Felipe spend their first day of vacation together wearing out jokes and hanging out. But beneath this apparent normality, Lucas’...

During a weekend in a country house, young people eager for strong emotions end up switching partners and experimenting drugs.

A movie about a Brazilian entrepreneur who rivalled American's richest man at his time, well-known Rockfeller. Irineu Evangelista de Souza in 1867...