Nelson Pereira dos Santos Filmes

  • 1963
    Barren Lives

    Barren Lives

    Barren Lives

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    In vivid images, the documentary-like story of a drover and his family in the northern badlands of Brazil during the drought. A family in the search...

    Barren Lives
  • 1982
    Insônia

    Insônia

    Insônia

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    A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.

    Insônia
  • 2008
    Critic

    Critic

    Critic

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    Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and...

    Critic
  • 1987
    Jubiabá

    Jubiabá

    Jubiabá

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    Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the...

    Jubiabá
  • 1997
    Dib

    Dib

    Dib

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    Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of...

    Dib
  • 1953
    O Saci

    O Saci

    O Saci

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    Two kids and a living, talkative doll attempt to catch a mulatto boy-like, supernatural one legged figure known as the Saci-Pererê, that enjoys...

    O Saci
  • 1962
    The Turning Wind

    The Turning Wind

    The Turning Wind

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    In Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé...

    The Turning Wind
  • 1964
    Absolute Majority

    Absolute Majority

    Absolute Majority

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    The documentary depicts the everyday of illiterate rural workers in Northeast Brazil, living under extreme misery. Although incapable of writing,...

    Absolute Majority
  • 1966
    Fala Brasília

    Fala Brasília

    Fala Brasília

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    An amalgamation of accents and life experiences from different parts of Brazil reunited on the city of Brasília.

    Fala Brasília
  • 1969
    Garden of War

    Garden of War

    Garden of War

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    Edson is having an affair with actress Maria do Rosário, who dreams of being a movie director. So he tries to get some easy money for her...

    Garden of War
  • 1962
    Five Times Favela

    Five Times Favela

    Five Times Favela

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    Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

    Five Times Favela
  • 2007
    Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air

    Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air

    Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air

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    A documentary made to coincide with Niemeyer's 100th birthday. The renowned architect talks about his long life, his inspirations, and his...

    Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
  • 1984
    Memories of Prison

    Memories of Prison

    Memories of Prison

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    In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande...

    Memories of Prison
  • 2025
    Amuleto

    Amuleto

    Amuleto

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    Amuleto
  • 1967
    El Justicero

    El Justicero

    El Justicero

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    A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos’ Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the...

    El Justicero
  • 1971
    How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

    How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

    How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

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    Brazil, 1594. The Tupinambás natives are friends of the French and their enemies are the Tupiniquins, friends of the Portuguese. A Frenchman...

    How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
  • 2021
    Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar

    Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar

    Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar

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    Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues...

    Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
  • 1955
    Rio, 100 Degrees F°

    Rio, 100 Degrees F°

    Rio, 100 Degrees F°

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    On a scorching summer day in Rio de Janeiro, five impoverished black boys venture out of their favela to peddle peanuts throughout the bustling city....

    Rio, 100 Degrees F°
  • 2006
    Referências

    Referências

    Referências

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    During a showing of rare Afro-Brazilian Cinema films at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, actor/filmmaker Zózimo...

    Referências
  • 2004
    Raízes do Brasil

    Raízes do Brasil

    Raízes do Brasil

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    Documentary in two parts about Brazilian writer, journalist and sociologist Sérgio Buarque de Holanda. The first part describes how the author...

    Raízes do Brasil