Jardel Filho Filmes

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

Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an...

Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the...

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...

A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.

Wanted by the police, a university professor flees to a hotel in the interior and causes changes in the lives of the owner of the establishment and...

The romantic encounter and misunderstanding between an aristocratic model and an actor.

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

The trajectory and artistic imagery of actor and director Zbigniew Ziembinski (1908-1978), precursor of modern theater in Latin America and master of...

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...

In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer,...

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his...

Mike, an architect, is married to Lin, a beautiful and unfaithful woman. Returning from a trip, he finds she's disappeared. When he tries to locate...

The story of one of the greatest stars of Brazilian cinema, Glauce Rocha.

Five criminals captured by Detective Lincoln Monteiro escape from the penitentiary, seeking revenge on enemies and traitors. Niquelzinho and Paulo...

Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time.

A man has a street accident with his car in his way to Buenos Aires. While he waits for his car repairing, this business man learns that everybody in...

True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where...