Eduardo Coutinho Filmes

This film shows people with constant psychological and social conflicts: the violence among outlaws, conflicts between man and woman, police and...

Simple, emotionally compelling documentary that delves into the songs that hold meaning in people's lives. It is composed of 18 sessions where the...

After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects...

Made from interviews with young Brazilian students by filmmaker Eduardo Coutinho before his death (in February 2014), the film seeks to understand...

From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the...

Documentary on poor people living in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, on the occasion of New Year's Eve of 1999.

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

In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual...

Early documentary by Eduardo Coutinho dealing with the water shortage in the city of Ouricuri in the seventies.

Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties...

A young female fugitive escapes from a juvenile institution (the Child Assistance Service) and joins a group of poor beggars with the intention of...

In 1979 and 1980, workers in São Paulo’s metallurgical industry organized a series of strikes that changed the face of union politics in...

In an open conversation with Eduardo Coutinho, the filmmaker analyzes the period he worked for Globo Repórter on TV Globo. During the military...

Film that includes three short films by different authors about love: "O pacto" by Eduardo Coutinho, "Terrible Night" by Rodolfo Kuhn, and "Magic...

Would have one of the masters of Brazilian cinema always made the same film? From an encounter with documentarian Eduardo Coutinho recorded in 2012...

The daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: their drama, aspirations, intimate...

The daily life in a shantytown in the north part of Rio de Janeiro, with 10,000 people living in bad conditions, their problems and the issue of...

Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses,...

The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.

An overview of Brazilian spirituality and religions.