Barren Lives

Barren Lives 1963

7.40

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 of new hope and destiny.

1963

Os Homens Que eu Tive

Os Homens Que eu Tive 1973

4.70

Married woman only feels well when she's in love. In search of a ravishing love, she has many love affairs, with her husband's consent.

1973

The Unscrupulous Ones

The Unscrupulous Ones 1962

6.30

Upon learning that his rich dad is on the brink of bankruptcy, spoiled Vavá summons his friend Jandir with a plan to get some quick cash: they will blackmail an uncle of Vavá by taking compromising photos of his lover, Leda.

1962

My Sweet Orange Tree

My Sweet Orange Tree 1970

6.90

Poor boy treats a sweet lemon tree as his only friend, talking to it, and learning important values in the process. But one day the tree must be cut.

1970

Tragic Jungle

Tragic Jungle 1963

6.50

In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who are caught suffer severe punishments.

1963

Paraíba, Vida e Morte de um Bandido

Paraíba, Vida e Morte de um Bandido 1966

5.50

True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where he starts remembering episodes of his criminal life.

1966

Assault on the Pay Train

Assault on the Pay Train 1962

8.00

Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.

1962

The Deceased

The Deceased 1965

7.30

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

1965

Em Busca do Tesouro

Em Busca do Tesouro 1967

1

Jerry is a tutor at an orphanage. On the first day of vacation, the boys go to the beach with Professor Teobaldo and find a skeleton and a treasure map. Word spreads and a rush for gold begins. On the one hand, Jerry and Neyde, television colleagues; on the other, the director of the station, Indalécio, and his lover Aphrodite; finally, the evil Rock Trombada, in the company of scientist Bertini and Daniel. On Treasure Island, the three camps promote mutual sabotage. After many confusions, Trombada flees with the treasure to the ship's cemetery but they are surrounded by the boys and Indalécio. It's the final war. But it is Jerry who will take the wealth in order to improve the situation at the orphanage.

1967

Hunger for Love

Hunger for Love 1968

5.20

An extended research tour of US university film programs introduced dos Santos to the American avant-garde filmmakers, among them Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage, who would directly inspire his formally radical adaptation of an allegorical short story about adultery and colonialism by Guilherme de Figueiredo. Filmed in both Manhattan and Brazil and set against the background of the Vietnam War and its protests, Hunger for Love uses a rigorously abstract soundtrack and narrative structure to evoke the acute paranoia of the period building up to the December 1968 military coup that tipped Brazil perilously close to a conservative dictatorship. With its harsh critique of the decadent tendencies of the Sixties counterculture, Hunger for Love offers a key expression of the self-consciously “ideological” phase of Cinema Novo. -Harvard Film Archive

1968

Vai Que é Mole

Vai Que é Mole 1960

4.00

A group of scoundrels want to make it by planning hoaxes.

1960

Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas

Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas 1969

1

The adventures of a peaceful and infatuated man, who tries to identify the man who killed his sweetheart, an unconventional young woman who used to receive "guests" at home, calling them her cousins.

1969

O Dono da Bola

O Dono da Bola 1961

6.00

Young man participates in TV contests to help the girl he loves using the money he expects to win.

1961

Engraçadinha Depois dos Trinta

Engraçadinha Depois dos Trinta 1966

5.00

After marrying everyday man Zózimo, Engraçadinha, who had been through intense sexual experiences as a teenager, settles to live a quiet and normal life. As the years go by, her teenage daughter's behaviour seems to call back Engraçadinha's own teenage days.

1966

De Pernas Pro Ar

De Pernas Pro Ar 1957

1

A street vendor and a servant theater, newly unemployed, accidentally swap their briefcases trinkets for one of three bandits who just rob a bank. The chase, which also involves two "rapas" only ends when, aided by a chorus girl, unwittingly participating in a musical number of the show's theater company.

1957