Jofre Soares
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1918-09-21
Locus Natus: Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
Et ut: Joffre Soares
Barren Lives
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...
release : 1963.08.22popularis : 7.305
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
release : 1997.01.01popularis : 3.714
Gabriela
In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small...
release : 1983.03.24popularis : 4.304
Bye Bye Brazil
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow...
release : 1980.02.08popularis : 4.121
Massacre in Dinosaur Valley
A plane crashes in the Amazon jungle, and its passengers must battle their way through cannibals, slave traders, wild animals and murderous piranha...
release : 1985.08.13popularis : 7.062
The Amulet of Ogum
An ubiquitous folk singer narrates the tale of a young boy, who apparently becomes immune to gunfire after his mother arranges for him to have an...
release : 1974.05.21popularis : 1.63
Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz
Didi, Soró and Tatu in search food and water head for the town of Oróz. On their journey they find a Scarecrow, a man in a metal vat,...
release : 1984.12.05popularis : 5.267
The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe
Filmmaker José Mojica Marins travels to spend Christmas with friends in a small farm, where they spend leisure time while Mojica writes the...
release : 1974.09.23popularis : 4.902
O Guarani
The love affair between Ceci, a white woman and a handsome Indian, Peri, in Brazil.
release : 1979.11.14popularis : 1.911
Memories of Prison
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...
release : 1984.06.18popularis : 2.188
O Jeca Macumbeiro
Pirola is a poor guy who lives with his son Ze in a hovel on his boss's farm. One day, Pirola is surprised by the visit of an old friend who, feeling...
release : 1975.05.11popularis : 3.146
Águia na Cabeça
A senator having contacts with illegal betting activities is killed by the man who is his right arm, who wanted to get his position. But the power...
release : 1984.04.01popularis : 1.373
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies, is bitten up and left for dead,...
release : 1965.07.16popularis : 3.242
O Jogo da Vida
The dreams and problems of three friends: Malagueta, an inveterate gambler; Perus, former factory worker who abandoned the assembly line to earn his...
release : 1977.06.17popularis : 1.214
The Prophet of Hunger
The story of a fakir who works in a decadent circus. He and his colleagues do weirder numbers each day to attract audience, and warrant their...
release : 1969.06.13popularis : 0.943
Perfumed Ball
A Lebanese photographer living in Brazil in the '30s manages to film the band of Lampião, a legendary Brazilian bandit.
release : 1997.08.01popularis : 2.341
Fogo Morto
In 1910, in the State of Paraíba, Brazil, a man is expelled from his own land by the ruthless colonel who owns the sugar mill. He asks some...
release : 1976.06.01popularis : 0.865
Panca de Valente
Western spoof. Depicts the conflict between the leader of a gang of country bandits and his former protégé, now a police officer.
release : 1968.11.02popularis : 1.599
Summer Showers
70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.
release : 1978.04.24popularis : 3.625
A Santa Donzela
Jordão Magalhães, a young plastic artist from a small inland city, is hired to sculpt the statue of the local virgin patron. The model...
release : 1978.01.01popularis : 0.602
Tent of Miracles
When a prominent U.S. Nobel Laureate arrives in Salvador, Bahia, the city with the largest black population in Brazil, he stirs emotions by...
release : 1977.07.30popularis : 1.693
Tragic Jungle
In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who are caught suffer severe punishments.
release : 1963.02.07popularis : 0.505
Cada um Dá o Que Tem
Comedy anthology in three segments, each one involving beautiful and uninhibited women.
release : 1975.06.23popularis : 0.513
River of Evil
A young girl, seeking to unravel the mystery of her father's death, travels through the Amazon jungle into a nightmare of danger.
release : 1963.12.06popularis : 1.223
A Guerra dos Pelados
In 1913, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, the Government gives some lands to a foreign railway company, giving rise to revolt by the former...
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 0.442
The Son of the Prostitute
Prostitute is impregnated by a wealthy businessman. Identical twins are born: Márcio created by the father and the mother another. The latter...
release : 1981.08.15popularis : 1.954
Grande Sertão
Cowboy Riobaldo is attracted to same sex Diadorim, not knowing that "he" is a girl dressed in man's clothes. After Diadorim's father is killed, she...
release : 1965.01.01popularis : 0.606
Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz
In the village of Leva-e-Traz, the discovery of a oil field is responsible for a mass evasion of the townspeople. Left are the old and incapable for...
release : 1967.12.14popularis : 1.237
Sagarana: O Duelo
Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown.
release : 1974.08.26popularis : 1.579
Quilombo
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly...
release : 1984.06.03popularis : 1.758
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...
release : 1967.01.01popularis : 2.032
Bahia
The adventures of Otalia, a strangely innocent young Brazilian prostitute who has just arrived in Salvador, Bahia. Though her belongings are stolen...
release : 1976.09.26popularis : 0.732
Antonio das Mortes
A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old...
release : 1969.06.14popularis : 6.906
Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço
Romantic biography of Maria Bonita, daughter of a poor farmer who was kidnapped by Lampião and became his lover.
release : 1968.07.31popularis : 1.058
Entranced Earth
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the...
release : 1967.05.02popularis : 8.496
Jubiabá
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...
release : 1987.09.17popularis : 1.185
The Love Bug
According to an Amazonian indigenous legend, a certain insect, Anophelis sexualis, has aphrodisiac properties: one who is bitten by it will surely...
release : 1980.01.29popularis : 2.146
The Conquest of Paradise
Pablo (Arturo Puig) receives the news that his father, who abandoned him and his family a long time ago and was thought dead, wants to see him so he...
release : 1981.09.17popularis : 0.739
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".
release : 1979.05.25popularis : 0.727
Deadly Cruelty
Man leaves his family behind and moves to Nova Iguaçu, a poor and violent city in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. He tries to rebuild his...
release : 1976.12.18popularis : 1.244
João and the Knife
Against all advice, a destitute Brazilian old man marries a nineteen-year-old girl. Because he can’t give her any children, he moves to the...
release : 1972.04.01popularis : 0.402
The Third Bank of the River
After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring of...
release : 1994.02.20popularis : 2.132
The Godless Bandit
After the proclamation of the Republic, a group of fanatics in the sertão dreamed of and fought for the restoration of the Monarchy. At that...
release : 1970.03.10popularis : 1.178
O Cangaceiro
This is a remake of Brazil's first international success in the cinema world. Just as its same name predecessor was, this film is a fictional version...
release : 1997.06.06popularis : 2.738
The Naked Man
A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.
release : 1968.03.04popularis : 1.544
Journey to the End of the World
During a flight, passengers confront their aspirations, frustrations, fears, wishes and fears, mixing up reality and fiction.
release : 1968.12.01popularis : 1.033
Virgin on the Hill
Ring whose previous owner was a prostitute with supernatural powers causes double personality in a young woman about to marry. After some time, her...
release : 1977.09.10popularis : 1.672
S. Bernardo
The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much...
release : 1972.06.01popularis : 2.358
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through...
release : 2019.05.15popularis : 2.047
Colonel Delmiro Gouveia
In the beginning of the 20th Century, in the Northeast of Brazil, one of the first Brazilian industrialists is persecuted because he refuses to sell...
release : 1979.01.01popularis : 1.373
Conjugal Warfare
Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof.
release : 1975.05.01popularis : 1.22
Por Incrível que Pareça
A man who works at a nuclear plant is contaminated by radioactivity. On the way to the hospital, the ambulance has an accident, and the man's head...
release : 1986.01.02popularis : 1.25
Ring Around the World
Investigator Fred Lester uncovers a killer using an air pistol firing chemical bullets in the swinging '60s spy thriller RING AROUND THE WORLD, a...
release : 1966.11.12popularis : 2.24
Time for Revenge
Two coworkers decide to blackmail the corrupt demolition company they work for by setting up a fake accident.
release : 1981.07.30popularis : 4.131
The Animal's Skin
In the 20's, in the State of Piauí, Brazil, a young cowboy is used politically after killing his wife, who had been seduced by her boss and...
release : 1979.08.05popularis : 0.343
Better Days Ahead
Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.
release : 1989.03.01popularis : 2.53
Domingo em Família
An elderly couple, Dona Lu and Seu Souza, live in the district of Paty do Alferes, in a simple little house where they raised their children. When...
release : 1983.06.22popularis : 0.984
O Cangaceiro Sanguinário
After robbing and massacring a village, the head of a gang of bandits, Captain Jagunço, kidnaps Flô, Mayor Cisso's wife and tortures her.
release : 1969.04.10popularis : 0.99
A Madona de Cedro
Delfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is urged by his friend to steal...
release : 1968.05.21popularis : 0.377
Bacanal
One car failure and a long bus ride to nowhere lead to a small Brazilian country town where two groups of guys and girls meet. This coincidences...
release : 1980.12.17popularis : 1.386
As Cangaceiras Eróticas
Helena, a criminal's daughter, was raised in a boarding school. When the priest who was her teacher is killed by a group of outlaws, Helena and her...
release : 1974.08.02popularis : 2.115
Sonhos de Menina Moça
Iolanda, a widow who is the matriarch of a large and complicated family, is the hostess of a large party in a mansion that brings back many memories....
release : 1988.09.10popularis : 4.817
O Bom Burguês
True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his...
release : 1983.08.25popularis : 1.38
Morte e Vida Severina
The story of Severino, a man who tries to escape the misery and the drought prevailing in the rural backcountry of the Northeast of Brazil. He heads...
release : 1977.07.29popularis : 1.715
Lavra Dor
A debate about the agrarian reform in Brazil, in free and poetic form, showing the countrymen's struggles and hardships, and rural unionism issues...
release : 1968.03.28popularis : 1.201
O Predileto
Based on the novel "Totônio Pacheco", written by João Alphonsus. At the time of the decadence of the great farms of Minas Gerais,...
release : 1975.12.19popularis : 0.898
Noiva da Noite - O Desejo de 7 Homens
As revenge against the big landowner who killed his brother, a convict escapes and rapts the man's daughter.
release : 1974.11.10popularis : 1.518
Who Killed Pacifico?
Roberto, Pierre and Pedro are very different men, with very different life paths; However, one thing unites them: the three are suspected of having...
release : 1977.06.01popularis : 0.188
Sonhei com Você
Milionário and José Rico are robbed of their money and their fans' enthusiasm. But a female truck driver is out to help them.
release : 1988.08.18popularis : 1.403
Felicidade É...
Four directors tell stories related to the concept of happiness.
release : 1995.09.15popularis : 0.295
O Grande Mentecapto
Geraldo Viramundo (Diogo Vilela) is a nice guy with absurd ideas. Genial and / or insane, he decides to leave her small town in Minas Gerais and win...
release : 1989.01.01popularis : 1.676
Uma Verdadeira História de Amor
Paulo, an engineer, adopts shoe-shining teenage boy Darci, and slowly realizes he has more than just paternal feelings for him. Many twists follow,...
release : 1971.12.24popularis : 2.538
Batalha dos Guararapes
In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer,...
release : 1978.09.25popularis : 0.444
O Crime do Zé Bigorna
In the 1930s, a blacksmith is accused of murdering his wife and becomes a hero and political leader.
release : 1977.01.11popularis : 0.753
The Big City
In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way....
release : 1966.05.13popularis : 2.198
The ABC of Love
Film that includes three short films by different authors about love: "O pacto" by Eduardo Coutinho, "Terrible Night" by Rodolfo Kuhn, and "Magic...
release : 1967.09.07popularis : 1.104
A Man and His Cage
The painter Tino, in professional and political crisis, receives a telegram from his mother-in-law, Selma, announcing her return from Europe. After...
release : 1974.09.23popularis : 1.379
Maracatu, Maracatus
The cultural differences between the several generations of the rural maracatu: an afro-indigenous ritual which originated in the sugar mills of the...
release : 1995.01.01popularis : 1.686
Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots
A Cat from outer-space comes to earth and befriends a Miller's Son and together they set out to defeat an evil wizard.
release : 1990.01.01popularis : 1.816