Paulo Autran
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1922-09-07
Locus Natus: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Et ut:
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
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil.
release : 2006.09.26popularis : 6.391
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and...
release : 2003.09.17popularis : 1.412
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
The Past
After 12 years, Sofía and Rímini decided to separate. While Rímini finds it easy to move on and start a new life, Sofía...
release : 2007.10.26popularis : 2.287
The Machine
In Nordestina, a small town lost in the Brazilian badlands, young Karina dreams of becoming an actress and leaving to explore the world. Before...
release : 2006.04.26popularis : 2.708
Poeta de Sete Faces
Documentary about Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and the many facets of his work.
release : 2002.10.31popularis : 0.68
É Proibido Beijar
Eduardo wants to become a police reporter. To do so, he unravels a mysterious crime, but fails to get the editor of his newspaper to promote it. He...
release : 1954.06.02popularis : 0.665
Uma Pulga na Balança
Swindler in jail devises a scheme to blackmail the family of recently deceased people, threatening to tell supposedly incriminating facts about their...
release : 1953.04.15popularis : 0.377
Veneno
An employee of a glass factory suffers with his wife's contempt and starts to develop homicidal delusions about her. One night, he meets a singer...
release : 1952.11.26popularis : 1.455
Oriundi
In a love story set in Curitiba, Southern Brazil, a patriarch witnesses the crumbling of his life-long family business at the hands of his...
release : 2000.06.16popularis : 0.949
Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos
A portrait of the evolution of theater in the 20th century and a deep reflection on the art of acting through the career of Paulo Autran (1922-2007),...
release : 2017.10.10popularis : 2.966
Tiradentes
The story of one of the most important Brazilian heroes, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes. He was the leader of a group who...
release : 1999.06.12popularis : 4.427
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
Depois do Transe
The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the...
release : 2006.01.01popularis : 1.052
O País dos Tenentes
With death getting near, a retired officer remembers the most important passages in his life and his participation in historical events in Brazil,...
release : 1987.05.25popularis : 1.208
O Enfermeiro
A male nurse goes to a small village in Bahia's countryside. Based on the Machado de Assis short story.
release : 1999.07.30popularis : 0.993
Fogo e Paixão
The story of citizens from different parts of the world who come together to participate in a project to visit a Latin American city, however its...
release : 1989.04.01popularis : 0.994
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
release : 2005.01.01popularis : 2.205
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
Vertiges
In a specialized, hermetic drama about love won and lost, not necessarily by the same individuals, novice director Christine Laurent has focused on...
release : 1985.04.09popularis : 2.761
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move...
release : 2023.01.30popularis : 3.521
Appassionata
Sílvia Nogalis a concert pianist prefers her career to marriage. On the night when she performs "Appassionata" by Beethoven she receives news...
release : 1952.05.26popularis : 0.651
As Sete Evas
When a lady-killer announces his wedding, seven of his ex-girlfriends decide to kidnap him, keeping him in a sailing ship.
release : 1962.01.03popularis : 1.756
Felicidade É...
Four directors tell stories related to the concept of happiness.
release : 1995.09.15popularis : 0.295
Destiny in Trouble
This was Brazil's first feature film in color.
release : 1953.10.15popularis : 0.727
Le tout pour le tout
An unlucky trumpeter and a young singer try to rebuild their lives in Brazilian nightclubs. They will try everything for everything while making a...
release : 1962.07.06popularis : 1.137
Crônica da Cidade Amada
Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time.
release : 1965.09.24popularis : 0.837
The Crow
Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.
release : 1983.02.08popularis : 0.182