Lucélia Santos Movies

The youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and her father arranges her marriage to one of...

Writer and poet Clarice Lispector investigates and develops the old question of what came first, the egg or the chicken.

Clara directs the rehearsals of a theatrical play about Fernando Pessoa while constantly seeking the right man and the love of his life. One of the...

Four thieves enter a house and terrorize a family.

Psuchological drama about a sucessful businesswoman who has not overcame ghosts of her past.

After the funeral of her father Arnaldo, who committed suicide, Engraçadinha confesses to the priest the motives. On the engagement party of...

Two sisters live in the same house with their husbands in bedrooms separated by a single wall. One of the sisters, Lígia, is still a virgin....

The situation in East Timor, a year after the ballot that decided its independence.

This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit...

Aiming to address how the environment has been mistreated since the beginning of the 20th century, the production brings back historical characters...

The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politicians in...

Follows the decadence of an incestuous oligarch family in a rural Brazilian household through the years during the early 20th century.

An obsessed nun is accused of setting fire to an orphanage and killing more than 50 children in the late 1960s. Some time later, the macabre past...

In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark...

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

Biography of a Brazilian dancer who lived on an island and practiced nudism when it was forbidden by law.