Pedro Farkas Movies

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

A look at the Brazilian black movement between 1977 and 1988, going by the relationship between Brazil and Africa.

A series of crimes against redheads scares the people from a little town. After the death of his brother, the 13 year old Alberto decides to...

Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zuzu Angel follows the case of her activist son...

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly...

A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.

A group of friends come of age during the political turmoil that plagued Brazil in the 1960's and 70's. Together, these musicians form a band called...

The story of a famous Brazilian bandit in the early 1970s and his fight against a paramilitary organization known as the Death Squad.

On the eve of an important surfing championship, a group of young friends travels along the Brazilian coast with the intention of training hard and...

Marked by losses and mismatches, José's eccentric family seek to be happy while locked in Paraíso Perdido, a nightclub that has stopped...

The crowd is the focus of this documentary, which presents historical scenes of the Brazilian Championship. Irreverent and poetic, the movie pays...

São Paulo, 1984. Agostinho, an old and tired Physics professor, is married to Januária, a retired school principal. In his classes, he...

A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive.

A woman runs away in the company of her daughter, the ultimate brat, in a journey full of bizarre events.

Laura makes spooky observations as soon as she starts her job as a teacher for two orphan students at a plantation. She concludes that it has...

At the height of the military dictatorship, an abandoned mansion in the center of São Paulo is occupied by militants, hippies, maniacs,...

The story of Orisbela, a young and religious woman who comes from Portugal to Brazil to marry Francisco de Albuquerque, a rude sugar-cane plantation...

Free adaptation of Machado de Assis' classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.

About the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as "Capitães da Areia" (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia,...