Emmanuel Cavalcanti Movies

A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old...

In the small town of Taperoá João Grilo and confusion Chicó live setting, addressing a sacristan and a humble baker. Everyone...

A soap opera idol, lonely despite his fame and wealth, seeks a woman for companionship. He becomes interested in Míriam, a mysterious...

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.

The path of Paraguayan immigrants who drive to Asuncion and then arrive in São Paulo. They are rural workers, musicians, vendors and...

A Deusa Negra is a love story that spans two centuries. In 18th century Yorubaland, Prince Oluyole is taken prisoner in the course of internecine...

Documentary about the people who came from all over Brazil to work in the construction of the city of Brasilia, their stories, and the abuse and...

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his...

Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film.

Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the...

In the 17th century, to guarantee the possession of the region, disputed with Spanish and Dutch pirates, the Portuguese built a fort at the point...

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...

A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.

Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to...

A film on the feud between samba songwriters Noel Rosa and Wilson Batista.