Jorge Coutinho Movies

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the...

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

Balogun's most political film is a confrontation with the African wars of liberation. Based on Carcase for Hounds, Meja Mwangi's novel about the...

A Brazilian musical comedy

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.

Four candidates for a federal judge position embark on a madcap, no-holds-barred race to outdo one another, each committing his own brand of mayhem.

Rio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman who steals cars.

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

During a showing of rare Afro-Brazilian Cinema films at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, actor/filmmaker Zózimo...

The life and work of the late samba singer-songwriter Candeia.

A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and sex.

This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.