Marieta Severo Movies

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Adelaide Chiozzo

Friends of the recently deceased Quincas take their pal's body on one last tour of his favorite spots in Brazil's Bahia.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Paulo José

A mother, with her three daughters, exacts revenge on her former fiancé for killing her husband and sons.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marieta Severo

Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane have dreams, just like all young people of any social class or place in the world. They live in a low-income neighborhood...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nanda Costa

Nineteen people with differing degrees of visual impairment – from mild nearsightedness to total blindness – discuss how they see...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hermeto Pascoal

A 50 year-old woman who analyses her past. She pictures herself when she was 20 years old and she re-creates the story of her life through a game of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marieta Severo

Public functionary and family man Lineu and his beloved wife Nenê celebrate the 40th anniversary of their first date. In the present day, Lineu...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marco Nanini

Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza's mother, the film covers a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Daniel de Oliveira

The Spanish Infanta Carlota Joaquina is promised to D. João VI at the age of 10. Forced to leave for Portugal, Carlota suffers a great...

Genre: History

Cast: Marieta Severo

Biography of Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, who used to appear in public carrying a machine-gun, and wearing a black cloak.

Genre: Crime

Cast: José Wilker

Raul, a playboy, marries Sheila and hire Nina, a photographer, to take erotic snapshots of his wife. Nina acquires an interest on Sheila, and through...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Ítala Nandi

Duetto takes place in 1965 and tells the story of 18-year-old Cora, a Brazilian from an Italian family who, after losing her dad in a tragic car...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Giancarlo Giannini

A once-rich family of women in Rio de Janeiro must sell their mansion in order to keep their high standard of living, but the proximity to the slums...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marieta Severo

The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Antônio Fagundes

The life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Louise Cardoso

Paulo is a rich lawyer who has a happy and comfortable family life, with his kid and very loyal to his wife. But when he finds out that the woman is...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Paulo José

A young wizard must create new spells in his magic book before the planets align. His uncle and aunt, powerful mages themselves, help him achieve...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Diego Kozievitch

The torrid love affair between a 40-year-old man who lives isolated from the world, in his small farm nearby São Paulo and a politically...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Júlia Lemmertz

Adaptation of the series shown in 1992. A sequence of crimes in the same style intrigue: a man walks with a woman on the beach; she dresses as a...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Miguel Falabella

The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow...

Genre: Drama

Cast: José Wilker

Based on a true story, the film follows Clara, a math teacher who finds success online as an educational influencer. Good-natured, sarcastic, and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Suzana Pires

In Nilópolis, Eliane, a 15-year-old girl, who is the daughter of a lower-middle-class couple, falls in love with Otávio, a 33-year-old...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Fernanda Torres

Iolanda, a widow who is the matriarch of a large and complicated family, is the hostess of a large party in a mansion that brings back many memories....

Genre: Romance

Cast: Dóris Giesse

Two professional mourners try to trick Death in the northeast of Brazil.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marieta Severo

Brazilian adaptation of Wajdi Mouawad's "Incendies," based on parts of the life of the Lebanese communist militant Soha Bechara.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marieta Severo

Man leaves his family behind and moves to Nova Iguaçu, a poor and violent city in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. He tries to rebuild his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jofre Soares

Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Antônio Fagundes

At the end of the 19th century, a poor family comes to the rural Canudos, a community led by Antônio Conselheiro, seen by many as a holy...

Genre: War

Cast: Cláudia Abreu

The life of Margot, one of Brazil's greatest actresses, married to Antônio, an award-winning writer and with advanced Alzheimer's, changes...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marieta Severo

Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leila Diniz

The story of one of Brazilian cinema's pioneers, Eduardo Abelim, from the start of his career, in Rio de Janeiro, until his filming of the 1930...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Carlos Alberto Riccelli

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hugo Carvana

A Journalism intern makes her first report in a public office, getting lost in the bureaucratic intricacies.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Alcione Araújo

Two women from Méier, a suburban neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, marry wealthy men who suddenly become millionaires. Displaced from their...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Nathália Timberg

Two students make a date in a secluded cave behind their school, where they could be undisturbed. But on arrival they see a corpse. They run to...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: André Barros

Tadeu, a poor lad from the Northeast of Brazil, comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. His good looks and education win him the favor of rich...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ney Santanna

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.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jofre Soares

Five stories by Brazilian writer Guimarães Rosa: in the hinterland of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a man fears for his life after having...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Antonio Calloni

The passing of the years is merciless for everyone. In the film, seven seemingly ordinary characters lead their lives seeking, each one, what they...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Stephanie de Jongh

When womanizer Paulo meets a friend’s fiancée, she changes the way he looks at the opposite sex. He falls in love, and believes she is...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Leila Diniz

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Diogo Vilela

After many flops, theatrical producer decides to stage a former hit, "O Mistério de Irma Vap". But he is going to face many problems to find...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marco Nanini

The life and work of Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer and poet Chico Buarque de Hollanda.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Chico Buarque

Vera, who fought in the armed left-wing movements against the Brazilian military dictatorship, has lived in multiple South American countries. Her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marieta Severo

After the death of his wife, Otto starts having trouble to sleep without his natural medicine: a lettuce tea she made every night.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marieta Severo

Genre:

Cast: Marieta Severo

A woman in her forties whose life is governed by a tedious and emotionless routine. She has worked in a government office for 16 years where she...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marieta Severo

On the porch of a farm, a woman tells stories while cutting and sewing scraps of cloth, creating images that form a towel. There are four stories of...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marieta Severo

The strange friendship between two men of opposite social classes. Miguel is a senator. His childhood friend Jorge is a major drug-dealer. In the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Caco Ciocler

In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: José Celso Martinez Corrêa

"All Paulos in the World" is a cinematographic essay about Paulo José, one of the greatest artists in Brazil, in the year in which he turns 80...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Paulo José

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Cláudia Holzmeister

Documentary-poetic record of the birth of the persona Heloísa Teixeira, conducted through the lens of an 85-year-old woman who remains in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Heloísa Teixeira

Chico Buarque is a constant presence in Brazil's art scene and makes up its citizen's popular culture. This wealth in music, poems, theater and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Chico Buarque

The movie-documentary "Elza Infinita" follows the journey of singer Elza Soares. Its starting point is the musical Elza and the artists who were part...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Elza Soares

In a circus, the big act is that of the knife thrower, assisted by his wife. The couple takes risks in real life, in a show of great skill and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Carla Camurati

After moving with her mother into her grandmother’s house, Amanda survives a violent robbery that leaves a scar on her face. Ridiculed for her...

Genre:

Cast: Sali Cimi

Filmmaker Sandra Werneck interviews remarkable women such as Marieta Severo, Zezé Motta, Margareth Dalcolmo, Conceição Evaristo,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Zezé Motta

Despite her position at the epicentre of the Brazilian bossa nova scene, singer Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda, known as Miúcha, has...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Miúcha