Emmanuel Cavalcanti Movies

A documentary short on Tempo Glauber, a foundation created by filmmaker Orlando Senna and Glauber Rocha's mother Lucia in order to celebrate and...

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

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

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.

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

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

During an orgy of millionaires, a woman is mysteriously kidnapped and killed. The crime causes quite a stir in local society, as the investigations...

The film chronicles both the life and work of Brazilian author and engineer Euclides da Cunha and a failed attempt at directing his biopic in the...

Rui arrives in a small town looking for his father, a prospector. Before that, he gets involved with Maria, who is facing problems in the family....

A docufiction film about the fall of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, widely known as Lampião – the mythical bandit leader from the...

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...

High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start...

Who was it that caught me inside a drop of water? Mario Quintana