João Batista de Andrade Movies

Deraldo, a popular poet from Northeast Brazil, arrives in the capital of São Paulo, making a living only from his poetry and pamphlets. All is...

A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood.

An experimental adaptation of Hamlet to Brazil's rural areas. Farmer's son returns home after his father's death and can't stand the thought of his...

Am unemployed man receives a package from a dying stranger to be delievered to a certain Maira at 6th Street but he never learns the number.

The documentary tells the story of journalist Vladimir Herzog, nicknamed Vlado, who has been tortured and murdered during the repression years of...

A series of murders begins to haunt Cordilheira, a small town near São Paulo, Brazil. The investigations show there is a love triangle...

A storyteller in Brasilia entertains the visitors of a bar with his narratives.

Starting from a starting point of a bus line, the film discusses the deficiencies of urban transport and the problems caused to workers. Interviews...

When Brazil finally came out from its dictatorship period, Tancredo Neves, the first civilian president after 20 years of military rule, got ill with...

A countryman kills his father and heads for the big city. On his way, he meets the most bizarre and allegorical types: a robber, a drag queen who...

Director João Batista de Andrade was filming a documentary about migrants coming from Northeast Brazil to São Paulo in search of a...

With death getting near, a retired officer remembers the most important passages in his life and his participation in historical events in Brazil,...

The crossing of generations under the influence of military dictatorship and political openness. Documentary highlights the role of the organizers of...

Mateus, his wife Antônia, their three kids and his brother Pedro opened a grocery/bar in Goiânia, Brazil, in 1959, called "Armazém...

The first work by documentary master Renato Tapajós, "Vila da Barca" focuses on the daily struggles faced by the people who live on the shanty...