Embrafilme Movies

A man remembers forty-eight crucial hours in his life when, as a child, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a...

10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen...

Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through...

An unhappily married cleaning woman in the slums of Rio entices all the money and gifts she can out of an elderly widower.

Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião,...

Based upon the life story of Father Antonio Vieira, born in Lisbon in 1608 and deceased in Salvador, Bahia, in 1697. He's considered the first...

Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, a drag queen; Teddy, a hustler; Guto, a...

A man explores the process of formation of sexuality and is looking for a woman that does not exist.

The Robin Hood from the movie The Trapalhões and his pack ruin the plans of a farmer named João Climério. He wanted to take the...

Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two...

In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande...

This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.

Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to...

A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre...

As soon as Mauro, an Administration student, discovers a strong vocation for mediumship, he drops everything to go deeper and dedicate himself to...

A travelogue through the remains of São Paulo failing 80s economy, including its in ruins film industry.

After the collapse of their relationships with other people, Maria and Paulo embark in an intense relationship in order to shield themselves from...

Toquinho is a young man living in Marechal Hermes, a poor neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, together with his widow mother and a younger sister....

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly...