Movies: Sadi Cabral

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

Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for ...

On a scorching summer day in Rio de Janeiro, five impoverished black boys venture out of their favela to peddle peanuts throughout the bustling city. As they navigate the various districts of Rio, they bear witness to a series of unfortunate events a...

A large protest march of escaped slaves is an episode in the history of Chico Bondade and Boaventura, who had already become legendary for their difficult and daring missions....

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A beautiful and poor woman buys herself a rich husband after inheriting a great deal of money....

On the day of Pedro Boiadeiro's wedding, a band of cangaceiros who survived the Angicos massacre invade his home, then proceed to beat him up, and abuse and murder his wife. Pedro sets out to get revenge on each one....

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

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A poor woman passes herself as singer that just arrives from Frances and becames a sensation on Rio de Janeiro's high society....

In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the work of two young priests....

Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life....

Disagreements between brothers and marital infidelity are just some of the consequences that the discovery of a valuable diamond causes....

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, during the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. Outlaw Tonio is involved in a conflict between strikers and the police. His mistress tries to keep him from his companions, but he steals her belongings to help the persecuted. Dissa...

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Glorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as result. Her friend Nair takes her to a high-class bordello, where she wants to work. When uncle Raul, who r...

True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where he starts remembering episodes of his criminal life....

Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown....

Anxious to please his boss, Roberto agrees to host the chief's lover in his own home, unaware of the problems this could cause among his family....