Movies: Emmanuel Cavalcanti
- 1967
Entranced Earth (1967)
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Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a ...
- 1969
Antonio das Mortes (1969)
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A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antônio is moved by the...
- 1980
Bye Bye Brazil (1980)
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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 performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come alon...
- 1978
Summer Showers (1978)
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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....
- 1968
Garden of War (1968)
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Edson is having an affair with a left-wing aspiring movie director during Brazil's military dictatorship years. He tries to get some easy money for her film, but ends up being arrested and tortured as his torturers suspect he's involved in a plot to ...
- 1965
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (1965)
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Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies, is bitten up and left for dead, being rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again...
- 1987
Os Trapalhões no Auto da Compadecida (1987)
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In the small town of Taperoá João Grilo and confusion Chicó live setting, addressing a sacristan and a humble baker. Everyone lives under the excesses of the bishop, the priest and the major. Until an attack on the city, all die at the hands of the b...
- 1980
O Grande Palhaço (1980)
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A circus clown's life spirals out of control when his wife, a trapeze artist, dies during a performance, and, to his chagrin, their son vows to follow in his mother's footsteps....
- 2013
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade (2013)
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- 2004
Cascalho (2004)
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- 1967
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967)
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Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 19...
- 1986
Sonho Sem Fim (1986)
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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 Revolution. To promote his films, Abelim would even perform car stunts, give classes on the occult and off...
- 1984
Quilombo (1984)
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Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony bec...
- 1974
The Night of the Scarecrow (1974)
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In the miserable Northeastern Brazil, a ruthless land Baron wants to throw a poor farming community out of their land....
- 2005
Tempo Glauber (2005)
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A documentary short on Tempo Glauber, a foundation created by filmmaker Orlando Senna and Glauber Rocha's mother Lucia in order to celebrate and preservate her son's legacy....
- 1977
Os Amores da Pantera (1977)
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During an orgy of millionaires, a woman is mysteriously kidnapped and killed. The crime causes quite a stir in local society, as the investigations points to a very known addicted playboy. Although it's never said, the film is vaguely based on a real...
- 1977
Tent of Miracles (1977)
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When a prominent U.S. Nobel Laureate arrives in Salvador, Bahia, the city with the largest black population in Brazil, he stirs emotions by championing a long-forgotten local writer named Pedro Archanjo, who believed that humanity would be improved o...
- 1974
The Amulet of Ogum (1974)
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An ubiquitous folk singer narrates the tale of a young boy, who apparently becomes immune to gunfire after his mother arranges for him to have an amulet bearing Ogum's blessings. As time goes by, he becomes a valuable member of a mobster's hit-team, ...
- 1974
Sagarana: O Duelo (1974)
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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....
- 1968
The Naked Man (1968)
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A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment....