Jardel Filho Movies

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

Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the...

Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an...

In a fictitious country, a civil servant receives the greatest inheritance in history (ten trillion dollars) and is confined by authorities 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...

A man has a street accident with his car in his way to Buenos Aires. While he waits for his car repairing, this business man learns that everybody in...

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

In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer,...

Cora is a Mexican prostitute with typically inconsiderate johns. She is troubled by a hole in the ceiling. The hole triggers flashbacks regarding how...

A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.

True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where...

Eager to have a crystal ball, a child works to buy it but is accused of a robbery he did not commit.

Based on true events, the film tells the story of Brazilian outlaw Promessinha, one of the most famous and feared criminals of his time, depicting...

Man and woman fall in love while in treatment for TB, in the beautiful town of Campos do Jordão.

In Minas Gerais, the powerful "colonel" Alexandrão gets married with the young and virgin Cristina and promotes a huge wedding party in his...

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his...

Rosario is a prostitute who lives in her married sister's house. When the latter wants to be a hooker too, she doesn't approve.

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