Jorge Coutinho Movies

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

The life and work of the late samba singer-songwriter Candeia.

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

The old servant and chronicler Dom Sabas tells how his desolate South American town is the scene of a ruthless power struggle. The landowning Assis...

A Brazilian musical comedy

During a showing of rare Afro-Brazilian Cinema films at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, actor/filmmaker Zózimo...

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.

Four candidates for a federal judge position embark on a madcap, no-holds-barred race to outdo one another, each committing his own brand of mayhem.

Rio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman who steals cars.

Balogun's most political film is a confrontation with the African wars of liberation. Based on Carcase for Hounds, Meja Mwangi's novel about the...

A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and sex.

This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.