Movies: Fernanda Montenegro

The multiple screen installation and photographic series A Marvellous Entanglement (2019) traverses a collection of Lina Bo Bardi’s most iconic buildings, offering a meditation on the work and legacy of the visionary modernist architect and designer ...

Middle-class teenage girl has a serious boyfriend that her parents approve of. Suddenly, she meets another boy with whom she is shown to have a greater identification....

A documentary on Cosme Alves Netto (1937-1996), former head of the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Arts at Rio de Janeiro....

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Documentary that chronicles the trajectory of the journalist, federal deputy, secretary of state, minister of state, governor and ambassador José Aparecido de Oliveira, who lived with the greatest authorities and personalities from the political, bus...

A sound and visual journey that portrays the life and work of singer and composer Luiz Melodia. The Poet of Estácio himself tells us, in the first person, his trajectory as a black boy born on the hill until his transformation into one of the greates...

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Historical film that rescues the memory of the early Brazilian film festivals through photos, films, testimonials, and posters....

In a circus, the big act is that of the knife thrower, assisted by his wife. The couple takes risks in real life, in a show of great skill and coldness, which respects a blood treaty....

The eccentric members of a wealthy Brazilian family each go through personal torment, debauchery and intense guilt in this symbolic and gory film. The father has made a fortune in the slaughterhouse business and ignores the feelings of his wife and h...

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Fernanda Montenegro opens the doors of her home and recalls remarkable stories, from more modest productions to the Oscar ceremony, in the company of her daughter, actress Fernanda Torres....

Documentary about the life of Brazillian journalist Paulo Francis...

Considered one of the main Brazilian intellectuals, Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda — a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters — left important marks on national thought and continues to be, at 84 years old, an active voice on the country's cultural ...

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The Pernambuco painter Cicero Dias created an unparalleled art for the world. Close to a modernist and influenced by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger and Joan Miró, he marked the history of Brazilian art....

The paraplegic Bóris stays at home with the beautiful young woman Cacau, while his wife Ivette goes to the movie theater. When Cadú, the boyfriend of Cacau, unexpectedly arrives in the apartment, a night of sex, sadism and violence happens. When Ivet...

Develops from the life, work and memory of Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, one of the most important names in the history of Brazilian theater, to examine the courses of dramaturgy and politics in the last decades. Guarnieri, besides being a TV star, was al...