Luiz Carlos Barreto Movies

Adaptation of Machado de Assis’s classic novel “Dom Casmurro”. Bentinho and Capitu are friends since childhood and end up marrying....

Memories of a parrot who participated in the filming of the classic Vidas Secas, in 1962, where it was featured along the puppy Baleia.

Fable about the financial and social ascension of a black man in a small town, in the interior of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and his...

In 1979, while Brazil was going through the troubled moment of the Amnesty Law, Glauber Rocha directed the program Abertura for TV Tupi, in which he...

A film about remarkable moments in the History of Brazilian Photography, built through the eyes of Lauro Escorel. It also reflects on the impact of...

João Goulart (known as Jango) had been democratically elected president of Brazil, but was expelled from office after the coup of April 1,...

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.

This documentary shows a country that has lifted 36 million people out of extreme poverty in 12 years.

Documentary that tells several stories: of the struggle of rural workers in Conceição to recover their union; of Dona Mariquinha, widow...

João-Sem-Direção knows Carvalhaes that proposes a blow to him. John does not accept the proposal, but ends up earning a hefty...

Expedito, after being abandoned by his parents, became Zefa's adopted son until he became a man and started earning his living as an independent...

A story about how football, cinema, photojournalism and intimidation with power can come together in a protagonist figure in Brazilian history: Luiz...