Jorge Coutinho Movies

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly...

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

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

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the...

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

A Brazilian musical comedy

Employees on a local supermarket plot an epic heist for robbing the place's vault, but things start to go wrong when they notice a police detective...

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.

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

Hit man does his part in a deal, but doesn't get the money he was promised. For the treason, he decides to eliminate them all.

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...

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...

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