Paulo Porto Movies

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

A rich, spoiled young man encounters a prostitute and gets confused about the nature of his feelings for her. He can't decide between attraction and...

The friends Didi, Dede, and Zechariah Mussum sell crafts on the roadside when supreendidos a car chase. After an accident succor old Giovanni (Grey...

In Nilópolis, Eliane, a 15-year-old girl, who is the daughter of a lower-middle-class couple, falls in love with Otávio, a 33-year-old...

Mid-1970s. When the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian football team on the World Cup serve as a distraction for...

Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can...

An extended research tour of US university film programs introduced dos Santos to the American avant-garde filmmakers, among them Jonas Mekas and...

When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her...

Monica, a naive schoolgirl from a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, meets Virginia, a former neighbor, now living in Copacabana. Influenced by her, she...

An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the advent of the TV.

On the eve of her wedding, Glorinha finds herself looking back at her life and confronting the injustices, sexual perversions, adultery and crimes...

Old couple are being evicted and turn to their five children for help. Since no one can accommodate the two of them, the children decide to separate...

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

Film in three segments. In the first, engaged girl falls in love with an acrobat. In the second, married woman is loved by two men. In the last, the...

A young women from a conservative family loses her virginity to her boyfriend who dumps her after. She starts a new relationship, but when her...

A statuette bought in an antique shop in Tokyo may lead to the discovery of a great treasure.

Dede (Guilherne Fontes) is a Brazilian teen who lives with his middle-class grandparents who are members of the local communist party. When his...

A comedy about the happiness of several people who won the number 12 of Sports Lottery, thinking they are the only winner. Among them, one priest...