Películas de Fernanda Montenegro

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they...

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties....

In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on...

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

The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in...

A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of...

With the participation of great stars of television drama, the documentary promotes an emotional journey through the great moments of soap operas,...

Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his childhood friend Otávio Sabóia, a...

The trajectory of the clumsy reporter Agamenon Mendes Pereira, always present in key events of history, his biggest scoops and his eternal love for...

Regina, a lonely 65 year old who works on the neighborhood watch for the police in Copacabana, believes to have witnessed a murder in the building...

To the beat of his avant-garde and eclectic rhythms, Brazilian rapper Emicida performs hits from his album AmarElo at the São Paulo Municipal...

Picucha may seem old-fashioned, but she has modern ideas and a great sense of humor. As the matriarch of a big family, she is involved in the daily...

Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião,...

Based on Érico Verissimo's literary trilogy, Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the...

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...

After several behavior problems, teenager John is admitted to a psychiatric clinic by his family. There he meets Judith, for who he soon falls in...

Middle-class family reform their apartment, and the noise, the contact with the workers and strange occurrences turn what was supposed to be a...

After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects...

Documentary about the life of Brazillian journalist Paulo Francis

In the early 1970s, the military dictatorship in Brazil reaches its height. The Paiva Family - Rubens, Eunice, and their five children - live at a...

Identical twins Iara and Marilena like to play games and deceive men by pretending to be each other. But when they fall in love with the same man, a...

italian documentary

On set, in the middle of the Atlantic Forest, a stressed film director begins another day of filming, reproducing the celebration of the first mass...

Zulmira is an old mistress who lives in the neighborhood of Estacio, in Rio de Janeiro. One day she wakes up obsessed with the idea of dying. All she...

The film uses delicacy and humor to describe the authoritarian functioning of a typically Brazilian 1950 family in Rio de Janeiro. The family is...

A portrait of the evolution of theater in the 20th century and a deep reflection on the art of acting through the career of Paulo Autran (1922-2007),...

The film is an unprecedented and exclusive testimonial of Maria Bethânia from director and screenwriter Carlos Jardim, interspersed with rare...

“Flash” is a post-industrial play with a touch of stochastic Freudian genealogy that has been to all the royal theaters and opera houses...

A look into the life and mind of Brazilian playwright and filmmaker Domingos Oliveira through his daily activities and artistic deeds.

The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The...

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...

Inspired by a real woman, who filmed for two years, hidden, the routine of drug dealers on Ladeira dos Tabajaras, in Copacabana, in 2004. At the...

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

Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the...

Four love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. "Elephant's Stomp" : the story of a...

The story of citizens from different parts of the world who come together to participate in a project to visit a Latin American city, however its...

The eccentric members of a wealthy Brazilian family each go through personal torment, debauchery and intense guilt in this symbolic and gory film....

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...

The Pernambuco painter Cicero Dias created an unparalleled art for the world. Close to a modernist and influenced by artists such as Pablo Picasso,...

The film deals with the process of globalization based on the thought of geographer Milton Santos, who through his ideas and practices, inspires the...

Joana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She will let down Pierre, the French consul at São...

With fireworks forming the word “Rio” in the sky and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to the tune of “The Girl from...

Documentary about Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro. The first South American and the first Latin American actress to be nominated for an Academy...

Considered one of the main Brazilian intellectuals, Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda — a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters — left...

The quiet life of the small town Piedade's inhabitants is shaken up by the arrival of a big oil company, which barges in taking over houses and local...

This film shows three episodes: "The First Sin" portrays the relationship of a man and married woman; in "Devilish", the desire between a young woman...

When witnessing a hit, Arandir, a newly married banker, tries to succor the victim, but the man, almost dead, has only time to make one last request:...

"All Paulos in the World" is a cinematographic essay about Paulo José, one of the greatest artists in Brazil, in the year in which he turns 80...

Augusto moves with his family to an abandoned farm, inherited from his grandfather, hoping to put his life back on track. The property, however,...

Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with...

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950. In the conservative home of the Gusmão family, Eurídice and Guida are two inseparable sisters who support...

Documentary on Rosamaria Murtinho and Mauro Mendonça’s 60-year long career in Brazilian theater, film and television. The film not only...

Documentary that chronicles the trajectory of the journalist, federal deputy, secretary of state, minister of state, governor and ambassador...

Maria is a gifted girl, who faces a hard life in the fields. She is happy when her father decides to remarry, thinking that he will rejoice again....

The intense life of Ferreira Gullar, one of the most influential poets in Brazil, is revisited by his personal friend Silvio Tendler, based on his...

The life of a famous Brazilian film and television actor, including testimonials from people who knew him and worked with him, as well as excerpts...

Film adaptation of the TV Show in 1994, based on the novel of the same name by Érico Veríssimo. During a general strike in the city of...

Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of...

Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife,...

The special brings the continuation of the plot starring Gilda and Lúcia in the series 'Amor e Sorte'. After a period of forced coexistence...

The paraplegic Bóris stays at home with the beautiful young woman Cacau, while his wife Ivette goes to the movie theater. When Cadú,...

The multiple screen installation and photographic series A Marvellous Entanglement (2019) traverses a collection of Lina Bo Bardi’s most iconic...

The trajectory and artistic imagery of actor and director Zbigniew Ziembinski (1908-1978), precursor of modern theater in Latin America and master of...

In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso...

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