Sadi Cabral Movies

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

A large protest march of escaped slaves is an episode in the history of Chico Bondade and Boaventura, who had already become legendary for their...

Bums find $15,000 in trash, but the money belonged to criminals.

Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life.

The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of...

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

Considered a young terror among women, Ricardo unexpectedly begins to suffer from a strange phobia to noise pollution. That means that any noise...

When chain gang prisoners attack their guards, some of the hardened criminals escape Brazil's infamous Anchieta Prison amidst all the pick-ax...

On a scorching summer day in Rio de Janeiro, five impoverished black boys venture out of their favela to peddle peanuts throughout the bustling city....

Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their four eldest daughters. The youngest one, virginal...

Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown.

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, during the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. Outlaw Tonio is involved in a conflict between strikers and the police....

Erotic comedy divided in three episodes.

Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang...

Anxious to please his boss, Roberto agrees to host the chief's lover in his own home, unaware of the problems this could cause among his family.

As soon as his boss discovers his betrayal, Luciano must flee, abandoning his life in the mafia and crime behind him. His options are limited, and...