Rogério Sganzerla Movies

Two maids decide to rebel against the society that oppresses them and start murdering their own mistresses.

A film portrait of Jose Mojica Marins.

A short documentary on Belair, an independent Brazilian film company that lasted for only five months in 1970.

Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material;...

A documentary on the restoration of Rogério Sganzerla's 1970 film "Copacabana, Mon Amour".

A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and avant-garde filmmaker Torquato Neto, from his beginnings...

Man tries to decipher a manuscript about an ancient civilization and gets involved in strange situations. In fact, the plot is just an excuse to...

An unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not.

Helena Ignez is one of the main female figures of Brazilian cinema. She developed a new style of acting. Nowadays, she directs independent films. The...

Extracts is a short film with images from 1970 to 1972 in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, London, Marrakech, Rabat and the Sahara Desert...

Loosely based on an Oswald de Andrade screenplay, "Perigo Negro" is a segment of anthology film "Oswaldianas" which deals with a uprising soccer...

A documentary based on the book Umbanda no Brasil by the scholar Mata e Silva, who is interviewed by the director. The book studies the Brazilian...

Collective film with five segments around the works and life of brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade.

A dysfunctional family, composed of a prostitute and two gay men, one strong and the other fragile and stupid, lives a routine life in Rio de...

In this short film, Ivan Cardoso records Brazilian film director Rogério Sganzerla sending a message to Brazil.

On screen, a bride gets ready for her wedding day. Off screen, middle-class young women from Rio de Janeiro share their experiences and impressions...

Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True.

A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles' eyes during the shooting of It's All True.

Inspired by "Voyage to the land of Brazil" by Jean de Léry, this short follows the adventures of Nicolas Durand, from Villegagnon, and the...

The life of samba composer Noel Rosa.