Jacques Cheuiche Movies

Tereza tries to leave her past and forge her own destiny and happiness by going through several affairs.

A film that began from zero. Without any previous research, characters, locations or established themes, a film crew arrives at the Paraiba backlands...

Documentary filmed on-set during the making of Aki Kaurismaki's "La vie de Boheme"

The film reveals the moments that preceded the Samba Schools' competitive parade in Rio de Janeiro's 1996 carnival. Narrated by actor Hugo Carvana...

The path of five bullets and the people they pass during a shootout in a square. Anyone can die.

Like other documentaries that show distinct time frames of people's lives to give them a proper dimension and reveal their fates, "Mangueira em 2...

Documentary about the people who came from all over Brazil to work in the construction of the city of Brasilia, their stories, and the abuse and...

Documentary on the life and work of José Lins do Rego (1901-1957), one of Brazil's greatest 20th century literary authors, writer of...

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

A guard watches a passing woman.

Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues...

The film brings some of the best stories about the singer, told by his friends - Cássia Eller, Ezequiel Neves, Ney Matogrosso and Frejat - and...

In Rio de Janeiro, at the end of the millennium, a group of mostly middle-aged friends share their lives and experiences with each other.

Under the masks and fantasies of another day in Rio's suburbs, the intense reality of families and neighbors living in a neighborhood under the...

Vicente, a tax collector, is sent to a distant region to defy the dominion of Melo, a powerful landowner. When Melo's henchmen burn down the...