Brazilian movies: up to three films for each state
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Movies about Northeastern Brazil
Nice Brazilian movies neither about Rio nor about São Paulo or Northeast
The best Brazilian documentaries
Um filme para Ehuana: Roraima
I would like to add for Tocantins "De um Fernando para o Brasil", from Luccas Soares - a short film which is well filmed but has chisen a quite stupid and boring hippie guy who just repeat a suppodedly rebel contentional wisdom as if it were the smartest view (I give it a 6).
Add for Sergipe this documentary by Fábio Rogério or both: "A eleição é uma festa"
Movies about Northeastern Brazil
Nice Brazilian movies neither about Rio nor about São Paulo or Northeast
The best Brazilian documentaries
Um filme para Ehuana: Roraima
I would like to add for Tocantins "De um Fernando para o Brasil", from Luccas Soares - a short film which is well filmed but has chisen a quite stupid and boring hippie guy who just repeat a suppodedly rebel contentional wisdom as if it were the smartest view (I give it a 6).
Add for Sergipe this documentary by Fábio Rogério or both: "A eleição é uma festa"
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- DirectorGabriel MascaroStarsDandara de MoraisGeová Manoel Dos SantosMaria Salvino Dos SantosThe August winds gust and a poetic duel between life, death, loss, memory, the wind and the sea ensues.Alagoas
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsÁtila IórioMaria RibeiroOrlando MacedoA poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place to live, with food and work. But the drought and misery destroy their hopes.Alagoas
- DirectorGuel ArraesStarsMarco NaniniJosé WilkerMatheus NachtergaeleElected major of the small city of Sucupira, after unfortunate situation, Odorico (Marco Nanini) must open the city cemitery and face acusations of being corrupt, to end his term on good terms with the peopleAlagoas
- DirectorCao GuimarãesStarsJoão MiguelThe famous philosopher and mathematician René Descartes (João Miguel) arrives in Brazil, where he travels in the tropics. An imaginary landing in which Descartes appears on the effect of hallucinogens experiencing the wild and contemporary lands of the country.Amapá
I has been filmed in Amapá, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Brasília town. - DirectorNelson Lik-wai YuStarsAnthony Chau-Sang WongJoe OdagiriDomingos AntonioYuda, a feared Chinese outlaw, and his adopted son Kirin, an impulsive young dreamer, together rule the pirated goods racket in an ultra-liberal Brazilian metropolis. The magnate and his heir control all of Liberdade, from rival gangs to street hawkers, corrupt politicians to erotic dancers. But an empire that takes years to build can also crumble to the ground with one fatal mistake. A conspiracy between politicians and the mafia begins to threaten Yuda's power. Little by little, he loses control of his business and is ultimately arrested. Kirin struggles to re-conquer his father's honor, fighting this city's wars singlehandedly. But Yuda, tired of the bloodshed and feeling the weight of his years, abandons his son, falsifies his own death and returns to the jungle in a last attempt to put an end to his criminal life. Escaping from a complex maze of violence, Kirin sets out to find his father. In the mysterious jungle, father and son both have to wipe the slate of their past clean. Only in the end will Kirin discover the ultimate answer to the search for his own destiny.Amapá
Most of the film is held in São Paulo, but the story begins in Oiapoque, the northernmost region of Brazil, in Amapá state. - DirectorThierry RagobertStarsMartin SheenIsabelle DrummondLúcio Mauro FilhoAfter a plane crash, Saï, a capuchin monkey born and raised in captivity, finds himself alone and lost in the wilderness of the Amazon jungle.Amazonas
- DirectorAnelio LatiniStarsAlmiranteJaime BarcellosSadi CabralThis pioneer animated feature-length film tells seven different amazon legends, connected by a native-brazilian boy called Curumi.Amazonas
- DirectorSérgio BlochTania LamarcaStarsMarcos ApoloEunice BaíaGuilherme BriggsA brave and bold indian girl, protector of her jungle and its wild life and guided by her shaman grandfather, pairs with a boy from the big city, against animal traffickers in the Amazon forest.Amazonas
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsGrande OteloJulien GuiomarCharles BaianoJubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonym novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the daughter of a rich Commander and Antonio Balduíno, a rascal, fighter and famous lover from Salvador.
- DirectorJoão Daniel TikhomiroffStarsAílton CarmoJéssica BarbosaFlávio RochaBased on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission.Bahia
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsJosé DumontRodrigo SantoroRita AssemanyWhen ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother, a young man questions the tradition of violence between two rival families.Bahia
- DirectorAnselmo DuarteStarsLeonardo VillarGlória MenezesDionísio AzevedoA simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?Bahia
- DirectorHalder GomesStarsEdmilson FilhoJesuíta BarbosaRoberto BomtempoThe massive arrival of television in rural Brazil in the 1970s jeopardizes the small movie theaters' business. Francisgleydisson is the owner of Cine Holliudy, and he must be extremely creative to keep his passion for cinema alive, a Brazilian way of showing its passion for the 7th art, even in the remotes areas. Cinema Paradiso and Amacord are close references.Ceará
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsHermila GuedesMaria MenezesZezita MatosIn order to get funds, a young woman living in the Northeast of Brazil decides to raffle her own body.Ceará
- DirectorMarcos PauloStarsMilhem CortazEriberto LeãoHermila GuedesIn 2005, high-ranked criminal Barão is planning the heist that inspired the film. He needs to dig a tunnel linking a house to the Banco Central's vault in Fortaleza, where he'll steal millions of (R$) reais.Ceará
- DirectorRené SampaioStarsFabrício BoliveiraIsis ValverdeFelipe AbibJoão do Santo Cristo leaves his hometown and moves to Brasília in search of a better life. There, he encounters misery and crime, but also discovers love in the arms of Maria Lúcia.Distrito Federal
- DirectorAntonio Carlos da FontouraStarsThiago MendonçaRenato RussoLaila ZaidThe life of Renato Manfredini Júnior, Brazilian musician, from his first involvement with music, to his years in the punk rock band Aborto Alétrico, to the formation of Legião Urbana, in the rock scene of 70's/80's Brasilia.Distrito Federal
- DirectorSergio RezendeStarsPaulo BettiCarla CamuratiJosé de AbreuThe real story of a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders.Espírito Santo
- DirectorEdson FerreiraStarsPaulo RoqueLorena LimaLuis MirandaBeto (Paulo Roque) is a bus conductor married with Gilda (Janaína Kremer), who longs to have a child. When Beto approaches Leia (Lorena Lima), owner of the bar he frequents, known Valcir (Luis Miranda), a newcomer stranger in town who will complete the love triangle that results in a pregnancy. Amid the difficulties in dealing with this situation, characters run through the city and discover more about themselves as they learn to confront their personal conflicts.Espírito Santo
- DirectorRodrigo AragãoStarsWalderrama Dos SantosMayra AlarcónKika OliveiraA young couple returns to their homeland to find their relatives upset by the mysterious death of the farm animals and the old feud between two enemy families.Espírito Santo
- DirectorWalter Lima Jr.StarsVirginia CavendishDomingos MontagnerMel MaiaLaura is hired as a teacher to two orphans who live in coffee farm. Gradually, she feels that the children are being influenced by hostile spirits that lived there.Goiás
- DirectorFábio BarretoStarsGlória PiresNuno Leal MaiaSebastião VasconcelosA white man finds a beautiful Indian in a diamond extraction site in the State of Goiás, Brazil, and falls in love.Goiás
- DirectorPedro Carlos RovaiStarsPatrícia FrançaIlya São PauloJosé DumontMaria, a very young girl, with an insubordinate temperament and great beauty, is about to marry the cowboy Izé. This has been decided by her father. But Maria is erratic and of another kind, spirit and maybe even another species.Goiás
- DirectorAndrucha WaddingtonStarsFernanda MontenegroFernanda TorresRuy GuerraA 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 her life hopelessly trying to escape it.Maranhão
- DirectorCao HamburgerStarsJoão MiguelFelipe CamargoCaio BlatThree brothers embark on a journey that begins with a kinship with Brazil's indigenous tribes, to their creation of South America's largest national park.Mato Grosso
- DirectorFlávio MigliaccioStarsFlávio MigliaccioOdete LaraWalter ForsterAn uncle travels with his three nephews once a year, during the holidays, looking for adventure.Mato Grosso
- DirectorBruno BiniStarsGiovanni AraujoRomeu BenedictoJonathan HaagensenAfter the arrest of a drug dealer , three people have to deal with their fears in one of the most violent cities in the country.Mato Grosso
- DirectorVincent CarelliTatiana AlmeidaErnesto de CarvalhoStarsCelso AokiMyriam Medina AokiOriel BenitesA analysis about the violence and the struggle suffered by the Guarani Kaiowá group, one of the biggest Indian populations of Brazil.Mato Grosso do Sul
- DirectorBeto BrantStarsChico DíazMurilo BenícioWolney de AssisTwo hit men, a veteran and a beginner, chatter in a bar on Brazil-Paraguai border, while waiting for their victim to appear.Mato Grosso do Sul
- DirectorMarco RiccaStarsAlice BragaDaniel HendlerFúlvio StefaniniThe Menezes, a powerful family of animal breeders from the Mid-West, have always been at the helm of all illegal dealings in the region. In recent times, they've watched as the system that protected them for so many years slowly disintegrates. Mirão Menezes lives at the mercy of the drug-trafficking industry, the ever-encroaching authorities, and the constant and violent power struggle with his brother Abílio. Mirão's daughter Elaine becomes involved with her father's pilot, finds herself pregnant and decides to flee with him after her Uncle Abílio bribes them. Brito, the hitman sent to find the couple and finish them off, is ironically also victim of a love story.Mato Grosso do Sul
- DirectorMarcelo GomesStarsJulio MachadoIsabél ZuaaRômulo BragaA partly fictional, partly historical account of the life of Brazil's national hero Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, alias Tiradentes.Minas Gerais
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsLeonardo VillarLeila DinizAnselmo DuarteDelfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is urged by his friend to steal the image of the Madona de Cedro (the Cedar Madonna), sculpted by the Aleijadinho in the 18th century, from the town sanctuary.Minas Gerais
- DirectorBeto BrantStarsLeonardo VillarHelio LahalZécarlos MachadoBrazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the four friends still see each other. Only Miguel is politically active. On a photograph from a political meeting in Sao Paolo he recognises the policeman who tortured them 25 years ago and who was responsible for the death of Miguel's girlfriend. The policeman has been officially dead for a few years. On one of their fishing trips together, Miguel tells his friends of his discovery. When they hunt down and confront their nemesis they come into conflict with both themselves and each other.Minas Gerais
- DirectorJoão DumansAffonso UchoaStarsAristides de SousaMurilo CaliariGláucia VandeveldAndre is a young boy that lives in an industrial neighborhood in Ouro Preto, Brazil, near an old aluminum factory. One day he finds a notebook from one of the factory workers.Minas Gerais
- DirectorHeitor DhaliaStarsWagner MouraSophie CharlotteMatheus NachtergaeleA journey to the biggest open mining of the contemporary age. It's 1978 and friends Juliano and Joaquim leave Rio de Janeiro in search of their dream of striking it rich. Like thousands of other men, both get to the Amazon Rainforest full of hope and illusion. But routine in the mines changes everything and the obsession of wealth and power destroys them. Juliano becomes a gangster. Joaquim leaves all his values behind. This is a story about golden fever, greed and violence, a great friendship and its end.Pará
- DirectorBeto BrantRenato CiascaStarsCamila PitangaGustavo MachadoZécarlos MachadoThe photographer Cauby moves and settles down in a small town in the countryside of Pará. When he meets the model Lavínia, who is the wife of Pastor Ernani, they have a torrid love affair. Cauby asks Lavínia to leave her husband and the town with him but she refuses. Cauby does not know about the dishonored past of his muse and her gratitude to Ernani, who saved her from the streets and the drugs. Meanwhile, the snoopy and gossiper journalist Viktor Laurence receives compromising pictures of Lavínia naked, posing for Cauby. When Viktor and Ernani are found dead and Lavínia is missing, Cauby becomes the prime suspect of Sheriff Polozzi with tragic consequences for his life.Pará
- DirectorMarcelo GomesStarsJoão MiguelPeter KetnathMadalena AcciolyA road movie about a German man who went to the Northeast of Brazil in 1942 to sell Aspirin.Paraíba
- DirectorGuel ArraesStarsMatheus NachtergaeleSelton MelloRogério CardosoFollows the lives of 2 poor Brazilians and their schemes to get money and the consequences of their actions.Paraíba
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsEduardo CoutinhoElizabeth TeixeiraFerreira GullarA filmmaker returns to Northeast Brazil after twenty years to resume his film (a profile of assassinated peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira) which was shut down by a right-wing military coup in 1964.Paraíba
- DirectorMarcos JorgeStarsJoão MiguelFabiula NascimentoBabu SantanaIn the great restaurant of life, there are those who eat and those who get eaten. Raimundo Nonato finds an alternative way, a life of his own: he cooks in order to survive and find a place in society. He arrives in town without a penny in his pockets and starts working as help in a decadent bar, a nasty place, lost amid the urban desert. He sleeps in the storage room on the back, and under a cold neon light learns how to fry "pastel" and "coxinhas", outdoing his "master", Zulmiro, the owner of the bar. Nonato is ignorant, but talented. He knows how to work the kitchen, soon others realize it too. The first one to notice him, is Iria, a prostitute, who doesn't know how to cook but loves to eat and starts an affair with him. Then, Giovanni, the owner of the Boccaccio (an Italian restaurant in the neighborhood), offers Nonato a job as his apprentice. A turn of events results in Nonato spending time in prison. For the prisoners and their boss, the violent Bujiù, Nonato is a savior; in fact soon their meager meals turn to a feast of exotic dishes orchestrated by Nonato's magic. As a consequence of this, Nonato is given the following the nickname, a well suited one indeed: Rosemary.Paraná
- DirectorSylvio BackStarsCarlos Pussineri ScalaThe story of the so called Christian-Communist Republic of the Guaranis. Formed by jesuit missions in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay, between 1610/1767, it congregated about 150,000 indians in almost fifty "Reductions" (the cities organized by the Jesuits). The Christian-Communist Republic of the Guaranis was decimated by attacks of expeditions and mercenaries, and served as excuse for the kings of Portugal and Spain to banish the Jesuits from America.Paraná
- DirectorMarja CalafangeAly MuritibaStarsMalu Zanetti DominguesLuma Domingues ZanettiGiuly BiancatoIn a distant mansion lives a religious and apparently incomplete family: a mother and her two daughters. Until the day which a new disturbing member comes to put things in their place.Paraná
- DirectorAlceu ValençaStarsHermila GuedesIrandhir SantosAlceu ValençaIn arid and treacherous lands, Lampião and his band are pursued by Antero Tenente and his troop, which faces the capture of the bandit as a matter of honor.Pernambuco
- DirectorLírio FerreiraStarsGuilherme WeberGiulia GamJosé DumontWeatherman from a TV network goes back to his hometown, Vale da Rocha, a place in Northeast Brazil, devastated by the drought. He is forced to face the geographic elements and his own memories.Pernambuco
- DirectorJosé JoffilyStarsDavid RascheCristina LagoIrandhir SantosBefore his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and expose them to a series of humiliating situations. Blinded by prejudice, Marshall ends up causing the death of a young Brazilian. After a period in prison, Marshall goes to Brazil, deadly ill and in a desperate search in order to purge his guilt. In his quest, he is guided by Bia, a young prostitute.Pernambuco
- DirectorFernando MeirellesKátia LundStarsAlexandre RodriguesLeandro FirminoMatheus NachtergaeleIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
- DirectorRoberto BerlinerStarsGlória PiresLuciana FregolenteSimone MazzerBased on the true story of Dr. Nise da Silveira, a psychiatrist in Brazil who treated her patients with art instead of electroshock therapy.
- DirectorVinícius ReisStarsSílvia BuarqueBianca ByingtonEmílio de MelloTwo moments in the life of Pedro. First in 1997, he lives with his family in Rio de Janeiro and works at Gás do Brasil, a company that is undergoing a tough restructuring process, with layoffs and early retirements. Soon, privatization will come. In the second moment, two years later, Pedro lives retired in his hometown Barbosa, in the company of his childhood memories, his dog and his girlfriend. By interweaving these two moments in time, we put ourselves in Pedro's skin and experience his fears and delights.
- DirectorJuliano DornellesKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsBárbara ColenThomas AquinoSilvero PereiraAfter the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.Rio Grande do Norte
- DirectorMoacyr GóesStarsMarcos PalmeiraFlávia AlessandraLívia FalcãoAfter being forced into a marriage and enduring a humiliating work routine in the hands of his father-in-law, Zé Araújo becomes the mythical Ojuara, an unconventional hero devoted to debauchery.Rio Grande do Norte
- DirectorBuza FerrazLuiz Carlos LacerdaStarsBetty FariaJosé WilkerPaulo GorgulhoDuring the Second World War, the U.S.A. established a military base in Natal, Brazil, changing in many ways people's lives and behavior.Rio Grande do Norte
- DirectorJosé Pedro GoulartStarsSandro AliprandiniEucir de SouzaNicolas ConceiçãoWhile attempting to escape from a claustrophobic family scene, Enio, a 14-year-old boy, defies a stormy night that will lead to a brutal clash with fate.Rio Grande do Sul
- DirectorZeca BritoStarsCleoLetícia SabatellaFernando Alves PintoIn 1961, Gov. Leonel Brizola leads the unparalleled Legality movement, a first in the history of Brazil. Fighting for the Constitution, he mobilizes the resistance to ensure President João Goulart's coming to power. Amidst the impending military coup, a mysterious journalist could change the country's path.Rio Grande do Sul
- DirectorJorge FurtadoStarsAndré ArtecheAna Maria MainieriPedro FurtadoA coming of age dramatic comedy dealing with the effect that two "summers" have on the lives of several teenagers. The main story involves an innocent teenage boy and a conniving teenage girl who meet on a beach one summer in Southern Brazil. They meet up again the following summer.Rio Grande do Sul
- DirectorLuiz BolognesiStarsPerpera SuruíEver since their first contact with the Western world in 1969 the Paiter Suruí, an indigenous people living in the Amazon basin, have been exposed to sweeping social changes. Smartphones, gas, electricity, medicines, weapons and social media have now replaced their traditional way of life. Illness is a risk for a community increasingly unable to isolate itself from the modernization brought by white people or the power of the church. Ethnocide threatens to destroy their soul. With dogged persistence, Perpera, a former shaman, is searching for a way to restore the old vitality to his village.Rondônia
- DirectorCaio CavechiniCarlos Juliano BarrosStarsLeonardo SakamotoIn 2011, a worker uprising stopped the largest construction work under way in Brazil. During four years, this documentary collected stories of anger, lonelyness, pressure, fear and broken hearts on a small town in the Amazon that was radically changed since the beginning of a huge hydroeletric plant nearby.Rondônia
- DirectorCíntia Domit BittarAmong punches and jumps, the fighters of the "Golden Arrow" wrestling club return to the ring after 50 years to revive the glorious era of wrestling in Southern Brazil.Santa Catarina
- DirectorRicardo WeschenfelderStarsIvo MüllerWhile the city sleeps, Vitor wanders, lonely, through the corridors of the library with his lantern in his hand. At night, he likes to browse the large dictionary in search of the meanings of words. But something mysterious will happen and Vitor will be the only witness. The film is based on the short story "O Guarda Nocturno" by the poet and short-story writer from Santa Catarina Lindolf Bell.Santa Catarina
- DirectorAntônio CalmonStarsAndrea BeltrãoGuilherme ArantesRoberto BataglinThe romance between a surfer and a beach girl.Santa Catarina
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyStarsRodrigo SantoroOthon BastosCássia KisA trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The marijuana cigarette is just the final drop that exposes the family tragedy. Send to a mental institution, Neto gets to know a completely absurd, inhumane reality in which the people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel institution system. The documentary type language used by the director give this movie a sensation of realty that increases even more the impact of the emotions Neto goes through. In the mental institution, Neto is forced to mature. The transformations that he goes through change this relations with his father.
- DirectorVicente AmorimStarsTsuyoshi IharaTakako TokiwaEiji OkudaIn 1945 the war was not over in Brazil: A death squad assassinated all the Japanese immigrants who accepted defeat.
- DirectorJoão Batista de AndradeStarsJosé DumontAldo BuenoRafael de CarvalhoSão Paulo police mistakenly thinks a folk poet and singer is the same man who had stabbed his boss.
- DirectorHermanno PennaStarsEmanuelle AraújoHermes BaroliCarlos BetãoZé Olímpio (Rui Ricardo Diaz) is a young cangaceiro who, after the band of Lampião is decimated, must flee to São Paulo. Some time later, he decides to return to the Northeast and soon becomes political. It is when he discovers corruption and injustice, when he sees a judge prevent his voters from voting. Angry, he starts to have aggressive attitudes in protest.Sergipe
Most of the story happens in Poço Redondo, in Sergipe state, although an important part happens in São Paulo. - DirectorVaneide DiasFábio RogérioWerden Tavares PinheiroSergipe
- DirectorTomas PortellaStarsCleoFabrício BoliveiraThiago MartinsA group of honest police is sent to a country town to solve the problem of high crime. Soon they solve the problem while newcomer Francis (Cléo Pires) must overcome their limits to prove that it has value. They are acclaimed by public opinion. But before long the application of the force of the law begins to annoy everyone and the true enemy is revealed. Is our society is prepared for an honest cop?Tocantins
Almost the full film takes place in the state of Rio de Janeiro, but the last scene happens in Tocantins and I don't know many other movies with a story that happens there (only part of "Deus é brasileiro" and a short film which is not in IMDB: "De um Fernando para o Brasil"). - DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsAntônio FagundesWagner MouraPaloma DuarteGod is getting tired. So he looks for a saint to take his place for a while.Tocantins
The story begins in Alagoas, goes through Pernambuco, but goes to Tocantins. - DirectorMariana CaltabianoStarsMariana CaltabianoDaiane dos SantosEduardo JardimThe story is a road movie which also passes through Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Ceará, São Paulo, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and Brasília.