Emmanuel Cavalcanti Movies

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.

Aroeiras is a fictional city in the northeastern interior of Brazil where Genésio lives. Old, widowed, retired and childless, he fills his...

Rui arrives in a small town looking for his father, a prospector. Before that, he gets involved with Maria, who is facing problems in the family....

High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start...

Man leaves his family behind and moves to Nova Iguaçu, a poor and violent city in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. He tries to rebuild his...

During an orgy of millionaires, a woman is mysteriously kidnapped and killed. The crime causes quite a stir in local society, as the investigations...

70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.

Documentary about the avenue (Avenida Brasil) that is the main access to Rio de Janeiro, crossing very poor and violent suburbs.

Rio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman who steals cars.

A circus clown's life spirals out of control when his wife, a trapeze artist, dies during a performance, and, to his chagrin, their son vows to...

A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos’ Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the...

A documentary about the artist Aloísio Magalhães.

Edson is having an affair with actress Maria do Rosário, who dreams of being a movie director. So he tries to get some easy money for her...

A documentary short on Tempo Glauber, a foundation created by filmmaker Orlando Senna and Glauber Rocha's mother Lucia in order to celebrate and...