Othon Bastos Movies

In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who has already been shot seven times, gets involved in...

The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist...

Contemporary film critics regard the epic film I Am Cuba as a modern masterpiece. The 1964 Cuban/Soviet coproduction marked a watershed moment of...

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

This is a remake of Brazil's first international success in the cinema world. Just as its same name predecessor was, this film is a fictional version...

Two students make a date in a secluded cave behind their school, where they could be undisturbed. But on arrival they see a corpse. They run to...

The true story of Tancredo Neves, the first civilian president of Brazil after a 20-year military dictatorship, and the infamous hospitalization...

Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zuzu Angel follows the case of her activist son...

José Henrique Fonseca crafts an ambitious and long overdue homage to a central icon in Brazil’s 20th century history. Reminiscent of film...

From the clay used to make tiles or clay clay, an image of Lampião, the king of Cangaço, begins to emerge through the work of...

Laís Bodanzky and Luiz Bolognesi travel around the small cities of Brazil, exhibiting short films in public squares. From the south of Bahia...

Hugo Kari is a famous singer who decides to take a break from his schedule to find his father, ambassador Mário Menezes. Together, they try to...

This biopic documents the life and work of one of Brazil’s most prolific artists: Milton Gonçalves. This actor and director are credited...

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His...

Locked up for decades in a maximum security prison, an old man tries to revive his glory days as a magician, putting into practice a perfect - but...

When returning to his hometown with his ill mother, Marlombrando meets again his father and the Drive-in cinema where he spent his childhood. Almeida...

A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood.

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