Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

Our story begins with Macunaima's miraculous birth to an old woman in a tiny jungle settlement. Born full grown, he discovers his life's purpose which leads him and his family/followers on a journey to the Big City. On the way, more miracles occur, but Macunaima still has the heart and mind of a child. In the Big City, he is co-opted by terrorists who enlist him in their revolutionary schemes. In the Big City he learns that nuts are not always food and other hilarious lessons of life. (imdb)

Based on an actual historical incident, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade's stylish, subversive The Conspirators is set in the late 18th century, when a group of provincial intellectuals, inspired by the revolutions in France and the U.S., plots an uprising to liberate Brazil, only to be brutally crushed by the Portuguese colonial authorities. (myTelus.com)

Documentary on the life and work of Antônio Francisco Lisboa.

Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. (imdb)

Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer's history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha was a very original and talented player, having curved legs. Women and alcohol were his passion, and the cause of his later decadence. After a glorious career, he died in financial misery, forgotten. (imdb)

Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof. (imdb)

In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the sudden attraction this priest feels for a beautiful girl. This forbidden love affair soon turns into an unbridled passion.

The film presents images of Brasília in its sixth year, and interviews with residents of the capital from different social groups. One question provides the structure for the documentary: can a city planned in its entirety, built in the name of national development and of the democratizing of society, reproduce the inequalities and the oppression existing in other regions of the country? (mostra.ig.com.br)

The camera follows an ordinary morning of famous Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira in his small apartment, making breakfast, typewriting in bed, walking through the streets of Castelo, in downtown Rio de Janeiro. (imdb)

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro. (imdb)

Documentary about influential Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, made in his country house in Apipucos, Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil). (imdb)

A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum. (imdb)

German documentary for TV about the "Cinema Novo" movement (Brazilian New Wave). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967: Leon Hirszman preparing the script for "Garota de Ipanema"; Glauber Rocha shooting "Terra em Transe"; Arnaldo Jabor editing "A Opinião Pública"; Nelson Pereira shooting "El Justicero"; the rushes and voice-looping sessions of "Todas as Mulheres do Mundo"; and the opening of "A Grande Cidade". (imdb)

Comedy in 4 segments. In "Arroz e Feijão", owner of a boarding-house seduces her young countryboy tenant. In "As Três Virgens" three spinsters are influenced by the behaviour of their teenager niece, whom they are lodging. In "O Arremate" a colonist turns his virgin daughter in to a landowner, to have his debts forgiven. And in "Vereda Tropical", a man becomes sexually obsessed by a watermelon, to the point of having sexual intercourse with it. (imdb)