Vânia Debs Movies

Passages showcases Brazilian films in which the utilisation of artforms and media such as literature, painting, theatre, music, photography, radio...

Adapted from his autobiography, the film recounts the story of Hiroito, The King of Boca do Lixo (a region in downtown São Paulo of the...

In a small village in the hinterland, three stories of love and desire are changing the emotional landscape of its residents. Characters of a...

A documentarist is convinced by her son to travel to Brazil's Northeast so she can throw his dad ashes at São Francisco river.

Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of "Durval Discos", a record store they own in São Paulo, specializing in vinyl records. They...

Weatherman 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 film narrates, from an intimate point of view, the daily life of President Dilma Rousseff in her official residence, the Palácio do...

A Lebanese photographer living in Brazil in the '30s manages to film the band of Lampião, a legendary Brazilian bandit.

Serginho has a hard time finding his place in the world as he works with his uncle at the market, supports his depressed mother, and takes care of...

The making of an unfinished film about phobias. Says the director. Behind the screens, he discusses at length (with e.g. Coffin Joe) about the...

This communist and parliamentarian leader was arrested and tortured, and became famous for having written the "Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla"....

The cultural differences between the several generations of the rural maracatu: an afro-indigenous ritual which originated in the sugar mills of the...

The bride, the groom, the best man and a destructive passion. A wet dream turned into a nightmare. "La Dolorosa" is the second episode from "The...

Jéssica is a teenager from Brazilian Northeast. After being abused by her stepfather, she runs away to Recife, where starts to work with...

Scenes of the childhood of a girl, living in a small Brazilian town.

To pursue the woman of dreams, there are lovers capable of delving into a strange journey - through all the genres and styles that cinema has...