Grande Otelo Movies

Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an...

Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an...

A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.

A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him.

Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True.

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

In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark...

A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles' eyes during the shooting of It's All True.

The story of a famous Brazilian bandit in the early 1970s and his fight against a paramilitary organization known as the Death Squad.

Three friends meeting after the absence of one of them for 15 years out of the country. This sudden gathering give them the opportunity to examine...

For six decades, the cinema of Nelson Pereira dos Santos has projected Brazil into the eyes of the world. Precursor of Cinema Novo, Nelson was, more...

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly...

In Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into...

A vivacious woman tries to please all of her lovers but finds she can't handle the jealousy that erupts among them.

"High Noon" spoof. Kid Bolha and Ciscocada, two clumsy swindlers, arrive at a violent Old West town called Citydown where, by mistake, one of them is...

Documentary on one of Brazil's most controversial personalities: Getúlio Vargas, an ex-president.

After the success of the first Brazilian space mission, a scientist intends to accomplish an even more audacious feat. His goal is to launch into...

Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational...

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the...