Joel Barcellos Movies

In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new Brazilian capital city of Brasília....

Milionário and José Rico are robbed of their money and their fans' enthusiasm. But a female truck driver is out to help them.

A beautiful woman is found dead, with a peach in her mouth, a bite in her butt and without blood in the body. When other women are found dead in the...

Expedito, after being abandoned by his parents, became Zefa's adopted son until he became a man and started earning his living as an independent...

In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way....

In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer,...

"Seven women on motorcycles, through Via Dutra, go to the Baixada Fluminense, a microcosm of Brazil. Diving into the memory and questioning the...

A young female fugitive escapes from a juvenile institution (the Child Assistance Service) and joins a group of poor beggars with the intention of...

Six episodes set in and focusing on the history of Brasília, the capital of Brazil. Episode list: A Paisagem Natural (dir. Vladimir...

A family of Brazilian farmers is desperately looking for work and moves from city to city.

In his film Rua Aperana 52 Júlio Bressane describes the invention of a landscape, the topology of a corner of Rio de Janeiro. The film...

The hero without character is back. Here, two Macunaímas encounter with one mission in common which is to leave the place they're currently...

Ring whose previous owner was a prostitute with supernatural powers causes double personality in a young woman about to marry. After some time, her...

Couple whose marriage is at stake delve into the past, with the help of a diary and some home movies. In these movies, Helena, the woman's suicidal...

The Viscount of Sabugosa is locked in the library writing an encyclopedia about the characters in children's fables. Dona Benta receives a letter...

The events of Giuliano Sartori, correspondent from Genoa for a newspaper in the capital, involved in a complicated investigation set in a psychiatric...