Ruth de Souza Movies

Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of...

A man, who creates pasts for a living, struggles to find his own past while a mysterious woman takes a dangerous step.

Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers...

The torrid love affair between a 40-year-old man who lives isolated from the world, in his small farm nearby São Paulo and a politically...

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...

In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart.

A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.

Four buddies set out on a three-week deep-sea fishing holiday in the Amazon and run into trouble.

Passionate about the magic of cinema and historically imposed on a place of invisibility, prejudices and stereotypes, how can women challenge, break...

Based on the novel by Franklin Távora, the film follows the adventures of a father and a son in 18th century Brazil.

The administrator of an abandoned coffee farm and inveterate gambler saves money to buy the property, even knowing of the loving connections between...

A man's farm is attacked and his mother gets killed. Looking for revenge, he goes about chasing the men who killed her.

The impact of Ney Matogrosso's performances on his audience and the reverberation of that impact on Brazilian culture, from the second half of the...

Candinho is a hillbilly who leaves the countryside, taking his donkey along, and goes to São Paulo, trying to find his mother.

What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes...

A small town is taken upside down when an inventor finds a way to turn bones into gold.