Jacques Cheuiche Movies

Continuing the exploration of the thin line between truth and performance, Eduardo Coutinho turns his attention to the drama generated during...

Documentary filmed on-set during the making of Aki Kaurismaki's "La vie de Boheme"

This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit...

Documentary on the life and work of José Lins do Rego (1901-1957), one of Brazil's greatest 20th century literary authors, writer of...

After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a...

Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with...

Documentary about the people who came from all over Brazil to work in the construction of the city of Brasilia, their stories, and the abuse and...

A guard watches a passing woman.

After studying in the capital, the young Cate, 18, returns to her small town in Minas Gerais, to teach in elementary school. Enthusiastic, free and...

The Pernambuco painter Cicero Dias created an unparalleled art for the world. Close to a modernist and influenced by artists such as Pablo Picasso,...

Brazil: in a gray city in the near future, religious sects and rats live on the prowl. It rains non-stop.

Part activist and part globe trekking photographer, Sebastião Salgado is most famous for recording the migration of people and culture around...

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties....

The story is about a young man who has the strange habit of waking up in a dead body position and decides to buy a security camera to investigate...

After years of ruling an offline world, the Disconnected Empire decides to take revenge. The Emperor plans to kidnap Marco Túlio, creator of...

This revealing documentary offers an insider's view of Lula da Silva's 2002 presidential campaign, showing political dynamics alongside intimate...

The documentary portrays the life of Bahian communist leader Giocondo Dias, the left-wing activist who lived two thirds of his life in hiding and led...

Dom Angélico was born into a poor family and distinguished himself by supporting the social movements that emerged in the late 1950s. He was...