Movies: Manoel Rocha

The lives of five young medical interns in in the emergency ward of a hospital in Rio de Janeiro....

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Reconstruction of the historical episode of the Inconfidência Mineira (Minas Conspiracy)....

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The love misadventures of a teacher, a woman who gives up living in a big city in order to teach country children how to read and write....

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A young woman from the countryside comes to Rio to try to be a theater star with the support of a friend, but to achieve what she wants, she ends up getting her own mother into trouble....

An ordinary thief and two accomplices invade a mansion whose owners traveled to Buenos Aires. They settle there with the whole family, until the real owners return. The owner's natural son saves the thief's situation when he threatens to reveal some ...

Nini dreams of a doll that resembles a queen living in a toy store window. Although now, first of all, it is necessary to think about paying the rent....

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In a séance, Menezes' great-great-grandfather is brought back to life in present day (1936), over a century after his death at age 26. A free-spirited womanizer, he starts causing all sorts of trouble for the wealthy, respectable family of his descen...

Returning from a pleasant horseback ride, two lovers on their way home contemplate each other, entranced by the modesty inherent in the rigid customs they were raised in. The hero feels an irrepressible desire to come to Rio. In the capital, interest...

O Descobrimento do Brasil (The Discovery of Brazil) is an impressive historical epic recreating Álvares Cabral’s voyage to the New World in 1500, with a score especially written by the renowned composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos. One of the earliest exampl...

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A poor woman passes herself as singer that just arrives from Frances and becames a sensation on Rio de Janeiro's high society....