Movies: Afrânio Vital

A journey through the memories of Brazilian filmmaker Afranio Vital. Between dreams and ruins, a life in cinema doesn’t end like this....

A young woman and her lover draw an unsuspecting lawyer into their plan to kill her rich uncle and stay with his fortune....

Vilma has not found peace in life since her father's death. Being an only child and living with her mother, all hopes of lifting both women out of their challenging lives—shared in a poor house in the suburbs of Rio—rest on Vilma. To make matters wor...

Two criminal friends pick up two women....

Film about Ataulfo Alves, directed by Afranio Vital...

Part of a series of short documentaries about black musicians and singers made in the 1970s, it portrays Luiz Melodia in the intimacy of his life and the close relationship with his family and friends in the favela of Estácio, as well as stories abou...

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