Movies: Jofre Soares

The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much attention to his wife, Madalena, a teacher who reacts against his tyrannical ways....

Paulo, an engineer, adopts shoe-shining teenage boy Darci, and slowly realizes he has more than just paternal feelings for him. Many twists follow, regarding Darci's true identity....

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now f...

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Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof....

The story of Severino, a man who tries to escape the misery and the drought prevailing in the rural backcountry of the Northeast of Brazil. He heads for Recife, passing through desert and forest regions, expecting to find a better life....

Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the daughter of a rich Commander and Antonio Balduíno, a rascal, fighter and famous lover from Salvador....

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."...

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Film that includes three short films by different authors about love: "O pacto" by Eduardo Coutinho, "Terrible Night" by Rodolfo Kuhn, and "Magic World" by Helvio Soto....

In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners....

Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies, is bitten up and left for dead, being rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again...

Prostitute is impregnated by a wealthy businessman. Identical twins are born: Márcio created by the father and the mother another. The latter becomes a marginal, while the first, with the death of his father, inherits fortune incalculable. Upon learn...

Didi, Soró and Tatu in search food and water head for the town of Oróz. On their journey they find a Scarecrow, a man in a metal vat, and later are arrested by a Lion Sheriff....

After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring of his early masterpieces, offering a combinatory adaptation of five stories by the renowned Brazilian nov...

An ubiquitous folk singer narrates the tale of a young boy, who apparently becomes immune to gunfire after his mother arranges for him to have an amulet bearing Ogum's blessings. As time goes by, he becomes a valuable member of a mobster's hit-team, ...

Neusa, the mistress of millionaire Rodrigues, plans her own kidnapping with Rubinho, the son of a tycoon, in order to pocket the reward money. The accomplice, in partnership with the adventurer known as the Crazy Exorcist, spends all the money on par...

A Cat from outer-space comes to earth and befriends a Miller's Son and together they set out to defeat an evil wizard....

Filmmaker José Mojica Marins travels to spend Christmas with friends in a small farm, where they spend leisure time while Mojica writes the story for his next film. However, he observes eerie things in the house, with his friends being possessed one ...