Movies: Sérgio Bernardes Filho

In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way. Alone in the Marvelous City, she is forced to accept the friendship and protection of Calunga and, l...

The idiosyncratic adventures of a group of individuals who share the same house....

Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leaves his home to carry out literary research in the country's most obscure settings. Unhappy with the current national situation, the historian joins a ...

Documentary on an elderly nursing home in Rio de Janeiro....

Architect and urbanist Sérgio Bernardes (the film director’s father) designs a hypothetical zoning plan to rescue a city on the path to ruin due to chaotic and unorganized development. The seemingly long takes are in contrast to the editing, which is...