Movies: Tvzero

Rachel is a girl, adopted by an upper middle class family, who rebelled at 17 and left her family and studies at a traditional college in Sao Paulo to become a sexy call girl. Shortly after starting work, she decided to write a blog about her experie...

The story of Júlio Santana, a professional killer who was responsible for almost 500 hundred murders in Brazil....

Documentary on poor people living in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, on the occasion of New Year's Eve of 1999....

Marcela’s world becomes strange and unfamiliar after her sister Rina dies. She feels lost in her own house, and her relationship with her husband and children seems to suffer. But when Nacho, a young friend of her daughter’s, unexpectedly drops by, s...

A phenomenon of popularity in the 1960s, Wilson Simonal saw his meteoric career fall apart when he was accused of collaborating with the Brazilian military dictatorship....

After being released from prison, Dr. Nise da Silveira is back at work in a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro where she refuses to employ the new and violent electroshock in the treatment of schizophrenics. Ridiculed by doctors,...

Rio de Janeiro, in the period in which the Police Pacification Units (PPUs) were beginning to be deployed in the city. Edna (Lilia Cabral) is the mother of Julio (Pedro Nercessian) and Silvio (Fiuk). One day she wakes up desperate to see that Julio j...

Dé, Adrianim and Martins are three black teenagers from Chatuba, Rio de Janeiro. When Dé receives the news that Almerinda, his grandmother, is in the terminal phase of Alzheimer's disease, he decides to enjoy the last days of her life together with h...

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Mixing archival footage and interviews with the band and its crew, this film celebrates the 40-year history of legendary rockers Paralamas do Sucesso....

On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety and renew her strength before sending her eldest son out into the world....

Musician Alceu Valença revisits his career, from his first contact with music, when he was still young, through the 1970s, when several names in music from the Northeast gained space on the scene....

Malu — a mercurial, unemployed actress living with her conservative mother in a precarious house in a Rio de Janeiro slum — tries to deal with her strained relationship with her own adult daughter while surviving on memories of her glorious artistic ...

Player, coach, journalist and polemicist, João Saldanha (1917-1990) has always been a good fighter. The bravery he displayed on the field, in the short period he was a player, led him to accept the post of coach of the same team, Botafogo. He was als...

A romantic comedy centered on Mia, a self-centered witch with an unusual power: anyone who kisses her either falls in love with her or falls back in love with the last person they loved. During one of her rounds, Mia encounters Yuri, who is heartbrok...

In this disarming and personal documentary, Gonçalves explores precisely what it is that is wrong with him. His physical disability is obvious, but doctors have never managed to provide a diagnosis. As he undergoes a series of tests, he paints a pict...

How much theatricality is there in an interview-based documentary? On one side, someone answers. On the other side, someone asks questions – usually away from the camera eyes. But what would happen if also filmed the interviewers? And if the responde...

Singer, poet and composer of iconic songs such as "Kátia Flávia" and "Rio 40 Graus", Fausto Fawcett is also the author of five novels and several performances that reveal a vast and unique universe. Starting from real and everyday signs with roots in...

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution....