Documentários
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1. Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich.
Director: Evgeny Afineevsky | Stars: His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Said Ismagilov, Bishop Agapit, Archbishop Petro Malchuk
Votes: 20,622
2. Senna (2010)
PG-13 | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.
Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Ayrton Senna, Reginaldo Leme, John Bisignano, Neyde Senna
Votes: 75,752 | Gross: $1.61M
3. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders | Stars: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Votes: 23,443 | Gross: $1.34M
4. Santiago (2007)
80 min | Documentary
Documentary about Santiago, a peculiar man who used to work for the director and his parents as a butler. The material was filmed in 1992 but, for some strange reason, the director felt he ... See full summary »
Director: João Moreira Salles | Star: Santiago Badariotti Merlo
Votes: 756
5. Edifício Master (2002)
110 min | Documentary
The daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: their drama, aspirations, intimate revelations, loneliness, dreams...
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Star: Fernando José
Votes: 1,682
6. Twenty Years Later (1984)
119 min | Documentary, History
A filmmaker returns to Northeast Brazil after twenty years to resume his film (a profile of assassinated peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira) which was shut down by a right-wing military coup in 1964.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Eduardo Coutinho, Elizabeth Teixeira, Ferreira Gullar, Tite de Lemos
Votes: 1,693
7. A Opinião Pública (1967)
65 min | Documentary
Documentary about middle-class people in Rio de Janeiro, in the sixties, when Brazil was going through a hard period in its history, with the military coup and the following dictatorship. ... See full summary »
Director: Arnaldo Jabor | Stars: Fernando Garcia, Jerry Adriani, Valéria Amar, Clóvis Bornay
Votes: 126
8. Babilônia 2000 (1999)
80 min | Documentary
Documentary on poor people living in two slums in Rio de Janeiro, on the occasion of New Year's Eve.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho
Votes: 248
9. Jogo de Cena (2007)
100 min | Documentary, Drama
Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses, blurring the barriers between truth, fiction and interpretation.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Marília Pêra, Andrea Beltrão, Fernanda Torres, Aleta Gomes Vieira
Votes: 1,310
10. Last Conversations (2015)
87 min | Documentary
The late director Eduardo Coutinho sits down and talks with young Brazilian students in his last documentary.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Star: Eduardo Coutinho
Votes: 275
11. Teodorico, o Imperador do Sertão (1978)
50 min | Documentary
The documentary follows Theodorico Bezerra, known as The Emperor of Backwoods. A landowner and politician from Rio Grande do Norte, he was known as a fierce and rigid boss, who commanded ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Coutinho
Votes: 50
12. O Fim e o Princípio (2006)
110 min | Documentary
A film starting from naught. With no prior research, no characters, no sites, nor specific themes, a film team arrive to the hinterland of Paraíba state in northeastern Brazil in search of ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Marília Pêra, Fernanda Torres
Votes: 192
13. Um Dia na Vida (2010)
94 min | Documentary
The documentary is a selection of images on network television that Coutinho recorded for 24 hours. It was never released in theaters because of issues related to copyright and image.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Sonia Abrão, Marcelo Adnet, Amaury Jr., Sandra Annenberg
Votes: 133
14. Barren Lives (1963)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
A poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro, Orlando Macedo, Jofre Soares
Votes: 2,909
15. Isle of Flowers (1989)
13 min | Documentary, Short
The ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato: from the plantation of a "Nisei" (Brazilian with Japanese origins); to a supermarket; to a consumer's kitchen to become sauce ... See full summary »
Director: Jorge Furtado | Stars: Paulo José, Ciça Reckziegel, Douglas Trainini, Júlia Barth
Votes: 6,522
16. They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981)
120 min | Drama
Union leader's son doesn't want to engage in a strike, because his wife is pregnant, thus disregarding his father's tradition of political activism.
Director: Leon Hirszman | Stars: Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Fernanda Montenegro, Carlos Alberto Riccelli, Bete Mendes
Votes: 1,820
18. The Soul of the Bone (2004)
74 min | Documentary
Documentary about Domingos Albino Ferreira, aka Dominguinhos da Pedra, a man who's been living alone for 41 years in caves in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Director: Cao Guimarães | Star: Domingos Albino Ferreira
Votes: 89
19. The Man of the Crowd (2013)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama
Loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's story of the same name, Marcelo Gomes and Cao Guimaraes, two of the most interesting filmmakers working in Brazil today, have crafted an elegant, ... See full summary »
Directors: Marcelo Gomes, Cao Guimarães | Stars: Paulo André, Sílvia Lourenço, Jean-Claude Bernardet, Alexis de Abreu
Votes: 312
20. Terra Deu, Terra Come (2010)
89 min | Documentary
Pedro de Almeida, garimpeiro de 81 anos de idade, comanda como mestre de cerimônias o velório, o cortejo fúnebre e o enterro de João Batista, que morreu com 120 anos. O ritual sucede-se no ... See full synopsis »
Director: Rodrigo Siqueira
Votes: 75
21. Homem Comum (2015)
103 min | Documentary, Drama
Everyman's starting point is the most essential of all questions: what is the meaning of life? From there on, the film establishes an unexpected bond between scenes of the final 20 years of... See full synopsis »
Director: Carlos Nader | Stars: Nilson de Paula, Jane, Liciane
Votes: 47
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