Filmes com temática nordestina (Movies about Northeastern Brazil)
Documentaries have not been included.
Three other lists for Brazilian movies:
Great movies about/in Rio de Janeiro
Great movies about/in São Paulo
Some nice Brazilian movies
Best Brazilian documentaries
I have also made a list of Brazilian movies with up to three films representative of each state.
ADD: "O Arraial", Brazilian short animated film from Otto Guerra (http://portacurtas.org.br/filme/default.aspx?name=o_arraial).
Add: Ex isto, starred by João Miguel
Three other lists for Brazilian movies:
Great movies about/in Rio de Janeiro
Great movies about/in São Paulo
Some nice Brazilian movies
Best Brazilian documentaries
I have also made a list of Brazilian movies with up to three films representative of each state.
ADD: "O Arraial", Brazilian short animated film from Otto Guerra (http://portacurtas.org.br/filme/default.aspx?name=o_arraial).
Add: Ex isto, starred by João Miguel
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- DirectorMarcelo GomesStarsJoão MiguelPeter KetnathMadalena AcciolyA road movie about a German man who went to the Northeast of Brazil in 1942 to sell Aspirin.
- DirectorJoão Daniel TikhomiroffStarsAílton CarmoJéssica BarbosaFlávio RochaBased on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission.
- DirectorHalder GomesStarsEdmilson FilhoJesuíta BarbosaRoberto BomtempoThe massive arrival of television in rural Brazil in the 1970s jeopardizes the small movie theaters' business. Francisgleydisson is the owner of Cine Holliudy, and he must be extremely creative to keep his passion for cinema alive, a Brazilian way of showing its passion for the 7th art, even in the remotes areas. Cinema Paradiso and Amacord are close references.
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsFernanda MontenegroVinícius de OliveiraMarília PêraThe emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.The film begins in Rio de Janeiro, but afterwards it turns to a road movie in the states of Bahia and Pernambuco, both in Northeast.
- DirectorLuiz BolognesiJean Cullen De MouraMarcelo Fernandes De MouraStarsSelton MelloCamila PitangaRodrigo SantoroRevolves around the love between an immortal hero and Janaína, the woman he has been in love with for 600 years, through Brazil's colonization, slavery, military regime and the future, in 2096, in the midst of wars for water.
- DirectorGuel ArraesStarsMatheus NachtergaeleSelton MelloRogério CardosoFollows the lives of 2 poor Brazilians and their schemes to get money and the consequences of their actions.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsHermila GuedesMaria MenezesZezita MatosIn order to get funds, a young woman living in the Northeast of Brazil decides to raffle her own body.
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsJosé DumontRodrigo SantoroRita AssemanyWhen ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother, a young man questions the tradition of violence between two rival families.
- DirectorAnselmo DuarteStarsLeonardo VillarGlória MenezesDionísio AzevedoA simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?
- DirectorGuel ArraesStarsAndré MattosAramis TrindadeBruno GarciaThis is the fun story of the mischievous, adventurous and conquering Leléu and the dreamy Lisbela, who loves watching American movies and dreams of movie heroes.
- DirectorJuliano DornellesKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsBárbara ColenThomas AquinoSilvero PereiraAfter the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.
- DirectorGabriel MascaroStarsDandara de MoraisGeová Manoel Dos SantosMaria Salvino Dos SantosThe August winds gust and a poetic duel between life, death, loss, memory, the wind and the sea ensues.
- DirectorBreno SilveiraStarsAdélio LimaChambinho do AcordeonLand VieiraThe story of Brazilian popular singer Luiz Gonzaga and his son Gonzaguinha.
- DirectorAlceu ValençaStarsHermila GuedesIrandhir SantosAlceu ValençaIn arid and treacherous lands, Lampião and his band are pursued by Antero Tenente and his troop, which faces the capture of the bandit as a matter of honor.
- DirectorSergio MachadoStarsAlice BragaWagner MouraLázaro RamosLifelong friends Deco and Naldinho, who own a small steaming boat in Bahia, meet strip-dancer Karinna. Both men fall for her and their friendship is deeply shattered.
- DirectorSergio RezendeStarsJosé WilkerMarieta SeveroJonas BlochBiography of Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, who used to appear in public carrying a machine-gun, and wearing a black cloak.The beginning of the movie happens in Alagoas state. The main character is a Northeastern who moves to Duque de Caxias, in Rio de Janeiro state.
- DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsLuciano Arrais AndradeGraça AraújoPedro BandeiraIn tropical Recife, in northeastern Brazil, temperatures drop to impossible lows and the inhabitants have to adapt. This 'mockumentary' gradually turns critical, looking at the climate, urban development and social interaction from every angle. Does a ray of sun pierce the clouds, after all?Very nice mockumentary from Pernambuco.
https://youtu.be/U9mu2TJ0scY - DirectorVictor di MelloStarsDilma LóesCarlo MossyVera FischerA couple do everything in order to stay together, against their families' wish.The film happens part in Salvador and part in Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsÁtila IórioMaria RibeiroOrlando MacedoA 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 to live, with food and work. But the drought and misery destroy their hopes.
- DirectorLírio FerreiraStarsGuilherme WeberGiulia GamJosé DumontWeatherman from a TV network goes back to his hometown, Vale da Rocha, a place in Northeast Brazil, devastated by the drought. He is forced to face the geographic elements and his own memories.
- DirectorGuel ArraesStarsMarco NaniniJosé WilkerMatheus NachtergaeleElected major of the small city of Sucupira, after unfortunate situation, Odorico (Marco Nanini) must open the city cemitery and face acusations of being corrupt, to end his term on good terms with the people
- DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsSonia BragaMaeve JinkingsIrandhir SantosClara, 65, lives her life to the fullest with her family and friends. A construction company wants her Recife oceanfront condo, as they've already bought all the other in the 3 story building. Clara's staying.Amazing camera moves, very nice dialogs, impotant plot.
- DirectorMarcos PauloStarsMilhem CortazEriberto LeãoHermila GuedesIn 2005, high-ranked criminal Barão is planning the heist that inspired the film. He needs to dig a tunnel linking a house to the Banco Central's vault in Fortaleza, where he'll steal millions of (R$) reais.
- DirectorAndrucha WaddingtonStarsRegina CaséLima DuarteStênio GarciaA true story that comically depicts the relationship between an ordinary woman and her three husbands, who live in the same house in a poor and arid small village of the Brazilian northeast.
- DirectorCecília AmadoGuy GonçalvesStarsJean AmorimAna GracielaRoberio LimaAbout the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as Capitães da Areia (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia, during the 1950s.
- DirectorMarília Hughes GuerreiroCláudio MarquesStarsDora GoritzkiThaila LimaThaia PerezDora, 14, will spend her vacation with her grandmother for the first time. Throughout the events, Dora will come to learn that her stay in Bahia will be permanent.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsWagner MouraClemens SchickFred LimaShortly after failing to rescue a drowning man, Donato meets Konrad, a friend of the victim. They soon begin a relationship which seems doomed from the start, while Donato's past catches up with him.Partially in Ceará, Brazil, partially in Germany.
- DirectorMarcelo GalvãoStarsMaria de MedeirosThaila AyalaDiogo MorgadoA Brazilian western about Cabeleira, a feared killer living in the countryside of Pernambuco State in the 40's.
- DirectorJosé JoffilyStarsDavid RascheCristina LagoIrandhir SantosBefore his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and expose them to a series of humiliating situations. Blinded by prejudice, Marshall ends up causing the death of a young Brazilian. After a period in prison, Marshall goes to Brazil, deadly ill and in a desperate search in order to purge his guilt. In his quest, he is guided by Bia, a young prostitute.
- DirectorCláudio AssisStarsFernando TeixeiraCaio BlatMatheus NachtergaeleA man gets obsessed by a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money.Disturbing and violent film, beautifully filmed, which major issues are sexism and mysoginy. Perfect acting and cinematography.
- DirectorTiãoStarsRodrigo BolzanElisa HeidrichVictor LaetA cow tries to convince herself she's really happy. But one evening, just before Christmas, she is overwhelmed by a sense of emptiness - a strange, new experience. The crisis makes her decide to go traveling to find her true self. Grippingly existential - but also irresistibly humorous.A lot of mockery and innovation in a surrealist piece.
- DirectorFrancisco Ramalho Jr.StarsVanessa GiácomoMarco RiccaEdward BoggissAfter her parents were killed by a troupe of soldiers in search of Lampião, an outlaw living in Northeastern Brazil, Maria marries Filipe, a horse whisperer. But his nephew Coriolano soon develops an attraction for Maria, while a jealous Filipe decides to break his marriage and sends Maria away.
- DirectorAndrucha WaddingtonStarsGilberto GilDominguinhosTargino GondimDocumentary about the popular celebrations in honor of St. John in Brazil, in this case, in the Northeast part of the country, where the celebrations are more traditional and widespread.
- DirectorSérgio RicardoStarsGeraldo AzevedoFátima BatistaAna Lúcia CastroIn the miserable Northeastern Brazil, a ruthless land Baron wants to throw a poor farming couple out of their property.
- DirectorHilton LacerdaStarsMaria de Jesus BaccarelliJesuíta BarbosaAriclenes BarrosoThe romance between a 18-year-old soldier and the cultural ringleader of an anarchist cabaret.
- DirectorMoacyr GóesStarsMarcos PalmeiraFlávia AlessandraLívia FalcãoAfter being forced into a marriage and enduring a humiliating work routine in the hands of his father-in-law, Zé Araújo becomes the mythical Ojuara, an unconventional hero devoted to debauchery.
- DirectorHeitor DhaliaStarsJamile AlvesJuarez AlvesSamira Carvalho BentoTungsten will bring four characters to the center of a narrative built like a precision mechanism: a police officer that acts moved by his instincts; his wife, whose decision to get a divorce from him seems irrevocable; a small drug dealer, whose main interest is to survive another day; and an ex-army Sargent, who misses his life in the barrack.Innovative film with a sudden end, seeming unfinished.
- DirectorEliane CafféStarsJosé DumontNelson XavierMatheus NachtergaeleThe illiterate population of the small town of Javé charge Antônio Biá with the mission of writing the story of the town, in an attempt to stop the construction of a hydropower dam that would destroy the village. They start remembering (or making up) great local personalities and events.
- DirectorGabriel MascaroStarsJuliano CazarréMaeve JinkingsJosinaldo AlvesIremar works at the rodeo in North East of Brazil. From his home, the truck used to transport the animals, he dreams of a future in the region's booming clothing industry.Cinematography, acting and directing are perfect. The film is also innovative both in protraying men and women out of their "normal" roles and in showing a Brazil foreigners do not know. Though, there is not much story.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraWalter Guimares MottaStarsAlberto RuschelAurora DuarteMilton RibeiroA man's farm is attacked and his mother gets killed. Looking for revenge, he goes about chasing the men who killed her.
- DirectorGlauber RochaStarsMaurício do ValleOdete LaraOthon BastosIn this sequel to "Black God, White Devil", Antonio das Mortes must return back to action after killing the last of the Cangaceiros 29 years ago, when a new outlaw appears, who will eventually reveal as an idealist and mark him profoundly.
- DirectorRoberto PiresStarsConceição SennaSasso AlanoRoberto PiresSurvivors inside a bunker rebel against controlling scientists in a world devastated by a nuclear holocaust.Not a movie about Brazilian Northeast, but a Northeastern film, from Bahia. It is a Brazilian distopic sci-fi post-apocalyptic movie, something quite uncommon! In spite of horrible acting, this movie is interesting and worth seeing. It merges a critic against nuclear energy usage and an Orwellian flavor.
- DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsAna Rita GurgelCaio AlmeidaMaeve JinkingsThe lives of the residents of a Brazilian apartment building and the security guards who get the job guarding the surrounding streets.
- DirectorRosemberg CariryStarsChico DíazDira PaesChico AlvesCruel and brave Brazilian outlaw called Corisco, living in the backcountry in the Northeast, an arid region, rapes 12-year-old Dadá, who becomes his woman, following him and his gang. Although they were supposed to fight against social injustice, they terrorized the small villages along their way.
- DirectorHermanno PennaStarsEmanuelle AraújoHermes BaroliCarlos BetãoZé Olímpio (Rui Ricardo Diaz) is a young cangaceiro who, after the band of Lampião is decimated, must flee to São Paulo. Some time later, he decides to return to the Northeast and soon becomes political. It is when he discovers corruption and injustice, when he sees a judge prevent his voters from voting. Angry, he starts to have aggressive attitudes in protest.Most of the story happens in Poço Redondo, in Sergipe state, although an important part happens in São Paulo.
- DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsMagdale AlvesPedro BandeiraGabriela SouzaMiddle-class family living in a house filled with superfluous electronic appliances see the arrival of a new item, a 29" TV-Set.
- DirectorHalder GomesStarsPedro DominguesEdmilson FilhoHaroldo GuimarãesFrancisgleydisson is the owner of Cine Holiúdy, a very modest movie theater in the country side of Brazil back in the 1970's. He undertakes many duties to bring movie magic to the audience.
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsEduardo CoutinhoElizabeth TeixeiraFerreira GullarA 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.
- DirectorMonique GardenbergStarsLázaro RamosDira PaesWagner MouraDuring the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil), we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor and music.
- DirectorJorge FurtadoStarsPedro CardosoLisa BeckerBen BerardiThe historical conflict of Canudos is told by Pedro Cardoso, who plays five different characters. Going from a teacher to historical characters, the actor shares an overview of the battle between religious leader Antonio Conselheiro and the army forces sent by president Prudente de Moraes to fight the peasant rebels in the 1890's.
- DirectorCao GuimarãesStarsJoão MiguelThe famous philosopher and mathematician René Descartes (João Miguel) arrives in Brazil, where he travels in the tropics. An imaginary landing in which Descartes appears on the effect of hallucinogens experiencing the wild and contemporary lands of the country.Part of the movie is held in Pernambuco and Alagoas.
- DirectorGabriel MascaroStarsDira PaesJulio MachadoAntonio PastichA woman uses her bureaucratic job to convince divorcing couples to stay together and is utterly committed to getting pregnant by her husband in a future of dance parties, ritualistic orgies and fundamentalist Christianity.
- DirectorVicente AmorimStarsWagner MouraCláudia AbreuRavi Ramos LacerdaA man and his family travel 3200km (1984 miles) by bicycle, from the State of Paraíba to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in search of a job.The major part of the movie happens in Northeast.
- DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsAntônio FagundesWagner MouraPaloma DuarteGod is getting tired. So he looks for a saint to take his place for a while.
- DirectorÍtalo CajueiroElvis Kleber
- DirectorIsabel PenoniLeonardo SetteAfter they find out that their husbands have mysteriously transformed into raging pigs the women of the village decide to take action.
- DirectorMariana CaltabianoStarsMariana CaltabianoDaiane dos SantosEduardo JardimThe story is a road movie which passes through Bahia and Ceará, besides Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Brasília.
- DirectorCarlos DieguesStarsAntonio PitangaLéa GarciaEliezer GomesThe life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.Excellent cinematography and very nice soundtrack, but boring film.
- DirectorVictor LustosaDedé SantanaStarsRenato AragãoDedé SantanaMussumFailing to obtain any vultures--the only potential food in the severe drought of Northeastern Brazil--Didi and his friends Soró and Tatu', put their hut on a wagon pulled by their burro Salvation and head for the town of Oróz, believing they can find water there. On the way, they find a Scarecrow, whom Didi calls Clowbrush (clown+brush), besieged by vultures reminiscent of the crows in _Wiz, The (1978/I)_. They kill and eat the vultures and take the brainless Scarecrow with them, hoping a doctor at Oróz will put them in. They next stumble upon a warehouse, finding a man in a metal vat of rum, which is his blood, who desires a heart. In the town of Oróz, Sheriff Lion works for Colonel Ferreira, who owns a pond using gigantic frogs to keep people from obtaining water without paying. Lion's girlfriend, Aninha the schoolmaster, thinks he is a coward for not standing up to the Colonel. The Tramps, with Vat and Clowbrush, arrive and promptly rob a bakery. Sheriff Lion puts Soró and Tatu in jail, while to redeem himself, he is ordered to supervise Didi, Vat, and Clowbrush in a search for water, which is their punishment. After disguising themselves as Ferreira's guards, they are nonetheless discovered, so they flee to a desert, where a saint points them to the Wizard of Oróz, who fiendishly supports their mission - The film, while a spoof of a famous story, was also intended to make people aware of the conditions in the Northeast, which Aragão said he could not show in any greater detail, lest the film be terrified by the reality of the plight in that area.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsSonia BragaJosé WilkerMauro MendonçaIn a small city of Brazil, a woman named Flor marries a man named Vadinho, but once married she finds that he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking and he takes all of her money to gamble. After Vadinho dies, Flor marries Tedoror, the owner of a drugstore. Flor is happy with her new husband but misses the love life with her previous husband. When one day the ghost of Vadhino comes back to pursue her.
- DirectorCláudio AssisStarsIrandhir SantosJuliano CazarréMatheus NachtergaeleZizo (Irandhir Santos) é um poeta inconformado e anarquista, que banca a publicação de seu tablóide. Em seu mundo próprio, onde o sexo é algo tão corriqueiro quanto fumar maconha, ele conhece Eneida (Nanda Costa). Zizo logo sente um forte desejo por Eneida, mas, apesar de seus constantes pedidos, ela se recusa a ter relações sexuais com ele. Isto transtorna a vida do poeta, que passa a sentir falta de algo que jamais teve.
- DirectorGeorge JonasStarsArmando BógusAntônio FagundesFelipe CaroneClown tells the story of João Grilo, a rich couple's lively employee who cheats everybody in town: arranges a funeral for a dog, bribes the priest and the bishop into celebrating a mass in latin for the animal, and performs many other bizarre things. After he dies, he's submitted to a trial in Heaven, being judged by a black Christ, having the Devil as prosecutor and the Virgin Mary as his defense.
- DirectorHalder GomesStarsEdmilson FilhoMiriam FreelandAriclenes BarrosoPacatuba "CE, Brazil", 1980s. With the arrival of the videocassette, Francisgleydisson is obliged to close his beloved Cine Holliúdy, which compromises the payment of his 18-year-old son's college tuition. To save the situation, he decides to produce an amazing sci-fi film using the city's inhabitants as actors.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsNey SantannaAnecy RochaJofre SoaresTo entertain some thieves, a blind guitar player tells them the story of a man from the Northeast of Brazil, involved with criminals living in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, who allegedly had a "closed body", meaning that his body couldn't be hit by bullets or other weapons, by the wish of Ogum, one of the gods of Candomblé, a religion common in Brazil and Africa.
- DirectorSuzana AmaralStarsMarcelia CartaxoJosé DumontTamara TaxmanMacabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time she listens to time Radio Station; on Sundays she likes to ride the subways. She describes herself saying, "I am a typist and a virgin, and I like Coca-Cola." Then she meets Olimpico, a north-easterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a Congressman.
- DirectorPaulo PortoStarsNidia de PaulaGracindo JúniorMarco NaniniFilm in three segments. In the first, engaged girl falls in love with an acrobat. In the second, married woman is loved by two men. In the last, the daughter of a traditional family is rejected on her wedding night.
- DirectorCarlos CoimbraStarsMilton RodríguezVanja OricoMaurício do VallePedro Boiadeiro goes after a gang of cangaceiros to avenge the brutal rape and death of his newly-wed wife.
- DirectorTuca SiqueiraStarsJuliana Carneiro da CunhaAugusta FerrazAderbal Freire FilhoTwo love stories and three lovers. Feelings explode after the discovery of a secret hidden for more than 40 years. Politics and passion revisit the past of former political activists.
- DirectorAndrucha WaddingtonStarsFernanda MontenegroFernanda TorresRuy GuerraA woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.
- DirectorVicente AmorimStarsRegina BragaBianca ComparatoSophia Pereira BrachmansThe life of Dulce, a Bahian nun, who guided by her faith dedicated her life to the needy and was beatified by the Vatican.
- DirectorWagner MouraStarsSeu JorgeBruno GagliassoLuiz Carlos VasconcelosFacing a violent military dictatorship and an intimidated opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella articulates a resistance all the while ousting heinous crimes of torture and the infamous censorship instituted by the regime.
- DirectorSávio FernandesStarsArthur AlmeidaPaulo BuuhBianca DantasHe is the first invisible student at the University. Thus, the challenge of being seen by his crush.
- DirectorCamilo CavalcanteStarsMarcelia CartaxoLeonardo FrançaDébora IngridThe History of Eternity is a synesthetic essay about love, desires and dreams. The entire narrative takes place in the same village with approximately 40 inhabitants in a desert landscape, a geographical point in northeastern Brazil with specific references in relation to time and space. A secluded place where everything happens at a measured pace, inspiring extremely visceral moments within the cycle that repeats itself eternally on the stage of human tragedy.
- DirectorLeo TabosaArthur LeiteStarsAna AdamsJuan CaladoMarcelia CartaxoOn the eve of his departure for a new life, Aron's estranged sister, Gabi, shows up at his doorstep. Faced once more with the family tensions he sought to escape, Aron struggles to make up his mind.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsGrande OteloJulien GuiomarCharles BaianoJubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonym 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.
- DirectorZelito VianaStarsTânia AlvesJosé DumontStênio GarciaThe 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.
- DirectorSergio RezendeStarsJosé WilkerCláudia AbreuPaulo BettiThe drama of a poor family in the bloodiest war in the History of Brazil: the war of Canudos.
- DirectorFábio LealStarsCarlos Eduardo FerrazEdilson SilvaFábio LealAfter exchanging glances between "good mornings" and "good afternoons", Marcelo realizes it's time to try to go further with Márcio, the doorman in his building. Two worlds will collide through these men's bodies.
- DirectorAnselmo DuarteStarsTarcísio MeiraRossana GhessaJece ValadãoClemente Celidônio, better known as Quelemente, takes care of a herd near his house in Pajeú das Flores, Brazil. When he gets home he discovers that tragedy has struck: his sister Marizolina was raped by a stranger. Craving revenge, Quelemente goes in search of a man with a facial scar and missing one finger, as Marizolina described. During his long journey on this mission, he falls in love with Maria do Carmo. She is pregnant by the time he finds his villain, In his fight with Cesídio, Quelemente kills a police officer and the police persecute him. Quelemente marches Cesídio and a Priest to his house and forces Cesídio to marry Marizolina. Soon after the marriage, Quelé initiates a fight of death with Cesídio, interrupted by the arrival of the police, who kill Cesídio--and Maria do Carmo. When Quelé's hopes for survival are few, he arrives at Gangue de Lampião, who shoots the cops, who flee. Quelemente enters the gang, being baptized by Lampião as Quelé do Pajeú.
- DirectorFellipe FernandesStarsZoraide ColetoKildery KilderyFábio LealIn the distance, flying over the multiplied volcanoes, an electric storm was generated in silence.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsMozart CintraIvan De SouzaLuiz Paulino Dos SantosDespite being promised to another man, a young orphaned woman falls in love with man working at the farm she lives in , and together they escape. According tradition in Northeast Brazil, her aunt goes after them, in order to kill them for revenge.
- DirectorArthur LinsStarsDaniel PorpinoAnnie GorettiMelania SilveiraPedro is given leave from jail to visit his family in Patos. During his visit, he confronts old ghosts and plans a new direction for his life, while discovering in Pamela, his teenage cousin, the same flame that burned in his heart.
- DirectorEnock CarvalhoMatheus FariasStarsTavinho TeixeiraClebia SousaArilson LopesEduardo (Tavinho Teixeira) has a mysterious disease in his body. The appearance of crabs everywhere in the tropical city of Recife may have something to do with it.
- DirectorTiago MeloStarsValmir do CôcoJoana GatisMestre BarachinhaIn a vast, seemingly endless cane field, the sugarcane dances to the wind, like sea waves. PAI NANI, an Afro-Brazilian spiritual leader, carries out a religious act with five caboclos de lança - costumed dancers of the "maracatu rural". As the caboclos acquire supernatural powers, they embody entities and disappear. The city of Nazaré da Mata witnesses mysterious events. The population is startled with the ravaging supernatural phenomena. In an isolated house blended with the cane field lives the couple CATITA and Sister DARLENE. Catita plays parts on the local maracatu, but hides it from his wife. Darlene is an avid follower of Pastor BARACHINHA, a former maracatu master who turned himself to the evangelical religion and now is on a mission to cast the devil out of the maracatu and evangelize the whole city. Sister Darlene discovers that Catita is involved with maracatu and compels him to meet the Pastor and convert to Evangelicalism.
- DirectorAllan DebertonStarsMarcelia CartaxoJoão MiguelZezita MatosPacarrete, an old, crazy ballet dancer from Russas, Brazil, just wants to keep her dreams alive.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsHugo CarvanaSônia DiasAnecy RochaThe life of Pedro Arcanjo, self-taught mestizo intellectual who in the first decades of the XXth century challenged racist ideas of the School of Medicine of Bahia and highlighted the importance of the blacks' contribution to Brazilian culture.
- DirectorDaniell AbrewStarsDaniell AbrewAldo AnísioJoel Ventura
- DirectorArmando PraçaStarsYeong-ran LeeDemick LopesClebia SousaPilar, a young hotel maid, has her path crossed by Shin, a middle-aged South Korean guest. The plans of both go wrong and, despite everything that separates them, they end up getting closer and establishing a relationship of solidarity.
- DirectorArmando PraçaStarsMarco NaniniDenise WeinbergDemick LopesPedro, a 70-year-old gay nurse, is taking care of Daniela, his ailing transgender friend. In order to find her a vacant hospital bed, he decides to help an arrested and wounded criminal to escape.
- DirectorDaniel Leite AlmeidaStarsAdão AlbuquerqueFernando Alves PintoPriscila AmaralAlice discovers a bizarre and brilliant land where she encounters even stranger characters. However the community is under threat from a local colonel who will do anything to take the land the community relies on.
- DirectorGeraldo SarnoStarsVertin MouraJulio AdriãoKecia PradoWhen bandits take Sertânia town, Antão gets wounded, arrested and left to die. The events are projected by fever dreams from Antão's delirious mind.
- DirectorRenata PinheiroStarsNash LailaMaeve JinkingsSamuel VieiraShelly, a young dancer, dreams of becoming a singer at Brega, a romantic and sensually appealing musical scene in the Brazilian outskirts. inserted in a world where everything is disposable, like success, love, and human relationships, Shelly lives a difficult, tumultuous trajectory toward her desire to be famous. Jaqueline, her bandmate, a decaying experienced singer, is her mirror.
- DirectorMarcelo GomesStarsHermila GuedesW.J. SolhaJoão MiguelA woman tries to make a life for herself in a violent Brazilian city.
- DirectorFábio BarretoStarsNatasha HenstridgeEduardo MoscovisSophie WardAmerican couple move to the State of Ceará, Brazil, in the 1930s. The husband is looking for oil. His beautiful wife, Donna, soon falls in love with a rude but charming fisherman. The forbidden romance may destroy her marriage and upset the morals of the small village where they live.
- DirectorMarcos SchechtmanStarsDomingos MontagnerNaura SchneiderGeorgina CastroGraça and Raul are a couple who fall madly in love. The two marry and have two daughters, creating a perfect family. Raul gradually becomes aggressive and possessive with his wife, resulting in frequent violence.
- DirectorRuy GuerraStarsÁtila IórioNelson XavierMaria GladysIn an extremely poor region in the Northeast of Brazil, a group of soldiers try to stop the population from sacking a food deposit.
- DirectorCláudio AssisStarsFernanda MontenegroMatheus NachtergaeleIrandhir SantosThe quiet life of the small town Piedade's inhabitants is shaken up by the arrival of a big oil company, which barges in taking over houses and local businesses, throwing everyone out, to better reach and use the area's natural resources.