Jorge Coutinho Movies

Roberto is blind and tunes pianos, isolated from the world and hurt by having abandoned his promising career as a pianist due to the accident that...

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly...

Four candidates for a federal judge position embark on a madcap, no-holds-barred race to outdo one another, each committing his own brand of mayhem.

Hit man does his part in a deal, but doesn't get the money he was promised. For the treason, he decides to eliminate them all.

70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.

Balogun's most political film is a confrontation with the African wars of liberation. Based on Carcase for Hounds, Meja Mwangi's novel about the...

This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.

A Brazilian musical comedy

A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and sex.

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

During a showing of rare Afro-Brazilian Cinema films at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, actor/filmmaker Zózimo...

The life and work of the late samba singer-songwriter Candeia.