Othon Bastos Movies

Laís Bodanzky and Luiz Bolognesi travel around the small cities of Brazil, exhibiting short films in public squares. From the south of Bahia...

The story of the University of Brasília, since it was only a project in Darcy Ribeiro's head until the fateful events in August 1968 when its...

Based upon the life story of Father Antonio Vieira, born in Lisbon in 1608 and deceased in Salvador, Bahia, in 1697. He's considered the first...

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His...

Extras from the remastered DVD of the film São Bernardo by Leon Hirszman. The process of restoring the film, with testimonials from actors and...

Documentary about Brazilian history, from 1945 until the 70s, focusing on president Juscelino Kubitschek, his political rise, his philosophy of...

Locked up for decades in a maximum security prison, an old man tries to revive his glory days as a magician, putting into practice a perfect - but...

Documentary about Brazilian soccer player Tostão.

Amid the civil-military dictatorship implanted with the 1964 coup, Sergio Muniz had the idea of making a documentary about the action of the Death...

Giovanni Improtta is a criminal who wants to climb the social ladder and become a law-abiding citizen. To achieve it, he commits some more crimes He...

A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood.

A century after his birth, Sérgio Cardoso — one of the greatest stars of Brazilian theater and television — still inhabits the...

Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film.

In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who has already been shot seven times, gets involved in...

A father receives a devastating call: his son was found dead. This tragic news makes him travel in order to identify and release his son’s body...

The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much...