Movies: Jaime Barcellos

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On the day of his wedding, young man from a family of immigrants faces some problems to get the money needed for the last arrangements. The family do what they can in order to honour the great event, selling personal belongings and buying enough supp...

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"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."...

Unemployed, penniless in the big city and after accidentally stealing and killing his landlady, Antonio flees Rio de Janeiro towards Northeast of Brazil to find his mother. On the way he meets a beautiful woman and a pair of criminals....

Caseli, a young writer and teacher, creates in his imagination characters who would frequent a motel, the subject of the book he is writing. He and Dilma, his student, decide to spend a night in a motel in Rio, where eight couples meet: - Fábio, vis...

A man who's memorized his town's telephone directory tries his luck on a TV Show. But a small group of people who control the bettings in town try to get advantage of his simple-mindedness....

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The lawyer Roberto leaves his career and his fiancée behind to chase the criminals who killed his entire family in a brutal massacre....

Man leaves his family behind and moves to Nova Iguaçu, a poor and violent city in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. He tries to rebuild his life, but falls in love with a woman who despises him, which drives him mad....

Man and woman fall in love while in treatment for TB, in the beautiful town of Campos do Jordão....

Based on Erico Verissimo's masterpiece, O Sobrado follows the Terra-Cambará family during the siege imposed to their house by enemies due to political differences. As the siege goes, the family tensions start to show off....

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Sílvia Nogalis, a renowned concert pianist, prefers her career to her marriage. On the night she performs Beethoven's "Appassionata", she learns of the death of her husband, maestro Walter Hauser....

The adventures of Otalia, a strangely innocent young Brazilian prostitute who has just arrived in Salvador, Bahia. Though her belongings are stolen from her shortly after arrival, Otalia swiftly meets up with a group of charming and helpful friends....

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A large protest march of escaped slaves is an episode in the history of Chico Bondade and Boaventura, who had already become legendary for their difficult and daring missions....

During an orgy of millionaires, a woman is mysteriously kidnapped and killed. The crime causes quite a stir in local society, as the investigations points to a very known addicted playboy. Although it's never said, the film is vaguely based on a real...

Juliano is a millionaire who leads a boring life amidst the facilities that money provides him. One day, he decides to change his routine and associates with a mad scientist, Professor Kunz, who invents a magic potion, a drug that releases the other ...

Two men love the same woman and make a death pact, but fate surprises all three (and the public)....