Arrigo Barnabé Movies

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

A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive.

The story of Orisbela, a young and religious woman who comes from Portugal to Brazil to marry Francisco de Albuquerque, a rude sugar-cane plantation...

Based on the life of Brazilian poet Anderson Bigode Herzer, this intense drama tells the story of Bauer, a trans man who navigates a difficult life...

In a love story set in Curitiba, Southern Brazil, a patriarch witnesses the crumbling of his life-long family business at the hands of his...

Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, a drag queen; Teddy, a hustler; Guto, a...

On March 1, 1982, the city of Niterói enters history and hosts one of the most important cultural movements: a so-called Rock 80 Generation....

Jorge, bastard child of the infamous Red Light Bandit, decides himself to pursuit a life of crime after meeting with his father, who has been...

An innocent working girl finds a hole in her wall through which she can see the action in the next apartment, where a prostitute meets her bizarre...

Alice is forced to move alone to a small town, where she meets a new group of friends. While breaking into an amusement park to rescue one of her...

A marginal version of Brecht’s piece, “Baal”.

On set, in the middle of the Atlantic Forest, a stressed film director begins another day of filming, reproducing the celebration of the first mass...

São Paulo, 1984. Agostinho, an old and tired Physics professor, is married to Januária, a retired school principal. In his classes, he...

An aspiring actress is hired to dub a recently deceased movie star in an upcoming erotic thriller. As the recording sessions go on, the voice actress...

Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True.

A film like a monument: Luz nos Trópicos is a tribute to the rich greens of the Amazon and the forests of New England in winter, celebrating...