João Ramiro Mello Movies

A professor faces a double of himself and hires a detective to find out who that is and what are his real intentions.

Documentary about middle-class people in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1960s, when Brazil was going through a hard period in its history, with the military...

After being orphaned, a boy is raised by his grandfather and uncles, rich rural landowners, on a sugarcane plantation where he grows up, studies,...

Otavio has to find and marry Madame Bettina's daughter if he wants to inherit her fortune.

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...

While waiting for directions, two revolutionaries hide in a church, where they meet a woman who wants to have a son with one of them.

In a city in the Brazilian northeastern backwoods, the political chief is assassinated by a professional gunman. From there, the city begins to live...

A man leads a double life: during the day, he's the manager of a car shop but, when the sun goes down, he becomes a crook, pretending to be a playboy...

Documentary short about Brazilian medium Chico Xavier.

Couple whose marriage is at stake delve into the past, with the help of a diary and some home movies. In these movies, Helena, the woman's suicidal...

Based on a radio show that was broadcast for 11 years (1947-1958) and ended only when the host and creator, the genius Henrique Foreis "Almirante"...

On the dry ground of the caatinga and on the rocky slopes of the sertão, the goat survives. Organic parts of the country landscape, linked to...

In rural Brazil, villagers battle wealthy land barons for the sake of their own survival.

Documentary made in the municipality of Luziânia - Goiás, presenting a black community, a remnant of the old quilombo.

This Brazilian film is set during the period of its initial colonial discovery and settlement. The title refers to a word the native peoples used for...

Brazilian intelligence agent finds and pursues Nazi war fugitives hiding in Brazil.

Oral memory, artists from the region and expressions of popular culture tell stories about Vila Boa, in Goiás, and its transformations over...

The contrast in the extremely rudimentary form of xelite mining and the use of tungsten, obtained from xelite, in the most complex instruments of...