Fernando Meirelles Movies

A deeply moving story about love, loss and literature, this documentary follows the days of José Saramago, the Nobel-laureate Portuguese...

A story about the lies, treachery and vengeance of a middle-class family living on the outskirts of São Paulo. Four characters try desperately...

Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride busses, work, and have...

Follows the struggles of a small theatre company attempting to adapt a Shakespeare play.

A film about weddings, professions, children, travel plans and a train that separates it all.

The story of a Burkinabé immigrant who is reluctantly drawn into a neighbour’s troubles in his Montreal apartment building.

In The Meaning of Life we will take part on a journey throughout the world to question our existence through the inquiries of a young Brazilian, with...

For the first time ever, experience the work of a nation as it host the world and puts on a show like never before.

Documentary on the preparation of actors for "City of God".

Samuca is only 17 years old and discovers that his girlfriend Alicia is pregnant. The news comes to light at a not very favorable moment in Samuca's...

Observational documentary about people as refugees and asylum seekers in many geographical locations such as Germany, Brazil, Western Sahara,...

The documentary “Comercial” brings a portrait of Brazilian advertising, from the perspective of the production of advertising films, told...

In 1983, director Fernando Meirelles read an article in the newspaper about the punks circulating in downtown São Paulo. Half suspicious, he...

Reunion of four reportages made by production company "Olhar Eletrônico" between 1983 and 1986, in which an irreverent reporter, Ernesto...

An experimental documentary following the busy life of an office worker in São Paulo, Marly, and how he manages to have a personal life beyond...

A story about a man who hopes to see something extraordinary. Based upon the book of Henry James.

Trinchas and his gang of graffiti taggers risk their lives climbing tall buildings to sign their names up there. When he falls for Valéria -...

A poetic vision of the city Brasília.