Paulo José Movies

Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an...

Marina is in her late thirties and has recently become a widow. After finding an old photo album from her fifteenth birthday, she becomes curious...

A young photocopier operator becomes infatuated with his neighbor and, unable to afford anything from her shop, turns to shady schemes to make money.

The friendship between four men is at stake when one of them is invited to work in another city. But the other three decide to go along.

When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a...

Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião,...

David, a man in his twillight years, lives all by himself and decides to invite two childhood friends for a day at his house in Petrópolis,...

The story of a large family in which each member develops a strange occupation.

Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife,...

A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers...

The life of the owners of Circus Esperança, Puro Sangue e Pangaré, father and son, who plays two clowns. At a certain point,...

An anguished university student in his early 30's ponders the state of his life in light of his relationships with a politicized classmate, a TV...

The story of Santinho, a young man who has been exalted to the position of a saint in a remote riverine community of the upper Amazonas state, after...

Policarpo is a chauvinistic patriot, a major who tries to find solutions for Brazilian problems using only the resources of his own country. His...

Couple prepare their "great voyage" in all details, not forgetting the flowers, music and luggage.

Friends of the recently deceased Quincas take their pal's body on one last tour of his favorite spots in Brazil's Bahia.

The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist...