Movies and TvShows featuring "cinema-novo" theme.

Barren Lives is a 1963 movie that depicts the harsh reality of poverty and deprivation in the Brazilian countryside. Set during a drought, it follows a socially deprived family struggling to survive in the arid landscape. The film explores themes of hunger, hardship, and the resilience of the human spirit. Based on the novel by Graciliano Ramos, Barren Lives is a classic example of the new Latin American cinema movement.

Black God, White Devil is a movie set in Brazil during the 1960s, exploring themes of religious fanaticism, violence, and social upheaval. The plot follows a poor peasant who becomes a gunman after killing his boss in self-defense. He joins a cult-like religious group led by a preacher, and together they embark on a journey of murder, mayhem, and ultimately, their own destruction.

Entranced Earth is a surreal drama set in a fictitious Latin American country, depicting the political corruption and abuse of power. The story follows a journalist who becomes entangled in a web of treachery and conflict-of-interest as he investigates the corruption within the government and the corporation backing the political candidate. The film explores themes of amorality, violence, and the struggle for power in a poverty-stricken society.

Antonio, a mercenary and former government agent, is hired to kill a blind man in a village. As he carries out the job, Antonio starts to question his actions and embarks on a journey of redemption in a town plagued by corruption and social issues.

A retrospective on the life and work of Portuguese director António-Pedro Vasconcelos.

Macunaima is a dark comedy film set in the vibrant and absurd world of the Brazilian jungle. It tells the story of Macunaima, a mischievous homosapiens born out of a puddle. With his surreal adventures, Macunaima satirizes racism, elitism, and the Brazilian society of the time.

In the 1500s, a Frenchman finds himself in Brazil, encountering indigenous peoples and their culture, while navigating the complexities of colonization. Through comedic twists and turns, he embarks on a quest for hidden treasure, all while facing the threat of cannibalism.

He was the most prolific within the New Portuguese Cinema generation. He would try western spaghetti, esoteric allegory, supernatural, and science-fiction. Without state subsidies, he would quit filmmaking in the 1990s. Who remembers António de Macedo?

The Guns is a dramatic movie set in poverty-stricken Brazil, depicting the struggles of a group of people facing starvation, repression, and the wrath of God. The story follows a truck driver who becomes involved in a murder case and finds himself caught in a desolate landscape filled with despair and mysticism.

Experimental short-film made by brazilian students about the trópicalia and cinema novo movement. The narrative revolves around the song Géleia Geral from the album Tropicália ou Panis Et Circensis and also around the political, artistical and social time from that period.

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth is a documentary that explores the life and work of Glauber Rocha, a prominent figure in Brazil's cinema-novo movement. The film delves into his ideas, inspirations, and the impact he had on Brazilian cinema. It also sheds light on his personal life, including his relationships, funeral, and the legacy he left behind. This documentary is a must-watch for anyone interested in the history of Brazilian filmmaking.

In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way. Alone in the Marvelous City, she is forced to accept the friendship and protection of Calunga and, later, the company of Inácio.

A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.

Year 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives in a small town, which they call "I Forgot." The trio is recruited by an indigenist to pretend to be indigenous during the visit of a general. In the dilemma of integrating into the system or preserving individual freedom, the family moves toward disintegration as the city prepares to launch a space rocket.

A charming womanizer in the 1960s navigates his way through the vibrant cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, encountering a variety of women and experiencing love, lust, and heartbreak along the way.

The life of Brazilian actress Odete Lara, muse of the movement called Cinema Novo in Brazil, who exchanged stardom for a quiet and religious life.

Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors of all times.

Before Cinema Novo revolutionized the Brazilian cinematic scenery, a young craftsman and Bahian filmmaker had already paved the way for the beginning of the journey for some of the biggest and most popular films of Brazilian history. The documentary tells fragments of the story of director Roberto Pires, through snippets of his life and a journey through his body of work, interspersing archival footage, scenes of his films and an interview with his son, also a filmmaker, Petrus Pires, followed by a poetic narration and an original soundtrack inspired by his film Abrigo Nuclear.