Biography Movies in Brazil
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Biography Movies from Brazil
A Dangerous Practice
2022
Through the spirit of Dr. Fritz, a German doctor who died during the First World War, José Arigó became a hope for a cure for millions of people by performing spiritual surgery, helping about 2 million people....
Portuguese 2022 108 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-07-16
Chatô - The King of Brazil
2016
The story of Assis Chateaubriand, the first magnate of communication in Brazil. Due to his influence during the late 1930s up to the early 1960s, he has come to be called The Brazilian Citizen Kane....
Portuguese 2016 102 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-12-14
Bela Noite Para Voar
2009
A day in the life of Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek, in a troubled period of his term, while he maintains a secret love affair....
Portuguese 2009 87 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2024-02-28
JK
2006
Mini-series about the life of former Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek....
Portuguese, Spanish 2006 45 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2024-10-01
Roberto Mehler: Una vida
2006
Spanish 2006 30 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2024-11-03
Zuzu Angel
2006
Based on the true story of Zuzu Angel, a famous Brazilian fashion designer in the 70's, who searches for her son Stuart, a member of a leftist university group who suddenly disappears during the darkest era of Brazilian military r......
Portuguese, English 2006 108 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2024-03-23
Vinicius
2005
Documentary about Brazilian songwriter and poet Vinicius de Moraes, showing his life, work, family, friends, and love-affairs....
Portuguese 2005 121 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2024-03-31
Two Sons of Francisco
2005
The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen....
Portuguese 2005 132 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2024-02-23
Cafundó
2005
Cafundó is a 35 mm color film which blends fact with fiction in the life of João de Camargo, a former black slave (1858-1942, Sorocaba, Brazil) who, in his old age, works miracles and devotes himself to assisting others in order t......
Portuguese 2005 102 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2024-02-25
Olga
2004
Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put ......
Portuguese, German 2004 141 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-09-07
En Route to Baghdad
2004
A documentary that details the life and humanitarian work of Sergio Vieira de Mello, a man who endeavored to bring peace and security to countries like Rwanda, Mozambique, Cambodia and East......
English, French, Portuguese 2004 56 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2024-03-05
Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop
2004
The life and times of Cazuza, Brazilian singer/poet/enfant terrible, from his start with rock group "Barão Vermelho", to his death from Aids, in 1990, showing his career, love affairs, and involvement with drugs....
Portuguese, English 2004 98 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-12-01
Gregório de Mattos
2003
The life of irreverent poet Gregório de Mattos, who lived in Bahia, Brazil, in the 17th century. Nicknamed Mouth of Hell, he used his transgressive poetry against the élite of the time....
Portuguese 2003 70 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-12-26
Nelson Freire
2003
Documentary about Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire, and his relationship with music....
Portuguese, English, French 2003 102 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-12-30
Raízes do Brasil: Uma Cinebiografia de Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda
2003
Documentary in two parts about Brazilian historiographer Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda....
Portuguese 2003 150 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2024-11-19
Nelson Gonçalves
2002
Fiction/documentary about great Brazilian singer Nelson Gonçalves, where interviews about him are mixed with dramatization of episodes in his life. The film tell us about Nelson's childhood, the time when he tried his luck as a pr......
Portuguese 2002 72 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-11-12
Lara
2002
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....
Portuguese, Italian 2002 107 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-11-16
Madame Satã
2002
Loose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro....
Portuguese 2002 105 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-11-30
At the Edge of the Earth
2001
On 17 May 1931, the young director Mário Peixoto released his masterpiece "Limite" in a premiere in Capitólio Theater in Rio de Janeiro to astonished audiences bewildered by the impressive and poetic images. Considered by many vie......
Portuguese 2001 75 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-11-26
Cartas da Mãe
2000
Documentary about the cartoonist Henrique de Souza Filho aka Henfil (1944-1988)....
N/A 2000 30 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-11-15
Villa-Lobos: Uma Vida de Paixão
2000
The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure, and pas......
Portuguese 2000 132 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-10-11
Palavra e Utopia
2000
The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to abolish slavery....
Portuguese 2000 130 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-09-09
Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Mensageiro Entre Dois Mundos
2000
Documentary about French-born Pierre Verger, who lived between Bahia (Brazil) and Africa from 1946 until his death in 1996, and dedicated himself to photograph and research the Candomblé rites, becoming himself deeply involved wit......
Portuguese, French, Yoruba, Fon 2000 82 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-09-23
Hans Staden
1999
On the eve of his return to Europe after an extended involuntary stay in 16th-century Brazil, the German sailor Hans Staden is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe. In order to survive he tries to convince the Indians that ......
Tupi, German, Portuguese, French 1999 92 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-08-17
São Jerônimo
1999
Portuguese 1999 78 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-09-16
Gente de Expressão
1998
The host conducts in-depth interviews with famous people....
Portuguese 1998 52 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-11-01
A Star Named Ayrton Senna
1998
The Official Film of Brazil's greatest Formula One driver, Ayrton Senna, who's sudden death in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix sent shock waves around the World. It cemented his reputation ......
English, Portuguese 1998 112 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2024-11-18
Com O Oceano Inteiro Para Nadar
1997
Biographical portait of the Brazilian artist Leonilson before he died of AIDS....
Portuguese 1997 20 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2024-01-27
O Cineasta da Selva
1997
The life of Silvino Santos (1886-1970), a Portuguese man who fell in love with the Amazon River. At thirteen, Silvino crosses the Atlantic at the turn of the century in search of that fantastic Amazon imagined by Europeans. In 191......
Portuguese 1997 87 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-07-28
Bocage, the Triumph of Love
1997
The film follows Manuel Maria du Bocage, 18th-century poet, as he travels through the world from orgy to orgy and from excess to excess....
Portuguese 1997 85 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-07-29
O Velho: A História de Luiz Carlos Prestes
1997
Brazil's history during the 20th Century serves as a background to Luiz Carlos Prestes's curious course. The Knight of Hope, as he was known, took part in the epic march of rebellious soldiers in the '20s, when he could testify Br......
Portuguese, Russian 1997 105 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-11-09
Who Killed Pixote?
1996
Based on the true story of Fernando Ramos da Silva, actor of Hector Babenco's Pixote (1980)....
Portuguese 1996 116 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-07-14
A Última Semana
1996
'The Final Week' dramatically depicts the story of Christ's passion....
Portuguese 1996 220 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-11-04
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
1995
A biography of the Portuguese-Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature was her tutti frutti hat. She came to the US as the "Brazilian Bombshell" and was a Broadway and Hollywood star in the 1940s....
English, Portuguese 1995 91 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-07-08
Lamarca
1994
The real story of a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders....
Portuguese 1994 130 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-07-09
Solo de Violino
1990
Portuguese 1990 98 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-07-02
Sermões - A História de Antônio Vieira
1989
History of father Antônio Vieira, born in Portugal, in 1608, and who died in Salvador, Brasil, in 1697. Considered one of the greatest Portuguese writers, master in Rhetoric, he was persecuted and condemned by Portuguese Inquisiti......
Portuguese 1989 78 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-08-28
Abolição
1988
Portuguese 1988 150 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-09-29
Prisoner of Rio
1988
The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs....
Polish, English 1988 90 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-07-01
Eternamente Pagú
1987
Biography of Patrícia Galvão, aka Pagu, a legendary personage, muse and activist of Brazilian Modernism in art, during the 1920s until the 1940s. She shocked the society of her time, but charmed artists such as painter Tarsila do ......
Portuguese 1987 100 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-07-30
Leila Diniz
1987
A star studded biography of Brazilian legend Leila Diniz, born in 1945 to a communist couple. She grows up to be an extraordinary woman in her own, undefinable, and unique style, unheard of in Brazilian society. She causes the gre......
Portuguese 1987 101 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-10-19
Sonho Sem Fim
1986
The story of one of Brazilian cinema's pioneers, Eduardo Abelim, from the start of his career, in Rio de Janeiro, until his filming of the 1930 Revolution. To promote his films, Abelim would even perform car stunts, give classes o......
Portuguese 1986 93 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-08-02
The Man in the Black Cape
1986
Biography of Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, who used to appear in public carrying a machine-gun, and wearing a black cloak....
Portuguese 1986 120 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-07-25
Cinema Falado
1986
A fragmented style, patchwork of interviews with Caetano Veloso's friends, mixed with conversations, thoughts, scenes of dance and literature excerpts....
Portuguese 1986 112 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-11-05
Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta
1986
Based on a famous autobiography, this film tells of teenage angst, as lived in the miserable lower middle class Rio bedroom suburbs, by 15 year-old Eliane. To boot, she comes from a dysfunctional family. Her mother is particularly......
Portuguese 1986 81 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-07-30
Marquesa de Santos
1984
The scandalous love affair between Don Pedro I, first emperor of Brazil, and his lover Domitila de Castro Canto e Mello, Marquise of Santos, and its repercussions in the Brazilian court....
Portuguese 1984 N/A Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-09-27
Jango
1984
The story of João "Jango" Goulart, the Brazilian left-wing president deposed by the military....
Portuguese 1984 115 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-11-15
Luz del Fuego
1982
While riding a motorboat along Guanabara Bay, Gaspar, an elderly senator, tells the nurse that between the 50's and 60's he became involved with an exotic dancer, Luz Del Fuego, who adopted this stage name when she saw the name on......
Portuguese 1982 102 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-07-29
Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
1980
Film made by the daughter of Vinicius de Moraes, and completed after the death of the poet. At the beginning, the old photos and the narrative made by Vinicius go over his life from childhood to the time he leaves his diplomatic c......
N/A 1980 31 min Biography Movies from Brazil 2023-06-19
Bachianas Brasileiras: Meu Nome É Villa-Lobos
1979
Portuguese 1979 N/A Biography Movies from Brazil 2024-11-05
