Anselmo Vasconcelos Movies

A biography of spiritual medium and author Francisco Candido Xavier.

A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.

When executive Ricardo is found shot dead in the seat of his car without suspicion, Inspector Espinosa and police officer Daia are in charge of the...

Luísa is a romantic, dreamy and delicate young woman married to Jorge, an engineer, a man of good habits and good economic conditions. They...

A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.

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

At a Rio de Janeiro motel, an unexpected emergency places all the guests under quarantine. The problem? Not everyone is supposed to be there.

Writer Sílvio Proença needs to travel to São Paulo in order to promote his new book. At the airport, he meets a group of old...

Rio de Janeiro, April 18, 1945. Brazil's foreign policy aligns closely with that of the United States and opens a brief period of democratic rule...

Zionists hire a hitman to kill a Nazi war criminal exiled in a Latin American country, where he's being protected by the local dictator. Get ready...

Glorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as...

Upon learning that the school where he learned music is going to be expropriated, a famous singer decides to do a show for the benefit of the...

A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.

Laurita, a retired woman from Copacabana, is forced to establish contact with a neighbor, Amanda. The meeting between the two awakens a whirlwind of...

The youth of Anita Garibaldi, portrayed in her humanity, with the simple life of an ordinary and very poor citizen. From a young age, the girl...

The true story of the boy who became famous when he was cast for the main part on the Brazilian film Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981). After the...

Gafanhoto is a smuggler who tries to take a hit by stealing a valuable stone. He awakens the fury of the old boss of the gang, and ends up involving...

Middle-class family reform their apartment, and the noise, the contact with the workers and strange occurrences turn what was supposed to be a...

After his death, infamous Rio de Janeiro mob boss Golden Mouth (named after his all-golden teeth) gets multiple accounts of his life told to the...

A short directed by Mika Kaurismäki.