José de Freitas Movies

This Brazilian film is set during the period of its initial colonial discovery and settlement. The title refers to a word the native peoples used for...

When the child Manuel wanders into a garden that is off-limits to him, he meets an unidentified fisherman, and another boy -- the boy is actually...

Young congressman Miguel Horta represents a party that is directly opposed to the present government. He slyly switches parties in order to gain...

Country boy arrives in Rio de Janeiro, looking for a better life, but he finds it extremely difficult to get a job, and even has to work as a pimp in...

Simeão is a good and simple man but a little too lively for a small city in the middle of Brazil. The most respectable citizens of this town...