Pedro Farkas Movies

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly...

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

The story of Orisbela, a young and religious woman who comes from Portugal to Brazil to marry Francisco de Albuquerque, a rude sugar-cane plantation...

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

Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zuzu Angel follows the case of her activist son...

A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive.

Henry Czerny plays American journalist Michael Coleman, a strung-out expatriate writing for a Brazilian newspaper. His professional obsession is...

Laura makes spooky observations as soon as she starts her job as a teacher for two orphan students at a plantation. She concludes that it has...

Based on historical facts, the film portrays the largest slave rebellion in Brazilian history, the Malê Revolt. The uprising mobilized the...

Marked by losses and mismatches, José's eccentric family seek to be happy while locked in Paraíso Perdido, a nightclub that has stopped...

A series of crimes against redheads scares the people from a little town. After the death of his brother, the 13 year old Alberto decides to...

Successful at work, Fernanda is an example of women of the third millennium, free to make their choices and independent. Yet in her personal life she...

On the eve of an important surfing championship, a group of young friends travels along the Brazilian coast with the intention of training hard and...

In the 19th century, a country girl is seduced by a young doctor who's staying at her house for a few days, caring for her, and tries to hide the...

About the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as "Capitães da Areia" (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia,...

According to an Amazonian legend, every month, during the full moon, a Brazilian fishing village receives a mysterious guest: the Boto, who...

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.

A woman in her forties whose life is governed by a tedious and emotionless routine. She has worked in a government office for 16 years where she...

The story of a famous Brazilian bandit in the early 1970s and his fight against a paramilitary organization known as the Death Squad.