Movies: Roberto Ferreira

Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's chu...

An anthology divided in three segments, helmed by three of the most important Brazilian directors of the 20th century. A mother becomes involved with black magic and offers a virgin woman to the Devil in exchange for curing the illness of her only so...

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The story of how D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7th, 1822, and rose from prince of Portugal to first emperor of Brazil....

Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil....

A pastor and a priest compete for the religious leadership of the population of a small town. When the pastor tries to prevent his sister's involvement with the sacristan, he accidentally starts the rumor that the church houses a miraculous statue of...

A poor community in Salvador organizes a resistance against the destruction of the Água de Meninos street market....

A gunman is hired to kill a corrupt politician. However, the agreement is canceled. Despite being a hired killer, the man takes his job seriously and prefers to go to the end....

Father Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon of madness....

Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown....

Bums find $15,000 in trash, but the money belonged to criminals....

The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of the cangaceiros - bandits who roamed the Northeast of Brazil until the late 1930s....

Western spoof. Depicts the conflict between the leader of a gang of country bandits and his former protégé, now a police officer....

Couple of lovers want to steal the income of a popular soccer game, at Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro....

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Romantic biography of Maria Bonita, daughter of a poor farmer who was kidnapped by Lampião and became his lover....

On the day of Pedro Boiadeiro's wedding, a band of cangaceiros who survived the Angicos massacre invade his home, then proceed to beat him up, and abuse and murder his wife. Pedro sets out to get revenge on each one....

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A beautiful young woman living in an isolated fishing community on an island falls in love with an outsider, a train machinist. But her father, a violent religious fanatic interferes....

After robbing and massacring a village, the head of a gang of bandits, Captain Jagunço, kidnaps Flô, Mayor Cisso's wife and tortures her....