Kim Negro

Quilombo (1984)

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Diegues
CAST:  Tony Tornado  •  Antônio Pompêo  •  Zezé Motta  •  Maurício do Valle

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Diegues
CAST:  Tony Tornado  •  Antônio Pompêo  •  Zezé Motta  •  Maurício do Valle

Rio Babilônia (1982)

A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations, from orgiastic mega-parties to confrontations with the police, meetings with drug dealers and movie stars, facing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neville D'Almeida
CAST:  Joel Barcellos  •  Christiane Torloni  •  Jardel Filho  •  Pat Cleveland

A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations, from orgiastic mega-parties to confrontations with the police, meetings with drug dealers and movie stars, facing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neville D'Almeida
CAST:  Joel Barcellos  •  Christiane Torloni  •  Jardel Filho  •  Pat Cleveland

Natal da Portela (1988)

Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of the main composers of Portela, an important Samba "school" in Rio de Janeiro.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paulo César Saraceni
CAST:  Milton Gonçalves  •  Almir Guineto  •  Grande Otelo  •  Zezé Motta

Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of the main composers of Portela, an important Samba "school" in Rio de Janeiro.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paulo César Saraceni
CAST:  Milton Gonçalves  •  Almir Guineto  •  Grande Otelo  •  Zezé Motta

A Paz é Dourada (2008)

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DIRECTION:  Noilton Nunes
CAST:  Breno Moroni  •  Katja Alemann  •  Grande Otelo  •  Ana Maria Magalhães

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DIRECTION:  Noilton Nunes
CAST:  Breno Moroni  •  Katja Alemann  •  Grande Otelo  •  Ana Maria Magalhães

Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo! (1973)

Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Carvana
CAST:  Hugo Carvana  •  Odete Lara  •  Nelson Xavier  •  Paulo César Peréio

Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Carvana
CAST:  Hugo Carvana  •  Odete Lara  •  Nelson Xavier  •  Paulo César Peréio

The Devil Queen (1974)

Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot against Her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
CAST:  Milton Gonçalves  •  Nelson Xavier  •  Odete Lara  •  Wilson Grey

Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot against Her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
CAST:  Milton Gonçalves  •  Nelson Xavier  •  Odete Lara  •  Wilson Grey

Fish in a Barrel (1977)

Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reginaldo Faria
CAST:  Stepan Nercessian  •  Cosme dos Santos  •  Kátia d'Angelo  •  Milton Moraes

Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reginaldo Faria
CAST:  Stepan Nercessian  •  Cosme dos Santos  •  Kátia d'Angelo  •  Milton Moraes

Black Goddess (1978)

A Deusa Negra is a love story that spans two centuries. In 18th century Yorubaland, Prince Oluyole is taken prisoner in the course of internecine warfare fanned by overseas slave traders. He is sold into slavery in Brazil. In present day Nigeria, at his father's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ola Balogun
CAST:  Zózimo Bulbul  •  Antônio Pitanga  •  Milton Vilar  •  Jorge Coutinho

A Deusa Negra is a love story that spans two centuries. In 18th century Yorubaland, Prince Oluyole is taken prisoner in the course of internecine warfare fanned by overseas slave traders. He is sold into slavery in Brazil. In present day Nigeria, at his father's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ola Balogun
CAST:  Zózimo Bulbul  •  Antônio Pitanga  •  Milton Vilar  •  Jorge Coutinho

O Bom Burguês (1983)

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his disguise, he gets involved with high society, and with industrialists who were financing repression to the groups he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oswaldo Caldeira
CAST:  José Wilker  •  Betty Faria  •  Jardel Filho  •  Christiane Torloni

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his disguise, he gets involved with high society, and with industrialists who were financing repression to the groups he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oswaldo Caldeira
CAST:  José Wilker  •  Betty Faria  •  Jardel Filho  •  Christiane Torloni

Bloody Gold (1978)

The son of a millionaire who owns gold mines in Transopia, Africa, Antoine Leblanc, who lives in a mansion in Rio, one day receives a letter from his father asking him for help against the gold smugglers from Transopia to Brazil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cesar Ladeira Filho
CAST:  Tony Tornado  •  Grande Otelo  •  Átila Iório  •  Jonas Bloch

The son of a millionaire who owns gold mines in Transopia, Africa, Antoine Leblanc, who lives in a mansion in Rio, one day receives a letter from his father asking him for help against the gold smugglers from Transopia to Brazil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cesar Ladeira Filho
CAST:  Tony Tornado  •  Grande Otelo  •  Átila Iório  •  Jonas Bloch