Eduardo Tornaghi

Heart and Guts (1982)

Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to the school administrators, the intervenor falls asleep and a crazy dream begins, involving teachers, students and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Carolina
CAST:  Antônio Fagundes  •  Dina Sfat  •  Ney Latorraca  •  Xuxa Lopes

Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to the school administrators, the intervenor falls asleep and a crazy dream begins, involving teachers, students and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Carolina
CAST:  Antônio Fagundes  •  Dina Sfat  •  Ney Latorraca  •  Xuxa Lopes

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DIRECTION:  Silvio Tendler
CAST:  Eduardo Tornaghi

Sunstroke (2010)

In an empty city, scorched by the sun, the young and old confuse the fever of sunstroke with the delicate birth of passion. Like ghosts, they hover around buildings and endless flatlands in search of the ever elusive love. Inspired by 19th century Russian short ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniela Thomas  •  Felipe Hirsch
CAST:  Leandra Leal  •  Leonardo Medeiros  •  Paulo José  •  Maria Luísa Mendonça

In an empty city, scorched by the sun, the young and old confuse the fever of sunstroke with the delicate birth of passion. Like ghosts, they hover around buildings and endless flatlands in search of the ever elusive love. Inspired by 19th century Russian short ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniela Thomas  •  Felipe Hirsch
CAST:  Leandra Leal  •  Leonardo Medeiros  •  Paulo José  •  Maria Luísa Mendonça

O Príncipe (2002)

After 20 years of exile in Paris, Gustavo returns to his native city São Paulo. Back home, he encounters a place which no longer exists. His old friends and family members have changed, almost beyond recognition. He tries to recapture the past, and make some sense ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ugo Giorgetti
CAST:  Eduardo Tornaghi  •  Bruna Lombardi  •  Ricardo Blat  •  Nydia Lícia

After 20 years of exile in Paris, Gustavo returns to his native city São Paulo. Back home, he encounters a place which no longer exists. His old friends and family members have changed, almost beyond recognition. He tries to recapture the past, and make some sense ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ugo Giorgetti
CAST:  Eduardo Tornaghi  •  Bruna Lombardi  •  Ricardo Blat  •  Nydia Lícia

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DIRECTION:  J. Marreco
CAST:  Carlo Briani  •  Ciça Manzano  •  Rosemary Schick  •  Eduardo Tornaghi

Noite (1985)

Night falls when, in an elegant neighborhood of Porto Alegre, a socialite is brutally murdered. The entire police department act immediately to identify and arrest the killer. A man in his 30s wanders down a large avenue. He wears fine clothes, he walks elegantly. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto Loureiro
CAST:  Cristina Aché  •  Otávio Augusto  •  Aldine Müller  •  Paulo César Peréio

Night falls when, in an elegant neighborhood of Porto Alegre, a socialite is brutally murdered. The entire police department act immediately to identify and arrest the killer. A man in his 30s wanders down a large avenue. He wears fine clothes, he walks elegantly. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto Loureiro
CAST:  Cristina Aché  •  Otávio Augusto  •  Aldine Müller  •  Paulo César Peréio

Sermões: A História de Antônio Vieira (1989)

Based upon the life story of Father Antonio Vieira, born in Lisbon in 1608 and deceased in Salvador, Bahia, in 1697. He's considered the first Brazilian writer and one of the most important aesthete of linguistic and of the Portuguese language of all times, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Júlio Bressane
CAST:  Othon Bastos  •  Antônio Abujamra  •  Guará Rodrigues  •  Paulo César Saraceni

Based upon the life story of Father Antonio Vieira, born in Lisbon in 1608 and deceased in Salvador, Bahia, in 1697. He's considered the first Brazilian writer and one of the most important aesthete of linguistic and of the Portuguese language of all times, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Júlio Bressane
CAST:  Othon Bastos  •  Antônio Abujamra  •  Guará Rodrigues  •  Paulo César Saraceni

Tiradentes (1999)

The story of one of the most important Brazilian heroes, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes. He was the leader of a group who tried to proclaim Brazil's Independence from Portugal in 1789. But he was betrayed by one of his comrades and hanged.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oswaldo Caldeira
CAST:  Humberto Martins  •  Paulo Autran  •  Cláudio Corrêa e Castro  •  Rodolfo Bottino

The story of one of the most important Brazilian heroes, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes. He was the leader of a group who tried to proclaim Brazil's Independence from Portugal in 1789. But he was betrayed by one of his comrades and hanged.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oswaldo Caldeira
CAST:  Humberto Martins  •  Paulo Autran  •  Cláudio Corrêa e Castro  •  Rodolfo Bottino

Enigma for the Devil (1975)

After the death of her father in Argentina, Elza returns to Brazil to see her remaining family. When visiting her mother's grave, she steals a flower off an unknown grave and put it in her mother's. After that, she begins to receive strange phone calls, from an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Hugo Christensen
CAST:  Monique Lafond  •  Luiz Fernando Ianelli  •  Mário Brasini  •  Lícia Magna

After the death of her father in Argentina, Elza returns to Brazil to see her remaining family. When visiting her mother's grave, she steals a flower off an unknown grave and put it in her mother's. After that, she begins to receive strange phone calls, from an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Hugo Christensen
CAST:  Monique Lafond  •  Luiz Fernando Ianelli  •  Mário Brasini  •  Lícia Magna

Mulher Desejada (1978)

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DIRECTION:  Alfredo Sternheim
CAST:  Kate Hansen  •  Kleber Afonso  •  Ivete Bonfá  •  Tim Carlos

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DIRECTION:  Alfredo Sternheim
CAST:  Kate Hansen  •  Kleber Afonso  •  Ivete Bonfá  •  Tim Carlos

O Grande Palhaço (1980)

A circus clown's life spirals out of control when his wife, a trapeze artist, dies during a performance, and, to his chagrin, their son vows to follow in his mother's footsteps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Cobbett
CAST:  Maria Zilda Bethlem  •  Luiz Armando Queiroz  •  Tony Ferreira  •  Angelina Muniz

A circus clown's life spirals out of control when his wife, a trapeze artist, dies during a performance, and, to his chagrin, their son vows to follow in his mother's footsteps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Cobbett
CAST:  Maria Zilda Bethlem  •  Luiz Armando Queiroz  •  Tony Ferreira  •  Angelina Muniz

Invisible Life (2019)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950. In the conservative home of the Gusmão family, Eurídice and Guida are two inseparable sisters who support each other. While Guida can share with her younger sister the details of her romantic adventures, Eurídice finds in her older ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karim Aïnouz
CAST:  Carol Duarte  •  Julia Stockler  •  Fernanda Montenegro  •  Gregório Duvivier

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950. In the conservative home of the Gusmão family, Eurídice and Guida are two inseparable sisters who support each other. While Guida can share with her younger sister the details of her romantic adventures, Eurídice finds in her older ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karim Aïnouz
CAST:  Carol Duarte  •  Julia Stockler  •  Fernanda Montenegro  •  Gregório Duvivier

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DIRECTION:  Silvio Tendler
CAST:  Juca Kfouri  •  Ota  •  José Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy  •  Silvio Tendler

A Bolsa ou a Vida (2021)

In the post-pandemic future of covid-19, will the centrality be the financial casino and the accumulation of wealth by an elite or a quality life for all, with less inequality? Did the minimal state show itself capable of serving the collective? How to guarantee ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Tendler
CAST:  Ailton Krenak  •  Celso Amorim  •  Ken Loach  •  Ladislau Dowbor

In the post-pandemic future of covid-19, will the centrality be the financial casino and the accumulation of wealth by an elite or a quality life for all, with less inequality? Did the minimal state show itself capable of serving the collective? How to guarantee ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Tendler
CAST:  Ailton Krenak  •  Celso Amorim  •  Ken Loach  •  Ladislau Dowbor