Anselmo Duarte Movies

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

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...

The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".

A man who's memorized his town's telephone directory tries his luck on a TV Show. But a small group of people who control the bettings in town try to...

A knight, half soldier, half gaudério, dolphinfish hair in the sun, guitar on his back, enters the sleepy town of Santa Fe. Nobody could...

In the 1930s, a blacksmith is accused of murdering his wife and becomes a hero and political leader.

Saul and Mônica return to São Paulo after three years and find his family's colonial mansion abandoned, inhabited only by his old nanny,...

A mine boss hires a policeman to chase some runaways who stole a precious diamond.

Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material;...

Romantic comedy...

Four thieves enter a house and terrorize a family.

Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors of all times.

In a workshop there are six workers, the six are brothers. Enter the mother who asks them to rescue the seventh brother, the youngest, Luis. The...

About English photographer Chick Fowle. Statements by Anselmo Duarte, Leonardo Vilar, Marlene França, Vanja Orico. A film about directors,...

A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor"...

Created by his son Leonardo, this portrait of Adolfo Celi reconstructs his personal and artistic journey between Italy and Brazil. Through...