Norma Bengell Movies

A colorful feature film that mixes exile with the figure of the poet Rimbaud and the feminist revolution. "It's super-intellectual. A...

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

Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent...

When a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political connections. Laubret, the court-appointed defense lawyer, does...

Don Ramon, a wealthy patron, receives his son back after he has sent him away to medical school, only to have him fall in love with his new young...

A documentary that chronologically traces the presence of women in Brazilian cinema.

The artistic career and daily life of actress Maria Gladys.

Drawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the political, cultural, and intellectual climate of Brazil during...

Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.

A middle-aged man builds a summer house in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro. Married to a beautiful woman, father of two and with a successful career, the...

A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events.

For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move...

Florence, early 1960s. Bruno aspires to be hired at a prestigious factory, but his Communist ideals — instilled by Millo, a father figure and...

OSS 177 goes on holiday to Brazil, but is called into action when he finds himself being stalked by a double.

Two surreal/satirical comedy episodes.

A woman runs away in the company of her daughter, the ultimate brat, in a journey full of bizarre events.