Jorge Coutinho Movies

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

Four candidates for a federal judge position embark on a madcap, no-holds-barred race to outdo one another, each committing his own brand of mayhem.

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

The life and work of the late samba singer-songwriter Candeia.

Hit man does his part in a deal, but doesn't get the money he was promised. For the treason, he decides to eliminate them all.

Rich and spoiled kid, frustrated for not being chosen to join the soccer lessons his idol Zico was going to give, asks his father to clone the...

A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and sex.

70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.

During a showing of rare Afro-Brazilian Cinema films at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, actor/filmmaker Zózimo...

This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.

Balogun's most political film is a confrontation with the African wars of liberation. Based on Carcase for Hounds, Meja Mwangi's novel about the...